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| Feb 1, 2025 | Media Advisory: OFL joins Thunder Bay ONDP candidates for a labour and community canvass to build the Ontario We Need | THUNDER BAY, Ontario, Feb. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Laura Walton will be in Thunder Bay this weekend to support ONDP candidates Lise Vaugeois and Judith Monteith-Farrell ahead of the upcoming... |
| Jan 27, 2025 | OFL, Labour leaders to Doug Ford: destabilizing the province for personal political gain is "reckless and irresponsible" | TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 30 labour leaders from Ontario’s private, public, and trades sectors gathered on Monday, January 27, to demand that Doug Ford immediately establish a tariff taskforce and develop a unified str... |
| Oct 30, 2024 | OFL responds to Fall Economic Statement: Ford can’t build the Ontario we need | TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ford’s Conservative government tabled their Fall Economic Statement today, outlining their priorities for the months ahead. The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) says the update offers no real gai... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Ontario workers ready to use the power of many to hold the Ford government to account | TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the Ontario legislature resumes, after 19-week summer break, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is ready to remind the Ford government that what Ontarians really want is affordability, decen... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Ontario workers ready to use the power of many to hold the Ford government to account | TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the Ontario legislature resumes, after 19-week summer break, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is ready to remind the Ford government that what Ontarians really want is affordability, decen... |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Ontario Federation of Labour launches cross-province “The Ontario We Need” tour | TORONTO, Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is hosting the first in a series of Town Halls about building “The Ontario We Need.” The first event will take place tonight at 5:30PM in Belleville. Tonight... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Laura Walton, OFL President, to join ONDP Leader Marit Stiles to celebrate Labour Day in Belleville | BELLEVILLE, Ontario, Aug. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Laura Walton, OFL President, will be in Belleville on Sunday, September 1 to engage community members in conversations about affordability, decent work, and good public services. She wi... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Laura Walton, OFL President, to join Labour Day celebration in Kingston | KINGSTON, Ontario, Aug. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Laura Walton, OFL President, will be in Kingston on Monday, September 2 to engage community members in conversations about affordability, decent work, and good public services. She will j... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Laura Walton, OFL President, to join Labour Day celebration in Kingston | KINGSTON, Ontario, Aug. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Laura Walton, OFL President, will be in Kingston on Monday, September 2 to engage community members in conversations about affordability, decent work, and good public services. She will j... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Laura Walton, OFL President, to join ONDP Leader Marit Stiles to celebrate Labour Day in Belleville | BELLEVILLE, Ontario, Aug. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Laura Walton, OFL President, will be in Belleville on Sunday, September 1 to engage community members in conversations about affordability, decent work, and good public services. She wi... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Community, labour and climate groups to hold protest outside Ford Fest in Milton | TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This Friday, August 16 at 4:00 p.m., a diverse coalition of local community, labour, farming, climate justice, and housing groups will hold a rally outside Ford Fest in Milton. The Ontario Federati... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Community, labour and climate groups to hold protest outside Ford Fest in Milton | TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This Friday, August 16 at 4:00 p.m., a diverse coalition of local community, labour, farming, climate justice, and housing groups will hold a rally outside Ford Fest in Milton. The Ontario Federati... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | OFL: Move to close the Ontario Science Centre immediately, is result of Conservative Government negligence and a failure to properly fund the services Ontarians rely on | TORONTO, June 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Science Centre, a globally renowned institution and one of the best science museums according to Reader's Digest, has now been shut down as of 2:00 PM today. This move is yet another ex... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | OFL: Move to close the Ontario Science Centre immediately, is result of Conservative Government negligence and a failure to properly fund the services Ontarians rely on | TORONTO, June 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Science Centre, a globally renowned institution and one of the best science museums according to Reader's Digest, has now been shut down as of 2:00 PM today. This move is yet another ex... |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Union members and allies mark Injured Workers’ Day in locations across Ontario | TORONTO, June 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) was pleased to support several events across Ontario today, as injured workers and their allies marked Injured Workers’ Day in the province.
