Media Advisory: City bus drivers to rally for better transit

Grande Prairie – City bus drivers will hold a rally to protest employment conditions they say could leave the community without enough staff to operate a proper transit system. 

The drivers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, will hold a march and rally this Friday at lunch. The march will start at City Hall at about noon and end at the Towne Centre Mall. 

Date:               Friday, April 1st
Time:               Noon
Starts:             Just south of the Library on 98 St

Ends:               Towne Centre Mall
                          9845 99 Ave

Speakers:        Paul Moist – President of CUPE National
                         Randy Wald – President, CUPE 787

Contact: Lou Arab
Communications Representative
780.271.2722 

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