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| Affiliation | New Democratic |
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| Name | Sid Ryan |
| Address |
Oshawa, Ontario , Canada |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modifed | Craverguy
Oct 27, 2008 03:31pm |
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Irish - Married - Union Member - Catholic - Straight -
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| Info | Sid Ryan is well known for his political and social activism both locally and internationally.
Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ryan immigrated to Canada at age 23. He and his wife Sheila have three daughters; Lisa, Susan, and Amanda.
Ryan helped to organize a Steelworkers' local where he worked shortly after arriving in Canada. He has been a CUPE activist since he went to work for Ontario Hydro in 1976. He became CUPE Ontario president in 1992, and currently represents 225,000 workers in the public sector.
Under Sid's leadership, CUPE Ontario has become a formidable political voice. He recognizes that privatization, forced mergers, cutbacks, restructuring, and other issues have affected our quality of life in Ontario. They have also put jobs, wages, and working conditions of thousands of working people on the line every day.
Against this backdrop, Ryan continues to lead major campaigns and proactively influence policy and legislative decisions in health care, municipal, school board, social service, and university sectors — not to mention championing accessible and affordable university education across Ontario.
A general vice-president of CUPE National and the Ontario Federation of Labour, Ryan appears regularly on Michael Coren Live and CHEX TV Durham, and writes a bi-weekly column for the Toronto Sun. He is also a frequent guest on TVO's current affairs programs.
Sid is a passionate champion for workers' rights and a vocal advocate for human rights and social justice. He has been recruited by human rights groups to act as a Canadian peace observer in Northern Ireland, to march alongside members of the United Farm Workers in California, and to lobby Texas politicians for a commutation of Stanley Faulder's death sentence.
Sid has worked for the NDP on every election since arriving in Canada. He ran provincially in 2003, and federally in 2004 and 2006. He is the recipient of the Canada 125 medal, presented to Canadian citizens for their contributions to the good of the community and society in general.
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