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Media Advisory: Workers to hold press conference in support of proposed Heat Stress Act
November 06, 2024 13:32 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This Thursday, November 7 at 9:00 a.m., the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), workers affected by heat stress, and Ontario NDP MPP Peter Tabuns will hold...
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Kenney shows contempt for workers and democracy
June 20, 2019 13:20 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation of Labour, is outraged by actions taken by Premier Jason Kenney...
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Big Surprise! Restaurants Canada is back again with another campaign opposing Alberta’s minimum wage and workplace reforms
February 12, 2019 11:38 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Predictably, Restaurants Canada is launching a third-party election campaign this morning which includes proposing rollbacks to minimum wage...
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Doug Ford betrays Ontarians by siding with big business over working people, say leaders in Fight for $15 and Fairness movement including Ontario Federation of Labour and Workers’ Action Center
October 23, 2018 14:30 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s announcement by the government of Ontario repealing the majority of Bill 148 steals basic rights from Ontario workers. Ford’s plan cuts wages,...
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REMINDER/Labour Day quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour: ‘How well do you know your rights in the workplace?’
September 03, 2018 06:00 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Sept. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- How well do you know your rights in the workplace? Take a seven-question quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour at myrights.ca to find out. To...
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REMINDER/Labour Day quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour: ‘How well do you know your rights in the workplace?’
September 01, 2018 06:00 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Sept. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- How well do you know your rights in the workplace? Take a seven-question quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour at myrights.ca to find out. To...
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Labour Day quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour: ‘How well do you know your rights in the workplace?’
August 31, 2018 09:23 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- How well do you know your rights in the workplace? Take a seven-question quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour at myrights.ca to find out. To...
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AFL applauds pay-before-you-pump law, but says more needs to be done to protect gas station and convenience store workers
October 30, 2017 18:34 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The pay-before-you-pump rules contained in Bill 19 will save lives by eliminating gas-and-dash deaths, but more work is needed to protect gas...
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Alberta Federation of Labour: Ki Yun Jo’s Gas-and-Dash Death Didn’t Have to Happen
October 11, 2017 15:03 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the October 6th gas-and-dash death of Ki Yun Jo, a gas station attendant in Thorsby, the Alberta government must introduce...
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Evidence shows a $15 Minimum Wage will be good for Alberta’s Economy
September 26, 2017 18:20 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newly released business community reports are raising the alarm on the impact minimum wage increases could have on youth employment. Yet here in...