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NANCY HUTCHISON SECRETARY-TREASURER, ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR Sister Nancy Hutchison is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Federation of Labour, Canada's largest provincial labour federation. Nancy is renowned as a health and safety activist and a trailblazer. She was the first woman to work in the gold mine at the Campbell Red Lake Mine in 1977 and has never stopped fighting for workers’ and women’s rights. Nancy worked in the mining industry in Red Lake Ontario for 19 years working at both Campbell Red Lake Gold Mine and the Dickenson Gold Mine. She served as an executive member of USW Local 950 in Red Lake and was active in the negotiating committee through numerous rounds of bargaining. In 1995, Nancy became an International Staff Representative with the United Steelworkers and was assigned to locals in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In 1996, she was promoted to the position of Steelworkers Health & Safety Coordinator for District 6 (Ontario & Atlantic Provinces) and in 2011 she was promoted again, this time position of USW Canadian National Health, Safety & Environment Department Leader. Nancy is currently serving her second term as an officer of the OFL. Reach Nancy at 416-443-7651 or [email protected] cope343
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NANCY HUTCHISON SECRETARY-TREASURER, ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR Sister Nancy Hutchison is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Federation of Labour, Canada's largest provincial labour federation. Nancy is renowned as a health and safety activist and a trailblazer. She was the first woman to work in the gold mine at the Campbell Red Lake Mine in 1977 and has never stopped fighting for workers’ and women’s rights.
Nancy worked in the mining industry in Red Lake Ontario for 19 years working at both Campbell Red Lake Gold Mine and the Dickenson Gold Mine. She served as an executive member of USW Local 950 in Red Lake and was active in the negotiating committee through numerous rounds of bargaining. In 1995, Nancy became an International Staff Representative with the United Steelworkers and was assigned to locals in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In 1996, she was promoted to the position of Steelworkers Health & Safety Coordinator for District 6 (Ontario & Atlantic Provinces) and in 2011 she was promoted again, this time position of USW Canadian National Health, Safety & Environment Department Leader. Nancy is currently serving her second term as an officer of the OFL.
Reach Nancy at 416-443-7651 or [email protected] cope343
