Health & Safety

(Toronto) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is bracing itself for a historic verdict...

OFL Calls on McGuinty to Reinstate Compensation for Victims and Survivors (Toronto) — As a...

Dear Premier McGuinty: I am writing to bring your attention to a serious attack on...

(TORONTO, ON) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) expressed frustration that Metron Construction boss Joel Swartz won’t be facing jail time for the deaths of four workers and serious injury to another. While applauding the historic conviction of the company – the first in Ontario to face conviction for criminal negligence – the OFL made it clear that the $1-million fine sought by the prosecution doesn’t deliver sufficient justice to the victims and their families.

Studies show that the majority of working women will experience some form of sexual harassment throughout their working lives; however the harassment experienced in the workplace is not solely limited to sexual harassment. Harassment on the basis of race, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity/expression and various other forms of personal harassment, compounded with harassment due to gender can make the workplace, and indeed society, dangerous and even lethal for many vulnerable workers.

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Nova Scotia Westray mine disaster in which...