OTTAWA, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CLC Executive Vice-President Larry Rousseau will be speaking at the Ottawa and District Labour Council’s annual Day of Mourning ceremony on Friday, April 28th.
This year, Canada’s unions are marking the Day of Mourning by encouraging and empowering workers to know their rights at work, use the health and safety tools at their disposal and defend our health and safety wins in the workplace.
Across Canada, there were 1081 accepted workplace fatalities and 277,217 accepted lost time claims across Canada in 2021, marking a rise in cases from the previous year. In Ontario, there were 419 accepted workplace fatalities and 72,921 accepted lost time claims.
| What: | Day of Mourning ceremony |
| Where: | Vincent Massey Park |
| Heron Road, Ottawa, ON | |
| When: | Friday, April 28 at 12:30 p.m. |
| Who: | Larry Rousseau, Executive Vice-President of the CLC |
To arrange an interview on or before the Day of Mourning, please contact:
CLC Media Relations
media@clcctc.ca
613-526-7426
