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December 05, 2019 TORONTO – Delegates representing Locals from across the province will mobilize against Doug Ford cuts during Unifor’s Ontario Regional Council, taking place December 6-7, 2019 at the Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. W Toronto. On December 6, delegates will commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women with a march and vigil at Queen’s Park to protest funding cuts to women’s shelters and programs. Along with discussing and debating an action plan for Ontario for the upcoming year, council attendees will also stand in solidarity with education union leaders to call on the Ontario government to reverse policies that hurt students and workers, to properly fund the system, and to bargain with the intention of building a better education system. Friday December 6: • 10:00 a.m. Unifor Ontario Regional Director Naureen Rizvi address • 12:00 p.m. Hundreds of delegates will march from the Sheraton to Queen’s Park to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. • 1:45 p.m. Professional women hockey players and Olympians Natalie Spooner and Sarah Nurse, and high school hockey advocate Danika Gravelle speak on the shocking inequality in the game. Saturday December 7: • 2:40 p.m. Unifor National President Jerry Dias address. Jerry will be joined by Harvey Bischof, President OSSTF, Sam Hammond, President ETFO, Liz Stuart, President OECTA and Smokey Thomas, President OPSEU. Follow the hashtag #ORC19 on Twitter or @UnifortheUnion. Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future. Media interested in attending must register by contacting Unifor Communications Representative Kathleen O’Keefe at @email or 416-896-3303 (cell).
