Monday, September 6, 2010
No Labour Day Parade This Year In City
(Saint John District Labour Council President Ron Oldfield)
(File Photo)
Labour in Saint John is celebrating its day this year with a picnic in Rockwood Park but District Labour Council president Ron Oldfield tells CHSJ News there won't be a parade this year thanks to a jump in the price of insurance.
Oldfield says the spike in the insurance cost is being blamed on the fallout from the violence at the G-20 summit in Toronto in late June but he's vowing the parade will return next year.
Today's labour picnic runs between noon and 3:00 in Rockwood Park. There's no admission and it's open to the public.