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40th Annual Day of Mourning

Hundreds attended the USW Local 6500 Day of Mourning event to remember and honour those who lost their lives, were injured or became ill due to occupational disease while at work. We also remember

This PhD student is using the stage to explore city's tumultuous labour history

Rich Duthie uses the 1958 and 1978-79 Inco strikes as backdrop to 'explore the past' as part of his dissertation.

There's a lot of anniversaries intersecting right now when it comes to Greater Sudbury's mining labour history.

The 60th anniversary of the 87-day-long 1958 Mine Mill-Inco strike was last year. The 40th anniversary of the end of the nine-month-long 1978-79 USW-Inco strike is this month.

General Strike Against Ford rally held in Sudbury (CBC Article)

Close to 100 people gathered in Sudbury on Wednesday to take part in a provincial protest against Premier Doug Ford.

The General Strike Against Ford protests took place in about two dozen Ontario communities. They were organized to protest cuts being made to programs across the province affecting health, education and other services.