“For decades, inj... |
| May 30, 2024 | OFL: Doug Ford’s racist comments are a disgrace, he should apologize immediately | TORONTO, May 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) condemns the racist and inflammatory comments by Premier Doug Ford who suggested in a press confidence today–without evidence–that immigrants are to blame for ... |
| May 26, 2024 | Media Advisory: OFL to hold solidarity rally on Monday at U of T encampment to defend students’ right to protest | TORONTO, May 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has called a solidarity rally with the student encampment at the University of Toronto, to defend the right to protest and to urge the University administratio... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Media Advisory: OFL to hold emergency protest at Doug Ford’s office to oppose keffiyeh ban | TORONTO, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will hold an emergency rally on Friday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Doug Ford’s Constituency Office in Etobicoke, in protest of the ongoing keffiyeh ban at Quee... |
| Feb 12, 2024 | OFL tells Ford: Respect court decision, stop suppressing workers’ wages | TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is calling on the Ford government to end its suppression of workers’ wages, once and for all, following today’s Ontario Court of Appeal ruling to uphold the S... |
| Feb 3, 2024 | Ontario workers rally against Ford’s corruption, closures and cost-of-living crisis | NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Feb. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hundreds of trade union and community members, including health care and education workers, joined a rally organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) during the Ontario PC P... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour to hold media conference in advance of Ontario PC Party policy conference | NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Feb. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will join with Niagara Region workers and community leaders to hold a media conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Friday, February 2 at 11:... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Niagara Region community and labour leaders decry harmful impact of Ford’s policies | NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Feb. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Niagara Region community and labour leaders joined the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) at a media conference on Friday to decry the harmful impacts of Doug Ford’s government, in a... |
| Jan 31, 2024 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour to hold media conference in advance of Ontario PC Party policy conference | NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will join with Niagara Region workers and community leaders to hold a media conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Friday, February 2 at 11:... |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Ontario Federation of Labour President Patty Coates speaking up for Ontario workers at premiers’ meeting | /EIN News/ -- WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workers and families are looking to Canada’s premiers to work with the labour movement for concrete action to fix health care, make life more affordable and ensure good, su... |
| Jun 16, 2023 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold media conference on Bill 124 appeal | /EIN News/ -- TORONTO, June 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions will hold a media conference on Bill 124 in front of the Court of Appeal, Osgoode Hall on Tuesday, June 20 at 9:00 a.m. The Court will be hearing the appeal of the Supe... |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Ontarians say ‘enough is enough’ with day of action to fight cost-of-living crisis | /EIN News/ -- TORONTO, June 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, thousands of workers and community members gathered for rallies across the province as part of the Ontario Federation of Labour’s Enough Is Enough Day of Action. Ontarians took... |
| May 31, 2023 | Province-wide rallies planned to fight cost-of-living crisis | /EIN News/ -- TORONTO, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, June 3, the Ontario Federation of Labour is hosting a province-wide day of action as a part of the Enough Is Enough campaign. In Toronto, workers and community members wil... |
| May 5, 2023 | ‘Crisis’: Calls grow to stem violence against Indigenous women | Calls are once again ringing out in Canada and the United States for action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls, a persistent problem that has devastated communities across North America for decades.
Friday marks Missing or ... |
| Mar 23, 2023 | OFL Response to Ontario Budget 2023: Nowhere Near "Enough" for Ontario Workers | TORONTO, March 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) calls the 2023 Ontario Budget another missed opportunity to address the hardships facing working people in this province: stagnant wages and weak working con... |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Ontarians disagree with private health care expansion, according to polling data | /EIN News/ -- TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday, the Ford government announced plans to expand private, for-profit health care in Ontario. The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is calling the move, “entirely out of touch... |
| Dec 20, 2022 | OFL: New poll shows overwhelming majority of Ontarians believe health care is in crisis - most blame the Ford government | /EIN News/ -- TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An overwhelming number of Ontarians believe that health care in the province is in crisis – with a solid majority laying the responsibility at the Ford government’s feet – according t... |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Thousands of education workers in Canada’s Ontario launch strike | Approximately 55,000 education workers have walked off the job in Canada’s most populous province, after the Ontario government passed legislation this week imposing contracts on them and banning strikes.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s right-w... |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Ontario Federation of Labour calls the Ford Government’s new legislation invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, a “full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms” | /EIN News/ -- TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government’s introduction of the Keeping Students in Class Act is a full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). The ... |
| Sep 12, 2022 | “Bill 124 hurts Ontario workers” says Ontario unions as Superior Court hears legal challenge | TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workers gathered on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice this morning, as the Court prepared to begin hearing the constitutional challenge to Bill 124 brought forward by unions across the pr... |
| Sep 9, 2022 | REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold media conference as Bill 124 court hearings commence | TORONTO, Sept. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions will hold a media conference on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice on Monday, September 12 at 9:00 a.m., as the court hearings regarding Bill 124 commence.
