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MEDIA ADVISORY: Protests at Ontario Legislature & Across the Province: Ford government needs to take immediate action to address staffing crisis, implement a minimum of 4 hours of hands on care & end for-profit long-term care, says Ontario Health Coalition
October 07, 2020 17:15 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 1,900 Ontario residents and staff have died of COVID-19 in long-term care. The funding and staffing announcements made...
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October 1 minimum wage adjustment falls short of what it should have been had Premier Ford not cancelled $15. Essential workers say: “Compliments don't pay the rent.”
September 21, 2020 07:00 ET | Fight for $15 and Fairness
TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the many poorly paid frontline heroes who keep our economy running, Ontario's minimum wage adjustment scheduled for October 1, 2020 should have...
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Wellington County And Top Aggregate Producing Municipalities Call For Fair Approach To MPAC Property Valuation
August 18, 2020 12:30 ET | The County of Wellington
TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the County of Wellington along with other members of the Top Aggregate Producing Municipalities of Ontario (TAPMO) met with Stan Cho, Parliamentary...
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More than 10,000 protest to tell Ford Government to stop health privatization, cuts
April 30, 2019 16:33 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, April 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- They came from across Ontario in the middle of a work day by the thousands with a message for the Doug Ford government. From a stage in front of the...
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Thousands will rally to protect health care from Ford’s massive cuts, privatization and restructuring plans
April 29, 2019 13:12 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In what is expected to be one of the largest rallies to date against the Ford government’s cuts. A massive rally will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30,...
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Ontarians travelling in from dozens of communities for giant rally to protect public health care
April 25, 2019 14:47 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, April 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It is shaping up to be one of the largest public rallies at Queen’s Park since the Ford government took power. It will be held next Tuesday, April 30 at...
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Social assistance cuts continue Ford’s attack on vulnerable Ontarians, says OFL
November 23, 2018 12:06 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday’s announcement on changes to Ontario’s social assistance programs are continuing Ford’s attack on Ontario’s most vulnerable, says Ontario...
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Doug Ford fails Ontario workers with the passage of Bill 47, say leaders in the Fight for $15 and Fairness movement, Ontario Federation of Labour, and Workers’ Action Centre
November 21, 2018 11:56 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the unconscionable passing of Bill 47, which takes away basic workplace rights from Ontarians, this government has shown again that it is governing...
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Actions by education workers at PC Convention will send message to Doug Ford: Keep decent work laws and $15 minimum wage
November 16, 2018 10:08 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An action will be held at the PC convention in protest of the Progressive Conservative Party’s continuing actions to reduce workers’ rights in Ontario. ...
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Labour activists and community members to attend committee hearings on Bill 47 in defense of workers’ rights, says Ontario Federation of Labour
November 14, 2018 16:42 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Labour and community activists will fill the committee rooms at Queen’s Park tomorrow, as the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs hears...