Sid Ryan

Type: Person

Name: Sid Ryan

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Striking elevator workers say repairs needed

Virtually every elevator in the province is operating in breach of provincial safety standards and three-quarters of them need repair, say striking elevator technicians who have been off the job for more than a month.Speaking to a rally of hundreds of ... [Published Metronews - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Workers, Sid Ryan, Yasir Naqvi, John Cartwright

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 3 reports

International Union of Elevator Constructors

Striking elevator workers to rally in downtown

File photo of a person pressing an elevator button. CITYNEWS.Striking elevator workers will hold a rally in downtown Toronto on Thursday before marching through the city’s financial district.The rally will begin at noon at the corner of King and Bay ... [Published Citytv - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Workers, International Union of Elevator Constructors, Sid Ryan, Federation of Labour (Ireland)

First reported Jan 28 2013 - Updated Jan 29 2013 - 1 reports

Dalton McGuinty

Ontario unions stage protest as cover for facilitating Liberals’ austerity agenda

Over 15,000 workers attended a rally in Toronto Saturday called by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) to protest the austerity measures and attacks on democratic rights implemented by the Ontario Liberal government. The rally was timed to coincide ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Jan 28 2013]

Entities: Kathleen Wynne, Dalton McGuinty, Toronto, Facilitator

First reported Dec 24 2012 - Updated Dec 24 2012 - 1 reports

Big business clamour for Canada to adopt US-style “right-to-work” laws

In the wake of the passage of so-called “right-to-work” legislation in Michigan earlier this month, rightwing politicians and commentators have taken up a drumbeat for similar legislation to be enacted in Canada.Under the misnamed “right-to-work” laws ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Dec 24 2012]

Entities: Mike Harris, Workers, Dalton McGuinty, Canada

Quotes

...that the union's offer to keep working throughout bargaining was met with outright refusal by these employers," said OFL President Sid Ryan. "every day that the employers refuse to negotiate, lives are being put at risk. we cannot wait for a serious accident to occur before employers are forced back to the bargaining table."

Employer Indifference Puts Lives at Risk as 50,000 Elevators Breach Provincial Safety Standards: ... [Published Market Wire - Jun 05 2013]

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Striking elevator workers say repairs needed [Published Metronews - Jun 06 2013]
Striking elevator workers to rally in downtown [Published Citytv - Jun 06 2013]
Sid Ryan: How Elevator Companies Are Making Saf... [Published Huffington Post Canada - Jun 05 2013]
Employer Indifference Puts Lives at Risk as 50,... [Published Market Wire - Jun 05 2013]
Manitoba's seasonal farm workers get more healt... [Published OHS Canada - May 28 2013]
Andrea Horwath's Fall From Grace [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 23 2013]
Robert Fisher: How Ontario's budget drama will end [Published CBC Ottawa - May 21 2013]
Media Advisory: OFL President Sid Ryan Availabl... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 02 2013]
Media Advisory: OFL President Sid Ryan Availabl... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 01 2013]
ADVISORY/OFL Joins April 28 Event in Oshawa to ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 28 2013]
ADVISORY/OFL Joins April 28 Event in Oshawa to ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 26 2013]
Today’s letters: The merits of ruthless reportage [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 04 2013]
Ontario Federation of Labour may need to trim e... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Apr 02 2013]
Ontario NDP and unions support Liberal austerit... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Feb 23 2013]
OFL Considers Nominating Fraser Institute for "... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Feb 21 2013]
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OFL Welcomes Throne Speech Overtures to Labour ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Feb 20 2013]
OFL Welcomes Throne Speech Overtures to Labour ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Feb 19 2013]
Media Advisory-Sid Ryan Available for Comment o... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Feb 19 2013]
marxism 2012 program notes: from each according... [Published we move to canada - Feb 13 2013]
ADVISORY: London Town Hall to Debunk Austerity ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 30 2013]
ADVISORY: London Town Hall to Debunk Austerity ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 29 2013]
Ontario unions stage protest as cover for facil... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Jan 28 2013]
Advisory: OFL President to Join Chief Spence an... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 11 2013]
Advisory: OFL President to Join Chief Spence an... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 10 2013]
Big business clamour for Canada to adopt US-sty... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Dec 24 2012]
Ontario teachers? unions seek concessions deal [Published World Socialist Web Site - Nov 08 2012]
Amidst austerity drive, Ontario Premier resigns [Published World Socialist Web Site - Oct 22 2012]

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Today’s letters: The merits of ruthless reportage [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 04 2013] Re: Huzzah for ruthless reporters , Chris Selley, April 2. This piece brought back a great deal of nostalgia of my many years reading newspapers. I was brought up in London, England in a family were newspapers were an important part.My father bought ...
marxism 2012 program notes: from each according... [Published we move to canada - Feb 13 2013] This is the final post of my notes from the 2012 Marxism Conference. This was the first Marxism conference to include a talk on disability, an exciting development full of potential. I wanted to blog about it in great detail. A friend was recording the ...