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• Fact Sheets – Falling Behind: Ontario Common Front fact sheets on inequality (Aug. 2012)
• Report – Falling Behind: Ontario Common Front Report on Inequality (Aug. 2012)
• Submission – Standing Committee on Social Policy: The Broader Public Sector Accountability Act 2010 (Nov. 2011)
• Policy Paper – Services publiques (Convention 2007)
• Report – Continence Care Policies and Practices in Long Term Care Homes (Nov. 2007)
• Submission – Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs: Pre-Budget Consultations (Jan. 2007)
• Submission – Standing Committee on Social Policy: Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2006 (Jan. 2007)
• Fact Sheet – The Cost of P3s: The Brampton Experience (May 2006)
• Fact Sheet – Is Your Local Hospital Next on the List? (May 2006)
• Submission – Standing Committee on Social Policy: Bill 36 Local Health System Integration Act, 2005 (Feb. 2006)
• Policy Paper – Rebuilding Health Care (Convention 2005)
• Submission – Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy: Bill 8 Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act (Feb. 2004)
• Policy Paper – Stronger Unions, Human Rights, Communities (Convention 2003)
• Report – Understaffed and Under Pressure: A Reality Check by Ontario Health Care Workers (Oct. 2005)
• Policy Paper – Fighting the Right and Building Our Vision (Convention 1999)
• Submission – Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs: Ontario Alternative Budget
• Submission – Health Care: Ontario Alternative Budget Factsheet (Jan. 1999)
• Ontario Alternative Budget: Behind the Illusion of Stable Public Spending – Shrinking Public Services in Ontario (Jun. 1998)
• Policy Paper – The Public Sector, Public Services and the Economy (Convention 1997)

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Just as workers unite in a union to protect their rights, so also do unions unite in central labour bodies to fight for better working and living conditions. The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is the province's "house of labour" and serves as an umbrella group for working people and their unions.

From its inception in 1957, the OFL has grown to represent over one million Ontario workers belonging to more than 1,500 locals from 54 affiliated unions, making it Canada's largest provincial labour federation. The OFL's strong membership and militancy makes it a formidable political voice.

The OFL pushes for legislative change in every area that affects people's daily lives, including health, education, workplace safety, minimum wage and other employment standards, human rights, women's rights, workers' compensation, and pensions. It also makes regular presentations and submissions to the Ontario government and mounts internal and public awareness campaigns to mobilize the kind of political pressure that secures positive change for all workers – whether or not they belong to a union.