FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            March 28, 2000

OTTAWA….Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) working for the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency will be bringing a message to workers at CCRA offices across the country on March 29^th, comparing their salaries to those being paid to CCRA management.

"Compared to the salaries being paid to CCRA Commissioner Rob Wright, Assistant Commissioner Alain Jolicoeur, and the rest of the management team, CCRA’s "final" offer to their employees in negotiations with PSAC is peanuts," according to PSAC National Executive Vice-President Nycole Turmel.

In Ottawa, PSAC members and elected officers will be plant-gating and handing out peanuts to make their point.

Date:         Wednesday, March 29, 2000

Time:         7:45 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

Place:        CCRA Tax Services Office

                  333 Laurier Ave. W., (between Bank and Kent)

Spokespersons:

Nycole Turmel, PSAC national executive vice-president

Betty Bannon, Union of Taxation Employees national president

Serge Charette, Customs Excise Union Douanes Accise national president

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For information: Louise Laporte, PSAC communications, 560-4287