Job loss, tough economic times, and solutions for Ontario
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Tell us how the economic downturn has affected you, your family, or your community. What will it take to turn things around? What do you need from government? Business? Union or community?
Stories by region:
What others are saying:
Ajax workers denied severance, some with 24 years of service
Challenge to politicians: trade places with us
Neighbours struggling and families leaving Geraldton
Dave Toderick - Hospital cuts ain’t right
Profits at the expense of the vulnerable
We’re not asking for anything we didn’t earn
We’re living the aftermath of NAFTA
Need fair trade and ‘buy Canadian’ policy
Government has a responsiblity to protect pensions
We need governments that are willing to protect pensions
You find yourself at funerals…
Communities are in dire straits
We need to get this message out
We need sensible procurement policies
We don’t need to lose anymore jobs in Chatham
Protection for workers… not just companies
Governments need to reinvest in communities
Quit talking about it… just do it
Injured workers need government help
Don’t tell me there’s nothing we can do
Loved my job and who I worked with
Lost job, lost future: concerned elder
Small local business forced to close
You can’t expect other people to fight your battles
We need to get people back working
Two part time jobs is not the answer
University and college education should be free
To old to hire, to young to retire
These programs are not working
47-year-old lost the earned and the deserved
In hope of wearing his hardhat again
No apprenticeships to be found
We’re on the other side of the map
“I don’t know anyone planning to come back”
We are here and we want to stay
Companies walk away from obligations to workers and communities
EI: They don’t even know where we are
You can’t say we don’t try to work
This shouldn’t be happening to families
We can’t afford to stay retired
Abandoned Communities - Forgotten Children
Built on paper, laced with gold
Youth in Marathon talks about jobs lost and friends lost along the way
Lost job and severance pay in Terrace Bay
Many pictures, worth many thousands of words from the Northwest
Standing Strong Bear Woman, on closure of the mill
Jim McCullough, Marathon, no work back home
Don’t let the sun go down on forestry in Marathon
One family’s story about mill closures and job loss
Caravan member gives perspective, Nipigon
Transistioning when you’ve lost your job
Teacher reads an emotional letter from student
North Bay residents share their thoughts…
North Bay resident gives face to laid off workers
Jeff Bernard on closures and layoffs in Pembroke
What Renfrew was; Sue McSheffrey
Doug Brookes is concerned about energy workers in Renfrew
Lyn Smith on poverty in Renfrew
Student talks about student debt and jobs
Student speaks out about EI and student employment
Student wants to send message to McGuinty
Student federation speaks out at McGuinty’s office
Paul Dewar address crowd in front of McGuinty’s office
Local union leader address crowd in Hawkesbury
Dave Lipton addresses the crowd in Hawkesbury
Surviving in Dryden, what to do?
Ontario Federation of Labour’s Irene Harris, responds to open mic questions, Cornwall
Open Mic at the Navy Club, Cornwall
Laid off steelworker writes song dedicated to laid off workers…hear it here!
Darlene Jalbert talks about EI deficiencies, Cornwall
Teacher tells tale of hunger in schools
Diane Morin, cupe, on public service constraints
Local steelworker speaks from the heart
Wayne Dick, former CEP, talks about job loss and future
Judy Dancause discusses local food bank, Cornwall
Cornwall parole officer discusses challenges
Iroquois Falls does not want to fall
Promise of prayer and song for those carrying messages to government
Too young to retire, too old to relocate
Desperately need something to happen very soon
Year to retirement, worker lost job with 400 others
Ontario Federation of Labour gives back to Tay Rideau food bank
Local food bank suffers from high demands Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls’ physiotherapist concerned about service cuts
Opseu’s Dave Lundy speaks of helping workers, Smiths Falls
Personal message from Mayor Dennis Staples, Smiths Falls
Don’t tell me I don’t want to work!
We want our communities to survive
No opportunities for the young in Kapuskasing
Kingston rally attendees speak their minds
Steelworker sends message to Premier Dalton McGuinty
Economist Armine Yalnizyan engages the crowd
Raging Grannies tell it like it is
Need Canadian content law to protect workers, wages, pensions
Borrowed money for groceries, needs EI changes
Starting with a song in Geraldton
Young laid off workers without severance
Peterborough community legal centre lobbies for EI reform
Doctor speaks to health effects of poverty, Peterborough
Sid Ryan President Cupe says to focus on the jobs of the future
Bob Howard, United Way says people are more than just statistics
No meaningful assistance for hard-hit forestry sector
Ontario Federation of Labour gives voice to Canadians
Little work, no living wage in small community west of Toronto
Exciting initiative, choose words better
Now you know what we’ve been saying for 15 years
Single mom in tears, tells story of job loss
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