Bill 124, which c... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold media conference as Bill 124 court hearings commence | TORONTO, Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions will hold a media conference on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice on Monday, September 12 at 9:00 a.m., as the court hearings regarding Bill 124 commence.
Bill 124, which c... |
| Aug 9, 2022 | OFL responds to Throne Speech: ‘Ford government is out of ideas, out of touch’ | TORONTO, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour is panning the Ford government’s 2022 Throne Speech as “out of ideas and out of touch.”
Just one day after hundreds of frontline workers protested Ontario’s health ... |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Ontario unions tell Ford to “Listen Up!” as Ontario Legislature resumes | TORONTO, Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers marked the return of the Ontario Legislature with an action at Queen’s Park, to tell the Ford government what working people in the province urgently need.
“Ontarians are struggling... |
| Aug 8, 2022 | REPEAT: MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold action at Queen’s Park as Ontario Legislature resumes | TORONTO, Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers will mark the return of the Ontario Legislature with an action at Queen’s Park on Monday, August 8 at 12:00 p.m.
As Ford’s PC government sets their priorities for the months ahead, ... |
| Aug 5, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold action at Queen’s Park as Ontario Legislature resumes | TORONTO, Aug. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers will mark the return of the Ontario Legislature with an action at Queen’s Park on Monday, August 8 at 12:00 p.m.
As Ford’s PC government sets their priorities for the months ahead, ... |
| Jun 3, 2022 | OFL Responds to Election Results: “We will continue building a fighting labour movement” | TORONTO, June 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour says workers are ready to hold Ford’s Conservative government to account, following Thursday night’s election results. The re-election of Ford’s Conservatives comes... |
| May 27, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: OFL Executive Vice-President available for comment at canvass for NDP candidate Judith Monteith-Farrell | THUNDER BAY, Ontario, May 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is going door-to-door to engage voters on issues like decent work, livable income support, affordability, and well-funded public services.
On Frid... |
| May 25, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: OFL President available for comment at canvass for NDP candidate Michele McCleave-Kennedy | SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, May 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour is going door-to-door to engage voters on issues like decent work, livable income support, affordability, and well-funded public services.
On Wedne... |
| May 19, 2022 | OFL Applauds NDP Commitment to Decent Work and Access to Unionization | TORONTO, May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour applauds the Ontario NDP announcement that, if elected, they will introduce card check certification and make it easier to join a union. Andrea Horwath made the anno... |
| May 17, 2022 | “Ford isn’t for workers”: OFL endorses Andrea Horwath and Ontario NDP following leaders’ debate | TORONTO, May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) affirms workers’ support for Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP following the leaders’ debate. The provincial labour federation represents over one million Ont... |
| May 12, 2022 | Ontario Federation of Labour says, “it’s time to elect a party that’s in it for all of us,” in new ad endorsing Ontario NDP | TORONTO, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a new ad released today, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is urging Ontario voters to elect a government that will put workers first.
“For years, whether it’s the Liberals or Conservatives ... |
| May 1, 2022 | REPEAT - MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour plans rally in Toronto on May 1 to demand a workers-first agenda | TORONTO, May 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour is hosting a rally on May 1, International Workers’ Day, as part of the province-wide mobilization to demand a workers-first agenda. Across Ontario, workers are gath... |
| May 1, 2022 | Ontario Federation of Labour demands a workers-first agenda ahead of June 2 provincial election | TORONTO, May 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, workers and community members gathered at Queen’s Park as part of the Ontario Federation of Labour’s rally to demand a better Ontario. The action is part of a province-wide mobilization to de... |
| Apr 30, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour plans rally in Toronto on May 1 to demand a workers-first agenda | TORONTO, April 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour is hosting a rally on May 1, International Workers’ Day, as part of the province-wide mobilization to demand a workers-first agenda. Across Ontario, workers are ga... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | REMINDER/MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour plans province-wide May 1 mobilization to demand a workers-first agenda | TORONTO, April 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On May 1, International Workers’ Day, the Ontario Federation of Labour is spearheading a province-wide mobilization to demand a workers-first agenda. Across Ontario, workers are gathering to ensur... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Ontario Federation of Labour calls Ontario Budget 2022 an election ploy and demands a real workers-first agenda | TORONTO, April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is calling the 2022 Ontario Budget “too little, too late for working Ontarians.” After four years of attacks on workers’ rights, further privatization of pub... |
| Apr 27, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour plans province-wide May 1 mobilization to demand a workers-first agenda | TORONTO, April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On May 1, International Workers’ Day, the Ontario Federation of Labour is spearheading a province-wide mobilization to demand a workers-first agenda. Across Ontario, workers are gathering to ensur... |
| Apr 21, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour holds “Earth to May Day” press conference to address Ford’s attack on the environment | TORONTO, April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Earth Day, environmental activists and Ontario Federation of Labour and First Nation leaders will hold a press conference in response to the Ford government’s attack on our land, air, and water... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | Conservative premiers will bring in American-style health care if we don’t stop them, say labour federation presidents | TORONTO, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The presidents of provincial labour federations are putting pressure on the federal government to step up their contributions to public health care and protect Canada’s public system from Conserva... |
| Mar 6, 2022 | REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour hosts Activist Assembly to organize for a province-wide Day of Action on May 1 | TORONTO, March 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is building the fight for a workers-first agenda in Ontario.
