Ontario Federation of Labour Women’s Committee Daycare Conference (1980)

This photo taken at the 1980 Ontario Federation of Labour daycare conference “Sharing the Caring” which was attended by 130 delegates. Speakers are (left to right: Cliff Pilkey, President of the Ontario Federation; Pat Schulz, childcare and feminist activist; and Shelley Acheson, OFL Human Rights director. Other speakers included Michael Cassidy, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP); Mary Eady, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Women’s Bureau; Julie Mathien, Toronto Board of Education daycare consultant; Larry Katz, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Research Department; and Bob Nickerson, co-chairperson of Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) women’s committee.