Open letter to Premier Ford: Provide emergency support for all workers and...
SENT VIA EMAIL Hon. Premier Doug Ford Hon. Christine Elliott Hon. Rod Phillips Hon. Monte McNaughton Dr. David Williams Dear Premier, Ministers and Chief Medical Officer of Health: Further to your...
View ArticleCOVID-19 INFORMATION
This page was last updated March 25, 2020 Below is a list of resources on COVID-19. This list includes the OFL response to Ford’s emergency legislation, demands for workers during the pandemic, a fact...
View ArticleLetter to Minister McNaughton: Health and safety of front-line workers must...
SENT VIA EMAIL Hon. Monte McNaughton Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development 14th Floor 400 University Avenue Toronto, ON M7A 1T7 Dear Minister McNaughton, RE: Health and safety of...
View ArticleFord government proposal to remove respiratory protection for workers is a...
The proposal in a memo from the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services that workers in congregate care settings use cloth masks instead of necessary personal protective equipment (PPE)...
View ArticleA message to Doug Ford for Labour Day 2020 – Try one simple thing to flatten...
From the get-go, the Conservative government of Ontario has shown a toxic disregard for the needs of working people. The province’s March 17 shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 did nothing to...
View ArticleFord Government must do better, take decisive action to stem surging COVID-19...
(Toronto) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is increasingly dismayed with the Ford government’s lack of targeted action to stop the surge of COVID-19 currently running rampant in Peel, and...
View ArticleOFL shocked that new stay-at-home orders fail to include guaranteed paid sick...
(Toronto) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is shocked that new COVID-19 emergency measures announced today fail to include critical workers’ protections including guaranteed paid sick days....
View ArticleLetter to Minister McNaughton: Act on Health and Safety Expert Panel Training...
SENT VIA EMAIL: minister.MLTSD@ontario.ca Hon. Monte McNaughtonMinister of Labour, Training and Skills Development14th Floor400 University AvenueToronto, ON M7A 1T7 Dear Minister McNaughton, Act on...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Premier Ford and MPP’s Elliott and McNaughton – A Call to...
To download a copy of the letter, click here.To add your organizations endorsement to this important call, please click here. April 14, 2021SENT VIA EMAILHon. Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative...
View ArticleWorkers demand: “Premier Ford, do your job so we don’t die doing ours”
TORONTO – In response to the Ford government’s disastrous pandemic response and in advance of the Day of Mourning for injured and killed workers on April 28, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)...
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