On Sunday, March 6 at 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., hundreds of people from every region of Ontario wil... |
| Mar 4, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Federation of Labour hosts Activist Assembly to organize for a province-wide Day of Action on May 1 | TORONTO, March 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is building the fight for a workers-first agenda in Ontario.
On Sunday, March 6 at 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., hundreds of people from every region of Ontario wil... |
| Feb 20, 2022 | Labour leaders join Toronto solidarity action to oppose extremism and support Ottawa residents | TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaders from the Ontario Federation of Labour attended the Community Solidarity Rally and March organized by labour and community organizations in Toronto.
The action was held in solidarity with Ot... |
| Feb 19, 2022 | Ontario Federation of Labour Leaders to Attend Solidarity Action with Communities Impacted by the Convoy | TORONTO, Feb. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is mobilizing and will join a community solidarity action in support of Ottawa residents affected by the convoy and occupation of their community.
Organized b... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | OFL responds to portable benefits proposal: “Gig workers deserve full and equal employment rights, the time for universal dental care and pharmacare is now” | TORONTO, Feb. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s announcement by Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton about the government’s proposed portable benefit scheme falls far short of what Ontario workers need, a... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | OFL responds to portable benefits proposal: “Gig workers deserve full and equal employment rights, the time for universal dental care and pharmacare is now” | TORONTO, Feb. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s announcement by Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton about the government’s proposed portable benefit scheme falls far short of what Ontario workers need, a... |
| Feb 1, 2022 | ODRA welcomes the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters’ Association, Seeks action from the Ontario Minister of Labour to change WSIB laws | PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Occupational Disease Reform Alliance (ODRA) is pleased to welcome the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters’ Association IAFF Local 162 as its newest member.
Firefighters face a stagg... |
| Jan 22, 2022 | REPEAT-MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario workers host Phone Zap to demand action from Ford government on Omicron crisis | TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week the Ontario Federation of Labour released a joint statement highlighting six key demands that workers urgently need from the Ford government.
On Saturday, January 22 at 1:00 p.m., the Ont... |
| Jan 21, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario workers host Phone Zap to demand action from Ford government on Omicron crisis | TORONTO, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week the Ontario Federation of Labour released a joint statement highlighting six key demands that workers urgently need from the Ford government.
On Saturday, January 22 at 1:00 p.m., the Ont... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold press conference on emergency appeal for action from Ford government on Omicron crisis | TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers are sounding the alarm with an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis.
On Thursday, January 20 at 9:30 a.m., labour leaders from the O... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Ontario unions say, “Ontario is in crisis. The Ford government must act now.” | TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers have come together to sound the alarm and issue an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis.
A joint statement endorsed by over 30 organ... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold press conference on emergency appeal for action from Ford government on Omicron crisis | TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers are sounding the alarm with an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis.
On Thursday, January 20 at 9:30 a.m., labour leaders from the O... |
| Jan 19, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold press conference on emergency appeal for action from Ford government on Omicron crisis | TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers are sounding the alarm with an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis.
On Thursday, January 20 at 9:30 a.m., labour leaders from the O... |
| Jan 19, 2022 | MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold press conference on emergency appeal for action from Ford government on Omicron crisis | TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers are sounding the alarm with an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis.
