At each OFL convention the delegates choose a target for a demonstration or an action that highlights the plight of working people.  The membership of unions of all stripes, public and private sector:  from service, manufacturing, forestry, education, healthcare, and cultural sectors come together to take action against a target that is chosen because it illustrates an injustice against working people that angers and engages us all, no matter where we come from.

As you might imagine though, there are often long discussions and tough decisions about which target will be selected.  After all, there are no shortage of injustices to be put in the spotlight.

At OFL2009, the decision was made easier because two of the worst employers in the province, Vale Inco and Cadillac Fairview, just happen to be located right across the street from each other here in downtown Toronto.

So today over a thousand activists marched together and rallied on Wellington street in support of  CEP members  locked out and terminated by Cadillac Fairview and USW members in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Newfoundland and Labrador who are on strike against Vale Inco.

None of these workers are asking for anything unreasonable – they just want to keep what they have.

And we will stand beside them until they win their fights.

To learn more about Vale Inco

To learn more about Cadillac Fairview

Video to come

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