OFL Letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne on Domestic Violence leave: When you’re
View this letter as PDF Download the petition in support of Bill 26, Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 201 November 2, 2016 The Honourable Kathleen Wynne...
View ArticleSafe workplaces for all: remove Schedule 16!
OFL Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs My name is Patty Coates and I am the Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). Also joining me today is...
View ArticleThis December 6: Let our mourning fuel our work toward the end of violence...
This December 6 marks the 27th anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique Massacre. Today, we remember the 14 women who were separated from their male classmates and murdered, only because they were...
View ArticleOFL committed to protecting worker health and safety through upcoming...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is committing to fully engaging in the upcoming consultations through the Ministry of Labour, in relationship to Bill 70,...
View ArticleInternational Migrants Day: OFL Statement for December 18, 2016
This December 18, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is recognizing International Migrants Day by calling on both Federal and Ontario governments to implement legislative reforms to put an end to...
View ArticleOFL Statement on the 2017 Day of Mourning
On April 28, thousands of workers, friends and families of those killed and injured on the job are gathering at ceremonies across Ontario to commemorate the labour movement’s most solemn occasion, the...
View ArticleOFL Statement on Chronic Mental Stress Provisions (Schedule 33) of Bill 127:...
On November 16, 2016, Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Chris Buckley wrote a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne pointing out that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) violates the...
View Article25 years since the Westray Mine explosion
Today we mark 25 years since the Nova Scotia Westray mine explosion, mourn the workers who died in that preventable accident, and vow to continue to fight for safe and healthy workplaces. In the early...
View ArticleOFL Letter to Ministers – Consultation on the Proposed Regulatory Approach to...
June 2, 2017 The Honourable Jane Philpott Minister of Health Health Canada The Honourable Catherine McKenna Minister of Environment and Climate Change Environment and Climate Change Canada The...
View ArticleLetter to the Minister: Addressing the disease cluster at GE Peterborough and...
The Honorable Kevin Flynn Minister of Labour 400 University Avenue, 14th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 1T7 Dear Minister Flynn: In March of this year I wrote to you raising concerns over the lack of proper...
View ArticleOntario justice system failed the victims of the deadly Radiohead stage...
(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is raising serious concerns over the staying of charges in the deadly stage collapse at the Downsview Radiohead concert. “We are shocked and...
View ArticleThis December 6: Let our mourning fuel our work toward the end of violence...
This December 6 marks the 27th anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique Massacre. Today, we remember the 14 women who were separated from their male classmates and murdered, only because they were...
View ArticleOFL committed to protecting worker health and safety through upcoming...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is committing to fully engaging in the upcoming consultations through the Ministry of Labour, in relationship to Bill 70,...
View ArticleInternational Migrants Day: OFL Statement for December 18, 2016
This December 18, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is recognizing International Migrants Day by calling on both Federal and Ontario governments to implement legislative reforms to put an end to...
View ArticleOFL Statement on the 2017 Day of Mourning
On April 28, thousands of workers, friends and families of those killed and injured on the job are gathering at ceremonies across Ontario to commemorate the labour movement’s most solemn occasion, the...
View ArticleOFL Statement on Chronic Mental Stress Provisions (Schedule 33) of Bill 127:...
On November 16, 2016, Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Chris Buckley wrote a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne pointing out that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) violates the...
View Article25 years since the Westray Mine explosion
Today we mark 25 years since the Nova Scotia Westray mine explosion, mourn the workers who died in that preventable accident, and vow to continue to fight for safe and healthy workplaces. In the early...
View ArticleOFL Letter to Ministers – Consultation on the Proposed Regulatory Approach to...
June 2, 2017 The Honourable Jane Philpott Minister of Health Health Canada The Honourable Catherine McKenna Minister of Environment and Climate Change Environment and Climate Change Canada The...
View ArticleOntario justice system failed the victims of the deadly Radiohead stage...
(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is raising serious concerns over the staying of charges in the deadly stage collapse at the Downsview Radiohead concert. “We are shocked and...
View ArticleOFL and Prevention Link Proudly Support Mental Illness Awareness Week
This October 1-7, we recognize Mental Illness Awareness Week across Canada and rise in solidarity with our many Ontario sisters and brothers who live with the debilitating reality of mental illness...
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