June Is Pride Month

PRIDE

June is Pride month and once again Oxford County will have many events recognizing LGBTQ+ Pride. Unifor has been a leader in advancing LGBTQ+ issues and has been a Platinum sponsor of Oxford County Pride since 2016. This year our Pride Dance will be at the Local 88 hall and I cannot express how proud I am of this moment. 29 years ago it would have been almost laughable at the thought of a Pride dance at our hall. When we gained same-sex benefits in 1992, I recall one person clapping and it wasn’t me. I recall cheering inside but the thought of guilty by association was enough to keep this closeted guy quiet. Heck even our CAW Gay and Lesbian caucus would not acknowledge bi-sexual or Transgender members at that time. We have grown as a Union over the years and I am proud to have been a part of that movement. So, I think it’s fitting to close out my 30 years with a Pride dance at our hall.

We have an amazing DJ lined up who is from Ingersoll and our host is Miss Drew who will also perform a couple times throughout the evening. Also being planned is a silent auction and liquor/wine bottle fundraiser. The door prize is a $500 gift certificate from Endless Boundaries tattoo. Ned Burwell is a very well-known tattoo artist in this area. Tickets are only $5 and we hope to see some members out to join us.

We are also having a table at the Family Day in Woodstock at Museum Square from 11 am until 4 pm. We can always use volunteers, Text Phil at 519-504-0506 if you are interested in helping out. We will be marching in the London Pride parade on Sunday July 28th. Gather at the fairgrounds at 10:30 and the parade starts at 12:30. As always Unifor also marches in the Toronto Parade so, Come March with us!

• Toronto pride parade June 23

• London pride parade July 28 parade starts at 12:30

• Tri cities pride June 2 at 12pm

In Solidarity and Pride,
Philip Vandermolen

Events Calendar (tap dots for events)

	October 2019
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		1 B Shift Days B Shift Days September 30, 2019 - October 4, 2019 See more details Layoff week Layoff week September 30, 2019 12:00 am - October 6, 2019 1:00 am See more details • •	2 B Shift Days B Shift Days September 30, 2019 - October 4, 2019 See more details Layoff week Layoff week September 30, 2019 12:00 am - October 6, 2019 1:00 am See more details • •	3 B Shift Days B Shift Days September 30, 2019 - October 4, 2019 See more details Layoff week Layoff week September 30, 2019 12:00 am - October 6, 2019 1:00 am See more details • •	4 B Shift Days B Shift Days September 30, 2019 - October 4, 2019 See more details Layoff week Layoff week September 30, 2019 12:00 am - October 6, 2019 1:00 am See more details • •	5 Layoff week Layoff week September 30, 2019 12:00 am - October 6, 2019 1:00 am See more details •
6	7 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 7, 2019 - October 10, 2019 See more details •	8 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 7, 2019 - October 10, 2019 See more details •	9 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 7, 2019 - October 10, 2019 See more details Retiree Meeting- Unifor Hall Retiree Meeting- Unifor Hall October 9, 2019 10:00 am - 11:30 am See more details • •	10 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 7, 2019 - October 10, 2019 See more details •	11 Off: Thanksgiving Wknd Off: Thanksgiving Wknd October 11, 2019 See more details •	12
13	14 Off: Thanksgivng Wknd Off: Thanksgivng Wknd October 14, 2019 See more details •	15 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 15, 2019 - October 18, 2019 See more details •	16 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 15, 2019 - October 18, 2019 See more details •	17 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 15, 2019 - October 18, 2019 See more details •	18 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 15, 2019 - October 18, 2019 See more details Person's Day (1929) Person's Day (1929) October 18, 2019 Canada http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/famous_five-ef/www.lac-bac.gc.ca/famous5/053001_e.html Until 1929, one word denied women access to the Senate. The word "persons" in the British North America Act did not, or so it seemed, include women. However, as persons they were able to vote in all federal and most provincial elections. In 1927, five remarkable Alberta women contested, in the Supreme Court of Canada, the interpretation of the word "persons." That time, they did not succeed. But two years later, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great Britain, which was still the highest Court of Appeal for Canada, declared that the word "persons" included men and women. The "Persons" Case, 1927-1929 Famous in the annals of politics, the "Persons" Case allowed women to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. When Emily Murphy undertook the initiative, which would open the Senate to women, she and the four other women chosen by her - Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby and Nellie McClung - had been long-standing militants for social reform. For years, many individuals and associations had been calling for the appointment of women to the Senate. The Senate was very important to the women because, until the 1970s, it approved divorces, among other things. They believed that if women were to sit in the Senate, decisions concerning family matters would be more equitable. On August 27, 1927, Emily Murphy and her companions decided to petition the government, asking the Supreme Court to examine the meaning of the word "persons" in Section 24 of the British North America Act to determine whether it included female persons. The Court took the question under consideration on March 14, 1928. Six weeks later, it replied in the negative. One of the Supreme Court's arguments held that the Act should be interpreted in light of the times in which it was written. Since women were not politically active in 1867, they could not be elected. The five Alberta women did not accept this decision, appealing to the Judicial Committee of England's Privy Council, the highest Court of Appeal for Canada at that time. On October 18, 1929, the five Lords of the Judicial Committee came to the unanimous conclusion that "the word ‘persons' in Section 24 includes both the male and female sex.…" According to them, the exclusion of women from public office was "a relic of days more barbarous than ours." http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/famous_five-ef/www.lac-bac.gc.ca/famous5/053002_e.html See more details • •	19
20	21 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 21, 2019 - October 25, 2019 See more details •	22 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 21, 2019 - October 25, 2019 See more details Executive Board Mtg Executive Board Mtg October 22, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm See more details • •	23 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 21, 2019 - October 25, 2019 See more details •	24 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 21, 2019 - October 25, 2019 See more details •	25 A Shift Days A Shift Days October 21, 2019 - October 25, 2019 See more details •	26 Halloween Dance Halloween Dance October 26, 2019 9:00 pm - October 27, 2019 1:00 am Unifor Local 88, 364 Victoria St, Ingersoll, ON N5C 2N4, Canada Halloween Dance. See poster for more information See more details •
27 Gen. Membership Mtg Gen. Membership Mtg October 27, 2019 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Unifor Local 88, 364 Victoria St, Ingersoll, ON N5C 2N4, Canada See more details Halloween Dance Halloween Dance October 26, 2019 9:00 pm - October 27, 2019 1:00 am Unifor Local 88, 364 Victoria St, Ingersoll, ON N5C 2N4, Canada Halloween Dance. See poster for more information See more details • •	28 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 28, 2019 - November 1, 2019 See more details •	29 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 28, 2019 - November 1, 2019 See more details •	30 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 28, 2019 - November 1, 2019 See more details •	31 B Shift Days B Shift Days October 28, 2019 - November 1, 2019 See more details •

June Is Pride Month

Allan Fisher