Tuesday, March 09, 2010
For Immediate Release:
Sid Ryan to Ontario employers: Kill a worker, go to jail
(TORONTO) - Workplace safety may have taken a huge step forward with the use of a Criminal Code of Canada provision against a Sault Ste. Marie company, says OFL president Sid Ryan.
Friday, March 05, 2010
For Immediate Release:
RALLY TO SUPPORT 3,500 WORKERS ON STRIKE AGAINST GIANT MULTINATIONAL VALE INCO
3 P.M., SATURDAY, MARCH 6 - METRO CONVENTION CENTRE, FRONT ST., TORONTO
(TORONTO) - Workers who are eight months into a strike against giant multinational Vale Inco will get a boost this weekend from supporters at a rally in downtown Toronto.
For Immediate Release:
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARIE KELLY, ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR SECRETARY-TREASURER MARCH 6 AND 7, 2010
(TORONTO) - On Saturday, March 6: Marie Kelly will be the keynote speaker at the Cornwall & District Labour Council International Women’s Day Breakfast.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Vale Inco
Rally for Steelworker Locals 6500 & 6200 on strike at Vale Inco in Sudbury & Port Colborne
SATURDAY, MARCH 6
3 pm Metro Convention Centre, Front Street
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
For Immediate Release:
OFL International Women’s Day Statement March 8, 2010
Communities that WORK: What Ontario Women Need in this Budget
(TORONTO) - International Women’s Day is a day for solidarity among women. It is a day to celebrate the gains women have made and to call for the changes that are still needed.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
New In the Library:
Help for laid-off workers and response to job loss
Facing Layoffs? Downsizing? Expecting a closure or merger? When your workplace is changing, unions must act quickly and effectively. Together with the affiliates and the CLC, the OFL has developed materials to help.
Fact Sheets (English) (French)
Training Manual
Fact Sheets (English) (French)
Training Manual
download PDF or Download French PDF
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
For Immediate Release:
Ontario Federation of Labour President, Sid Ryan:“Northern Ontario Needs a ‘Jobs Budget’” OFL Brings Communities that Work Campaign to Thunder Bay
(TORONTO) - Newly elected Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan will be in Thunder Bay on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 to discuss the OFL’s campaign to ensure that the upcoming provincial budget focuses on the preservation and creation of good jobs and strong public services.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
For Immediate Release:
Ontario Federation of Labour calls on McGuinty Government: Reject Lopsided “Buy American” Deal
Unbalanced and asymmetrical trade deal would inhibit local job creation
(TORONTO) - Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan today called on Premier Dalton McGuinty to reject the Stephen Harper brokered Canada-U.S. trade deal, which would restrict the ability of provincial and municipal governments to support domestic firms employing Canadian workers when they procure goods and services.
Monday, February 08, 2010
OFL-CLC Pension Summit
Pension summit information and registration Toronto Saturday, March 27, 2010
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OFL-CLC Pension Summit
For Immediate Release:
OFL statement on health of federal NDP leader Jack Layton
(STATEMENT) - Federal NDP leader Jack Layton announced last week that he is battling prostate cancer. Always a friend to the labour movement and working families, he has countless friends across Canada to support him in his health challenge.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
New In the Library:
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Thursday, February 04, 2010
New In the Library:
BLACK HISTORY MONTH - FEBRUARY 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
New In the Library:
Next month’s budget must be ‘good jobs’ budget:submission to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
Monday, February 01, 2010
For Immediate Release:
TESTING SHOWS ONTARIANS ARE BEHIND OFL’S JOBS MESSAGE
OFL PRESIDENT SID RYAN TO APPEAR BEFORE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE & ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: 1:45 P.M. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
(TORONTO) - OFL president Sid Ryan will deliver the same message in pre-budget consultations tomorrow as the one folks across Ontario are hearing on the radio this week: next month’s budget must be a ‘good jobs’ budget.
