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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              April 5, 2002

NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY

PSAC to release strike vote results
at Parks Canada Agency

OTTAWA - Will there be picket lines up at national parks, historic sites and canals this summer? Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) officials will hold a news conference on Monday, to release the results of a strike vote taken by their members employed by the Parks Canada Agency. The vote follows the breakdown of negotiations earlier this year.

PSAC was certified as the bargaining agent for Parks Canada workers in May, 2001. Negotiations for a first agreement with the Agency began the following September. Meetings in January 2002 with a Conciliation Officer failed to produce a settlement.

The news conference will take place:

DATE:                      Monday, April 8, 2002

TIME:                      10:30 a.m.

PLACE:                       Charles Lynch Room, 130-S
                                      Centre Block, House of Commons

SPOKESPERSONS:       PSAC National President Nycole Turmel
                                      National Component President Ed Cashman
                                      UCTE National President Mike Wing

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For information:       Louise Laporte, PSAC communications, (613) 560-4287

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