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November 14, 2022 16:45 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

OFL: ‘Ford chooses crises in public services in Fall Economic Statement’

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Ford government released the Fall Economic Statement, providing an update to Ontarians about government priorities. The Ontario Federation of...
November 07, 2022 16:09 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

OFL: Worker power leads to Bill 28 reversal

TORONTO, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour says the Ford government got a glimpse of the magnitude of workers’ power leading to the reversal of Bill 28. Less than...
November 01, 2022 06:30 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario Unions to Hold Emergency “Hands Off Workers’ Rights!” Rally

TORONTO, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Tuesday, November 1 at 5:00 p.m., Ontario workers will hold an emergency rally in response to the Ford government’s attack on basic labour freedoms. ...
October 31, 2022 15:34 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Ontario Federation of Labour calls the Ford Government’s new legislation invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, a “full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms”

TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government’s introduction of the Keeping Students in Class Act is a full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario, says the Ontario...
September 12, 2022 09:55 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

“Bill 124 hurts Ontario workers” says Ontario unions as Superior Court hears legal challenge

TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workers gathered on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice this morning, as the Court prepared to begin hearing the constitutional challenge to Bill...
September 09, 2022 09:00 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold media conference as Bill 124 court hearings commence

TORONTO, Sept. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions will hold a media conference on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice on Monday, September 12 at 9:00 a.m., as the court hearings...
September 08, 2022 15:51 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold media conference as Bill 124 court hearings commence

TORONTO, Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions will hold a media conference on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice on Monday, September 12 at 9:00 a.m., as the court hearings...
August 09, 2022 15:51 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

OFL responds to Throne Speech: ‘Ford government is out of ideas, out of touch’

TORONTO, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour is panning the Ford government’s 2022 Throne Speech as “out of ideas and out of touch.” Just one day after hundreds of...
August 08, 2022 12:45 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Ontario unions tell Ford to “Listen Up!” as Ontario Legislature resumes

TORONTO, Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers marked the return of the Ontario Legislature with an action at Queen’s Park, to tell the Ford government what working people in the...
August 08, 2022 08:00 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

REPEAT: MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario unions to hold action at Queen’s Park as Ontario Legislature resumes

TORONTO, Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers will mark the return of the Ontario Legislature with an action at Queen’s Park on Monday, August 8 at 12:00 p.m. As Ford’s PC government...