Sid Ryan, President Ontario Federation of Labour and Marie Kelly, Secretary-Treasurer April 28
(TORONTO) -- Tomorrow, April 28 marks the labour movement’s most solemn day, the National Day of Mourning with events taking place in cities and towns across the province and nationally.
OFL President Sid Ryan will be speaking at 12 noon, Nathan Phillips Square. Hundreds of workers, friends and families of those killed and injured on the job will gather with a sea of placards calling for immediate action: “Kill a worker, go to jail.” Oksana Afanasenko, the widow of Aleksey Bloomberg who was killed last Dec. 24, will be a speaker at the Toronto event and sole survivor Dilshod Marupov will also be in attendance.
Secretary-Treasurer Marie Kelly will be attending the Stratford & District Labour Council ceremonies scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m, at the Upper Queen's Park Band Shell, Queen's Park Drive.
See the OFL’s full media release sent on Marketwire at 10:09 a.m. today.
OFL President Sid Ryan will be speaking at 12 noon, Nathan Phillips Square. Hundreds of workers, friends and families of those killed and injured on the job will gather with a sea of placards calling for immediate action: “Kill a worker, go to jail.” Oksana Afanasenko, the widow of Aleksey Bloomberg who was killed last Dec. 24, will be a speaker at the Toronto event and sole survivor Dilshod Marupov will also be in attendance.
Secretary-Treasurer Marie Kelly will be attending the Stratford & District Labour Council ceremonies scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m, at the Upper Queen's Park Band Shell, Queen's Park Drive.
See the OFL’s full media release sent on Marketwire at 10:09 a.m. today.
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Patrick (Sid) Ryan, President
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Lynn Simmons
OFL Communications,
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