For Immediate Release:
UNIONS LAUNCH JOBS CAMPAIGN ON EVE OF BUDGET HEARINGS: ‘GOOD JOBS’ BUDGET NEEDED TO SPEED UP AND CONSOLIDATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
(TORONTO) - Unions in Ontario are pressing for Premier Dalton McGuinty to make next month’s budget a ‘good jobs’ budget with a campaign starting with a series of radio ads launched this week
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
For Immediate Release:
Ontario Federation of Labour applauds creation of expert advisory panel on workplace health and safety
(TORONTO) - Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan today commended the Ontario government for creating an expert advisory panel to conduct a comprehensive review of the province’s occupational health and safety prevention and enforcement system.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
For Immediate Release:
OFL Calls for coroner’s inquest into death of Niagara Region woman
(TORONTO) - The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has joined the many who are calling for a coroner’s inquest to determine whether a young woman in the Niagara Region could have survived had the emergency room closest to her not been closed.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
For Immediate Release:
Unified Labour Movement to Dwight Duncan: Ontario Needs a Jobs Budget
(TORONTO) - In a meeting today between Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan and the leaders of Ontario’s fifteen largest private and public sector unions, representing over one million workers, the Ontario labour movement delivered a clear and unified message on behalf of Ontario’s working families: Ontario needs a “jobs budget”.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
For Immediate Release:
Cabinet Ministers to meet with labour on upcoming Ontario budget 11 a.m. Thursday, January 21, 7 Queen's Park Crescent, Frost Building South
(TORONTO) - Union leaders representing the largest group of Ontario workers ever will walk united into a meeting with two key cabinet ministers tomorrow to discuss government action on jobs and the economy.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
For Immediate Release:
ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT FOR HIGH-RISE TRAGEDY VICTIMS
(TORONTO) - On the eve of a public vigil honouring the victims of the Christmas Eve scaffolding collapse tragedy, the Ontario Federation of Labour, on behalf of its affiliate unions and more than one million members in the province, offer our deepest sympathies to the families of the slain workers and to the surviving victim.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
For Immediate Release:
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO FROM ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR PRESIDENT SID RYAN
(TORONTO) - Dear Minister Bentley:
As the President of the Ontario Federation of Labour, representing over one million workers in Ontario, I am requesting that you launch a criminal investigation into the deaths of four migrant workers who fell to their deaths on Christmas Eve in Toronto. A fifth worker is in intensive care with two fractured legs and a broken spine.
As the President of the Ontario Federation of Labour, representing over one million workers in Ontario, I am requesting that you launch a criminal investigation into the deaths of four migrant workers who fell to their deaths on Christmas Eve in Toronto. A fifth worker is in intensive care with two fractured legs and a broken spine.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
For Immediate Release:
Sid Ryan, OFL call for Attorney General to investigate loss of life in construction accident to determine if criminal negligence a factor
(TORONTO) - Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan is calling on Ontario’s Attorney General to investigate the tragic deaths of four migrant workers who fell to their death on Christmas Eve in Toronto when a scaffold they were working on broke apart. While the Ministry of Labour is looking into the health and safety circumstances around the accident, Ryan says that an investigation is warranted to determine if criminal negligence is a factor in these deaths.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Focus on Queen’s Park - December 2009
Liberals Shut Job Action Centres
Kenora-Rainy River NDP MPP, Howard Hampton, says the Liberals’ decision to shut down job action centres across Northern Ontario is the latest example of a government that is completely out of touch with what is happening in the region.
The complete story and more in Focus on Queen’s Park - December 2009!
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Focus on Queen’s Park - December 2009
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Monday, December 14, 2009
New In the Library:
OFL VIDEO RELEASED DECEMBER 2009 Climb the Hill: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
For Immediate Release:
OFL VIDEO RELEASE
Climb the Hill: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
(TORONTO) - Released today, the OFL video, Climb the Hill: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace calls for an end to one of the most challenging problems in workplaces
Sunday, December 13, 2009
TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING AND SERVICING WORKERS IN PRECARIOUS JOBS
A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP FOR ORGANIZERS, STAFF AND ACTIVISTS
OFL Building
15 Gervais Drive
Toronto, ON M3C 1Y8
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING AND SERVICING WORKERS IN PRECARIOUS JOBS
Friday, December 11, 2009
New In the Library:
APPRENTICESHIP: Fact Sheets
New In the Library:
Apprentissage: Feuillets d’infos
Monday, December 07, 2009
For Immediate Release:
AUDITOR GENERAL CLEAR ON CAUSE OF WSIB UNDERFUNDING, OFL’S SID RYAN CLEAR ON THE SOLUTION: INCREASE PREMIUMS TO 1996 LEVELS
(TORONTO) - Today’s report from the Auditor General of Ontario makes clear the cause of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) unfunded liability, and it certainly isn’t overly generous benefits for injured workers, says Ontario Federation of Labour president-elect Sid Ryan.
For Immediate Release:
ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR RECOGNIZES HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: CELEBRATING THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON DECEMBER 10
(TORONTO) - “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” These are the first words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948.
