News with video on election of new OFL leadership team headed by president-elect Sid Ryan.

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WU 30 Forum
Approximately 40 people attended the Young Workers Forum on Wednesday night.  Executive VP Terry Downey opened the forum by congratulating newly-elected Youth VP Matt Dumas from COPE and alternate Krista Maracle (OPSEU).  Terry then turned the chair over to CLC Youth rep Erin Harrison.  The first speaker on the panel was NDP MP [...]

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Although the convention has adjourned, we will keep adding content to this site in the coming days and weeks.  One of the huge challenges of an undertaking like this is editing and posting the massive amount of content that we generate.  We’ve tried to keep up the best we can, but as is always the [...]

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Tim Brown of OPSEU was seeking a democratic mandate to represent the circle on the OFL Executive Board as Exec vp for the aboriginal election caucus.  In convention-speak, Tim was “running for re-election” at Tuesday evening’s Aboriginal election caucus.
I had never had the opportunity to attend one of the OFL’s Aboriginal Circles before.  Well, that’s [...]

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Ritallin aka Greg Frankson is a talented spoken word artist, slam poet and activist who was commisioned to capture the spirit of the convention.  He delivered big time.  Check out his website here.

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Let’s show Bay Street and the McGuinty government that we’re behind Sid Ryan and that we’re behind the OFL.
Let’s show them that we’re behind Vale Inco workers and the CF-61.
Let’s show them that we’re behind all the working people of this province.
We’ve talked about it all week, now let’s show them in the streets.
TD Centre [...]

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He entered the convention hall to the beat of Bachmann Turner Overdrive’s Taking Care of Business. The tune was familiar, and so were parts of NDP leader Jack Layton’s message — extend employment insurance benefits, deliver anti-scab legislation, return dignity to poverty-ridden seniors by doubling the Guaranteed Income Supplement, and establish a national pension protection [...]

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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 [...]

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It will take innovative thinking and putting people first to get the economy back on track, Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath told delegates.
Government has a decisive role to play in using investment dollars for good jobs, green jobs, and Ontario- and Canadian-made products, she said. Despite “playing by the rules”, Canadian families are falling behind [...]

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CBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009

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