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Sudbury Union, NDP to Fight for Widows, Benefits

May 7, 2015

By Carol Mulligan, The Sudbury Star

Members of United Steelworkers Local 6500 will join an Oshawa MPP at Queen’s Park today when she introduces a private member’s bill that would have an impact on workers and their families in Ontario.

Oshawa New Democrat MPP Jennifer French will hold a news conference to outline details of her bill, the Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, which will be introduced later in the day.

Complete article in The Sudbury Star

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