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ATU 1624 Campaign Aims to Put Fatigue Fatalities in Government Headlights
After years of working diligently to boost public awareness about the tragic issue of driver fatigue, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1624 has launched a campaign to call on the Federal Ministry...
View ArticleOFL Letter to Federal Transit Minister: Urgent Legislative Action to Stop...
September 19, 2013 Hon. Lisa Raitt Minister of Transport House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Raitt: Subject: Urgent Legislative Action to Stop Fatigue Fatalities On behalf of over one...
View ArticleOFL Says Justice Is Not Served Until Vale Executives Are Behind Bars
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2013 OFL Says Justice Is Not Served Until Vale Executives Are Behind Bars (TORONTO, ON) ─ Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) blasted the criminal justice system for...
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Conference on Workers’ Compensation – Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2013
No “Half Measures” is an international conference on workers’ compensation 100 years after Sir William Meredith presented his options for reform that would remove injustice for injured workers. “…Half...
View ArticleRemembering Linda Ann Jolley – 1945 to 2013
Obituary: Linda Ann Jolley Quietly, in her 68th year, Linda passed away at home, on September 24, 2013. Predeceased by her husband, Doug Felice, she is survived by her nephew Malcolm, her sister-in-law...
View ArticleOFL Says Conviction of Roofing Company CEO Sends Message to Bosses: If You...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2013 OFL Says Conviction of Roofing Company CEO Sends Message to Bosses: If You Kill a Worker, You’ll Go to Jail (TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour...
View ArticlePostmedia News interviews Nancy Hutchison on workplace inquests
Postmedia News produced a great 6-part series on public inquests. Part 5 features OFL Secretary-Treasurer Nancy Hutchison, who said that “History keeps repeating itself.” On the day she testified at...
View ArticleOFL Statement: International RSI Awareness Day 2014
Ergonomic Regulations are Needed to Prevent Repetitive Strain Injuries. OFL Statement: International RSI Awareness Day 2014 On Feb 28, we mark the 15th Annual International RSI Awareness Day. This day...
View ArticleRELEASE: April 28, 2014 National Day of Mourning for workers killed or...
(TORONTO) – Today’s release by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) of the latest statistics on workplace death, injuries and illnesses is fuelling new demands for progress and change....
View ArticleSTATEMENT: April 28, 2014 National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or...
This Monday, April 28, is the labour movement’s most solemn day. Thousands of workers, friends and families of those killed and injured on the job will gather at ceremonies across Ontario to pay...
View ArticleWhy We Need a Day of Mourning: April 28, 2014
Since the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect in October 1979, the following deaths and injuries have occurred in Ontario workplaces according to the Workplace Safety and...
View ArticleOp Ed Hamilton Spectator Day of Mourning
Read OFL President Sid Ryan’s Op Ed in today’s Hamilton Spectator on the Day of Mourning http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4486898-mourning-thousands-of-worker-s-deaths/
View ArticleRELEASE: Sudbury tragedy: 2 miners killed. Government must act now!
TWO MORE WORKERS KILLED IN SUDBURY TODAY OFL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO END FATALITIES (TORONTO) -This morning’s death of two men at First Nickel Inc.’s Lockerby Mine near Sudbury has stunned the...
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Occupational Disability Response Team (ODRT) Courses Across Ontario Fall 2014
“Union Penalized in Accommodation Case” - Is your organization at risk of being named in this headline? Unions are being held liable in return to work cases when they are the barrier to an...
View ArticleADVISORY: OFL to Release Damning Report on WSIB Premium Rebates for Employers...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2014 ADVISORY: OFL to Release Damning Report on WSIB Premium Rebates for Employers Convicted for Workplace Fatalities (TORONTO, ON) ─ On Monday, November 24, the...
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RELEASE: Corporations Guilty of Killing Workers Being Rebated Millions of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2014 Corporations Guilty of Killing Workers Being Rebated Millions of Dollars by WSIB: OFL Report (TORONTO, ON) – A new report released today by the Ontario...
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Rewarding Offenders – Read the OFL Report WSIB rebates for employers...
OFL Report “Rewarding Offenders” Exposes WSIB Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is rebating millions of dollars each year to companies that have been found guilty of offences that...
View ArticleOFL RELEASE: Ontario Court Sends Message to Bosses: If You Kill a Worker,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2015 Ontario Court Sends Message to Bosses: If You Kill a Worker, You’ll Go to Jail OFL Calls for Criminal Charges Against New Mex Canada (TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario...
View ArticleOFL Says Action Plan on Sexual Violence and Harassment Must be Properly...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2015 OFL Says Action Plan on Sexual Violence and Harassment Must be Properly Funded and Representative (Toronto, Ontario) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)...
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Joint OFL/ONIWG WCB Conference & March: Honouring 100 Years of Workers’...
The Ontario Federation of Labour and Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups are sponsoring an exciting Workers’ Compensation conference, June 1-2 at the USW Hall in downtown Toronto. The purpose of...
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