(TORONTO) -- “When a worker dies or is injured on the job there is more than just one heartbeat that stops, skips a beat or pounds. One worker down also means a motherless family, a generation growing up fatherless, a community that has lost a voice and volunteer. Friends lose half of the past they shared with the person lost,” says Ontario Federation of Labour president Wayne Samuelson.

(TORONTO) -- “Day of Mourning ceremonies allow all Canadians and people throughout the world to pay respect to those working people who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the workplace. These are the workers who have died or suffered injuries and occupational disease,” said Irene Harris, secretary-treasurer of the Ontario Federation of Labour.

(TORONTO) -- Advocates for safe workplaces have been pushing for more than a decade for legislation that protects workers from harassment and violence. Today, they had some good news.