Update on Labour Adjustment Advisory Program
Since the implementation of the Labour Market Development Agreements between the federal and provincial governments, the province delivers EI Part II benefits. The provincial government has maintained...
View ArticleE.I. Changes Target Vulnerable Workers
Buried in Harper’s omnibus budget are E.I. changes targeting some of the most vulnerable workers–including migrant and unemployed workers–to create downward pressure on the wages of all workers. Last...
View ArticleWe Are Ontario: Anti-Austerity Monday (June 11)
Stop Schedule 28 Pack the Gallery at Queen’s Park; Rally Against E.I. Cuts You Can Help Stop Schedule 28: A Call to Action Everyone who is concerned about the privatization of our public services needs...
View ArticleCanada’s Top Labour Leaders Call on Premiers to Oppose Harper’s Low-wage Agenda
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2013 Media Release Canada’s Top Labour Leaders Call on Premiers to Oppose Harper’s Low-wage Agenda (NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO) – At a meeting with Canada’s premiers,...
View ArticleLetter to Minister Duguid: Canada Jobs Grant
November 4, 2013 Honourable Brad Duguid Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities 3rd Floor, Mowat Block 900 Bay Street Toronto, ON M7A 1L2 Dear Minister Duguid: We are writing to express our...
View ArticleCruise Boycott Expands: Anything But Carnival says Ontario Federation of Labour
(TORONTO) – The boycott of Carnival Cruises gained significant new support and momentum today as the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) officially threw its support behind it. The one-million member...
View ArticleChanges Fail to Protect Migrant Workers from Exploitation, says OFL
Media Release June 20, 2014 For Immediate Release Changes Fail to Protect Migrant Workers from Exploitation, says OFL Temporary Foreign Worker Program Promotes Harper’s “Low-Wage Agenda” (Toronto) The...
View ArticleWorkplace fatalities reach 5-year high while WSIB pays millions to convicted...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2014 Workplace fatalities reach 5-year high while WSIB pays millions to convicted companies and meager benefits to victims: Monday protest to demand justice (TORONTO,...
View ArticleUpdate on Labour Adjustment Advisory Program
Since the implementation of the Labour Market Development Agreements between the federal and provincial governments, the province delivers EI Part II benefits. The provincial government has maintained...
View ArticleE.I. Changes Target Vulnerable Workers
Buried in Harper’s omnibus budget are E.I. changes targeting some of the most vulnerable workers–including migrant and unemployed workers–to create downward pressure on the wages of all workers. Last...
View ArticleWe Are Ontario: Anti-Austerity Monday (June 11)
Stop Schedule 28 Pack the Gallery at Queen’s Park; Rally Against E.I. Cuts You Can Help Stop Schedule 28: A Call to Action Everyone who is concerned about the privatization of our public services needs...
View ArticleCanada’s Top Labour Leaders Call on Premiers to Oppose Harper’s Low-wage Agenda
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2013 Media Release Canada’s Top Labour Leaders Call on Premiers to Oppose Harper’s Low-wage Agenda (NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO) – At a meeting with Canada’s premiers,...
View ArticleLetter to Minister Duguid: Canada Jobs Grant
November 4, 2013 Honourable Brad Duguid Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities 3rd Floor, Mowat Block 900 Bay Street Toronto, ON M7A 1L2 Dear Minister Duguid: We are writing to express our...
View ArticleCruise Boycott Expands: Anything But Carnival says Ontario Federation of Labour
(TORONTO) – The boycott of Carnival Cruises gained significant new support and momentum today as the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) officially threw its support behind it. The one-million member...
View ArticleChanges Fail to Protect Migrant Workers from Exploitation, says OFL
Media Release June 20, 2014 For Immediate Release Changes Fail to Protect Migrant Workers from Exploitation, says OFL Temporary Foreign Worker Program Promotes Harper’s “Low-Wage Agenda” (Toronto) The...
View ArticleWorkplace fatalities reach 5-year high while WSIB pays millions to convicted...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2014 Workplace fatalities reach 5-year high while WSIB pays millions to convicted companies and meager benefits to victims: Monday protest to demand justice (TORONTO,...
View ArticleEconomists support $15 minimum wage in Ontario
We, the undersigned economists, support the decision to increase the minimum wage in Ontario to $15 an hour. Raising the wage floor makes good economic sense. Today, Ontario’s minimum wage is $11.40...
View ArticleWith Bill 148 poised to go to third reading, now is the time to make needed...
(TORONTO, ON) – With Bill 148 poised to go to third reading, Ontario Federation of Labour President Chris Buckley will outline needed amendments to Bill 148 at Committee hearings today. He will also...
View ArticleOFL to Ford’s Conservative government: End the hypocrisy now, immediately...
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) urges Ontario’s government to take immediate action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our province by providing at least seven paid sick days and ten days of...
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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...
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