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Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs regarding Schedule 9, Bill 68 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Cover preface table of contents (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Chapter 2 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Chapter 1 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Chapter 3 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Chapter 5 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Chapter 4 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Chapter 6 (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report- Appendix A (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Appendix C (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Appendix B (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Appendices D-E (download PDF)
1976 Royal Commission Report - Errata Page (download PDF)
Help for laid-off workers and response to job loss (download PDF)
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
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (download PDF)
BLACK HISTORY MONTH - FEBRUARY 2010 (download PDF)
Next month’s budget must be ‘good jobs’ budget:submission to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (download PDF)
OFL VIDEO RELEASED DECEMBER 2009 Climb the Hill: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (download PDF)
APPRENTICESHIP: Fact Sheets (download PDF)
Apprentissage: Feuillets d’infos (download PDF)
Apprenticeship & Trades: Bill 183 submission, September 2009 (download PDF) (read online)
We are concerned that the structures envisioned by Bill 183 as drafted will be top-heavy and top-down; unaccountable; lacking a sufficient degree of expertise in the skilled trades; immediately mired in jurisdictional disputes; and bogged down in bureaucracy.
Occupational Exposure Limits: OFL’s 2009 submission to Ministry of Labour (download PDF)
We support the MOL's proposed reductions to the substances under review for 2009. Two substances are of particular concern for us. These are beryllium and sulphur dioxide.
Submission to The Ministry of Labour (download PDF) (read online)
Consultation on Foreign and Resident Employment Recruitment in Ontario by the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress
August 21, 2009
Presentation to The Standing Committee on The Legislative Assembly on Bill 139, an Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in relation to Temporary Help Agencies (download PDF)
Together it Works (download PDF)
An Economic Plan that Works for Everyone
Submission to The Ministry of Finance (download PDF)
Responding to the Report of the Expert Commission on Pensions
OFL Presentation to The Standing Committee on Government Agencies of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (download PDF) (read online)
Examining the Operation of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
February, 2009
Increasing Access to Unionization, Poverty Reduction and Women’s Equality (download PDF)
To be effective, Ontario’s poverty reduction strategy must address labour market poverty and women’s inequality.
OFL Submission to The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (download PDF)
Pre-Budget Consultations
December 11, 2008
Speaking Notes for Oral Presentation to The Standing committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (download PDF) (read online)
Pre-Budget Consultations by Irene Harris, Secretary-Treasurer, Ontario Federation of Labour
December 11, 2008
