OFL demands equity lens be applied to recovery efforts, and renews call for the collection of race and socio-demographic based COVID-19 data
April 29, 2020 15:06 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equity-seeking communities must be central in the development of Ford government economic recovery plans. Ontario must commit to collaboration with labour...
OFL welcomes federal government action on retooling GM plant to produce facemasks, and urges the Ontario government to make similar directives to Ontario manufacturers
April 24, 2020 14:18 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The OFL is pleased to hear Prime Minister Trudeau’s announcement that the government of Canada has reached an agreement with GM where the company will...
Action Plan to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Inadequate: Ford government must match rhetoric with stronger, concrete measures to protect residents and staff
April 16, 2020 11:51 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government’s Action Plan to address COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario’s long-term care homes is still less than what is needed stop the spread of the...
Equal Pay Day VIRTUAL Rally
April 03, 2020 11:13 ET
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Ontario Equal Pay Coalition
April 4, 2020 at 1 p.m. EDT Ontario Equal Pay Coalition says without women’s work, our communities don’t function. TORONTO, April 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The #COVID19 pandemic proves...
Workers left behind by the ‘first steps’ in Ontario’s 2020 Action Plan, says Ontario Federation of Labour
March 25, 2020 18:11 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, March 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The people of Ontario were looking for stability, and assurances that vital public services like health and long-term care, and social assistance received...
Without providing access to paid emergency leave, Ford’s COVID-19 legislation misses the mark, says Ontario Federation of Labour
March 19, 2020 17:04 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, March 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In these unprecedented times, the government of Ontario must put the health and safety of all workers and the public first. The OFL is hopeful that the...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Labour coalition to provide more details on the charter challenge to Bill 124
March 03, 2020 06:00 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, March 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The coalition of unions bringing a charter challenge against Bill 124 will provide updates on the case. What: Press ConferenceWhen: 9:00 a.m. March 4,...
New CBC Hospital Overcrowding Data Should Compel Much More Substantive & Urgent Response from Ford Government: Health Coalition
January 22, 2020 13:12 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Responding to the CBC’s release of new Ontario hospital overcrowding data that shows the majority of the province’s hospitals have been operating at...
REPEAT -- MEDIA ADVISORY: Thousands Expected at Nathan Phillips Square to Stop Ford’s Cuts to and Elimination of Local Public Health Units, Ambulance Services, Hospitals, and Long-term Care
November 09, 2019 07:00 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling on the Doug Ford government to stop health cuts and privatization, thousands of Greater Toronto Area residents will come together at Nathan...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Thousands Expected at Nathan Phillips Square to Stop Ford’s Cuts to and Elimination of Local Public Health Units, Ambulance Services, Hospitals, and Long-term Care
November 07, 2019 07:00 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling on the Doug Ford government to stop health cuts and privatization, thousands of Greater Toronto Area residents will come together at Nathan...