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`W henthingsarewrong,call themout continued from p.22 ANNUAL 23 | Thursday November 16, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com said Dias. Bill 148 amendments "When you see things that are wrong, call them out. If there is something going on in a workplace and you see someone being mistreated or sexu ally harassed, call it out," said Damoff. "This is not a women' s problem. It' s a problem for all of us." Dias, who is on the Halton Women' s Place board, spoke about the organizations work in the community. He estimated the group has an occupancy rate between 98 and 105 per cent and it takes 2,300 crisis calls a year. "There are women and children fleeing their homes because of violence. They' re not numbers. That' s why we need to step it up," said Dias. In the past six years, Dias has participated, with his son, Jordan, in the Hope in High Heels walk for Halton Women' s Place. The Unifor president has raised more than $300,000, which has covered a significant por tion of the Halton group' s budget. "We need to continue to have the discussion and we need to commit... that we are going to play our role to eliminate violence against wom en," said Dias. The union president also reflected on the past successes and current challenges of the union and called Thursday' s event an evening of cele bration "for the incredible work that our activists do to build a stronger society." "You have to take a moment to reflect on our victories because we don' t do that often enough," Flynn highlighted some of the Province' s pro posed changes to the Employment Standards Act 2000 and Labour Relations Act 1995 in Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs plan. He also announced one of several amend ments that were formally introduced Friday, Nov. 10. If passed, the bill would now include five paid leave days a year for victims of sexual or domestic violence, or the parents of victims who are mi nors. Award winners Meanwhile, details of the efforts of this year' s award winners are available at the Oakville and District Labour Council' s website at odlc.co. The individual recipients of this year' s awards included: · Barney Banovac Social Activist Award Terry Kostiw, OPSEU Local 244 · Linda Jones WomenS Activist Award Nina March, OECTA Elementary Teachers Halton · OFL/Prevention Link, Disability & Safety -- Jeffrey Warner, OSSTF District 20 · WHSC Health & Safety Award - Qaiser Maroof, CUPW Local 626 · ODLC Political Activist Award - Maureen Weinberger, AWH (Advancement of Women Hal ton) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AM to 4 PM 26,2017 ST. VOLODYMYR CULTURAL CENTRE 1 2 8 0 DU ND A S ST. WEST (at 4 th line south ) in OAKVILLE O N E O F A KIND HOLIDAY GIFTS BY LOCAL ARTISANS UKRAINIAN KITCHEN SERVING TRADITIONAL F O O D S TAKE-OUT AVAILABLE FREE ADM ISSIO N FREE PARKING 4 CONTACT US: 416 6 22 84 97 $ 2 ,0 0 0 W E IG H T L O S S GRANT D o Y o u H a v e M o re t h a n 20 l b s to L o s e ? - A p p l y N o w ! Valid For Most Weight Loss Programs · No Cost or Fee to Apply · Approval within 48 Hours · Thousands Paid Monthly! · See Website for Application Deadline w w w .w e ig h t lo s s g r a n t s .o r g P l e a s e v is i t w w w .w e ig h t l o s s g r a n t s .o r g fo r f u ll G u id e lin e s , T e r m s & C o n d it io n s .