On Thursday, January 20 at 9:30 a.m., labour leaders from the O... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | OFL: New poll shows Ontarians overwhelmingly support the call for 10 permanent paid sick days | TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New polling data demonstrates overwhelming support for 10 permanent, employer-paid sick days. Eighty per cent of Ontarians surveyed “support the Ontario Federation of Labour’s call for at least 10 ... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | OFL: ‘Future of Work' report opens door to gutting employment standards for all Ontario workers | TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The recommendations outlined in the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee (OWRAC) report, released today, is an attack on the minimal employment standards of all Ontario workers and, if ado... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | OFL: ‘Future of Work’ report opens door to gutting employment standards for all Ontario workers | TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The recommendations outlined in the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee (OWRAC) report, released today, is an attack on the minimal employment standards of all Ontario workers and, if ado... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Ontario Federation of Labour welcomes NDP commitment to $20 minimum wage | TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President, Patty Coates, joined NDP Leader, Andrea Horwath, at this morning’s announcement about the NDP’s plan for a $20 minimum wage. The OFL, alongside labour ... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Ontario Federation of Labour welcomes NDP commitment to $20 minimum wage | TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President, Patty Coates, joined NDP Leader, Andrea Horwath, at this morning’s announcement about the NDP’s plan for a $20 minimum wage. The OFL, alongside labour ... |
| Nov 24, 2021 | Ontario Federation of Labour calls Ford government’s refusal to enact permanent paid sick days ‘shameful’ | TORONTO, Nov. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, in a 46 to 30 vote, Ford’s Conservative government once again blocked a Bill that would have implemented permanent paid sick days for Ontario workers. Bill 8, the Stay Home If You Are Sick A... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Ontario Federation of Labour pledges support for Ontario NDP | TORONTO, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week, delegates at the Ontario Federation of Labour’s (OFL) 16th Biennial Convention voted overwhelmingly in favour of supporting Andrea Horwath and the New Democratic Party in the lead-up to ... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Workers re-elect OFL leadership to galvanize Ontario's labour movement in the fight for our future | TORONTO, Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, delegates at the Ontario Federation of Labour’s 16th Biennial Convention re-elected Officers Patty Coates, Ahmad Gaied, and Janice Folk-Dawson with a vision to galvanize Ontario’s labour mov... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Workers re-elect OFL leadership to galvanize Ontario’s labour movement in the fight for our future | TORONTO, Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, delegates at the Ontario Federation of Labour’s 16th Biennial Convention re-elected Officers Patty Coates, Ahmad Gaied, and Janice Folk-Dawson with a vision to galvanize Ontario’s labour mov... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | OFL calls Ford’s $15 minimum wage pledge, proof that workers know best | TORONTO, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Doug Ford backtracked on his government’s 2018 decision to cancel the $15 minimum wage, that cost workers dearly over the past three years. The Ontario Federation of Labour is calling today’... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | OFL stands in solidarity with alliance of occupational disease clusters | TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An alliance of widows and workers in occupational disease clusters throughout Ontario are speaking out after Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced plans to introduce legislation that w... |
| Oct 18, 2021 | OFL Demands Meaningful Protections for Temporary Agency Workers | TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton announced plans to introduce new legislation for temporary work agencies. After three years of inaction, and just eight ... |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Ontario Federation of Labour announces boycott of Sheraton Ottawa Hotel | OTTAWA, June 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour, which represents 54 unions and one million workers in Ontario has announced a boycott of the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel, 150 Albert St. Ottawa ON, in support of the 70 w... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | OFL Vows "We Won't Forget" as Ford government rams through unconstitutional Bill 307 | TORONTO, June 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Ford Conservative government used the notwithstanding clause to ram through Bill 307, formerly Bill 254, anti-democratic legislation that takes aim squarely at critics of Doug Ford and h... |
| Jun 1, 2021 | OFL: Ford's Conservatives continue attacks on workers' rights with extension of Reopening Ontario Act | TORONTO, May 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This afternoon, Ford’s Conservative government extended the Reopening Ontario Act until December 1, 2021. The Act gives Ford’s Conservative government special powers and reduces public oversight of ... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | OFL Calls on Ford Government to Reject Uber’s Proposal to Carve Gig Workers Out of Basic Employment Protections | TORONTO, March 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour calls on the Ford Government to reject Uber’s proposal to rewrite Ontario’s employment laws to trap its drivers in sub-minimum wage work.
Last week, Uber made publ... |
