Message from Patty Coates, Secretary-Treasurer of the OFL:
We have been asked by a number of members to co-ordinate a Solidarity Bus to the January 21, 2017 Women’s March on Washington, DC. Below you will find information on costing and registration for the trip. If you or your members wish to join us, please contact OFL staff Carrol Anne Sceviour at [email protected] or mobile 416-606-5046.
Bus Cost and Information
We have booked a 56-seat Great Canadian Coach. Bus cost is $143 per person (participant responsible for their meals), payable no later than January 19, 2017. Cheque can be made payable to Ontario Federation of Labour/Women’s March and mailed to the OFL, Suite 202, 15 Gervais Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 1Y8.
The bus pick up is on Friday, January 20 at 7:30 a.m. at the OFL building and departs 8:00 a.m. sharp. Please remember your passport.
There will be two break stops and a lunch stop, arriving at Doubletree Baltimore at 8:00 p.m. (hotel restaurant is open until 11:00 p.m.)
Next day – leave for March/Rally at 8:00 a.m. sharp. Maps and instructions for the day will be provided. CLC sisters will pull together a Canadian contingent meeting location.
Return bus pick up at 4:00 pm. Travel to Toronto and scheduled to arrive at 5:00 a.m. – Stop at York Mills (24-hour bus service) and OFL Building (24-hour bus service).
Confirm bus seat with Carrol Anne Sceviour [email protected]. A hotel registration form will be forwarded once a bus seating registration has been received.
Hotel Rooms
Shared double rooms at $215.46(USD) per double room, or $107.73(USD) each sharing (3 or 4 persons to a room allowed). The CAD rate will depend on the exchange rate the day you book.
Each participant must pay separately by credit card by the cut-off date of December 21, 2016. If two people are sharing a room and want to pay separately you need to designate that on the form when you submit your payment.
Please remember cut-off dates:
Confirm bus registration – December 21, 2016
Hotel – December 21, 2016 (you must register for the bus to receive a hotel booking form)
Bus costs – payment by January 19, 2017
