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October 07, 2020 17:15 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

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

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...
September 21, 2020 07:00 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

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.”

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...
August 18, 2020 12:30 ET | Source: The County of Wellington

Wellington County And Top Aggregate Producing Municipalities Call For Fair Approach To MPAC Property Valuation

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...
April 30, 2019 16:33 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

More than 10,000 protest to tell Ford Government to stop health privatization, cuts

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...
April 29, 2019 13:12 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Thousands will rally to protect health care from Ford’s massive cuts, privatization and restructuring plans

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,...
April 25, 2019 14:47 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ontarians travelling in from dozens of communities for giant rally to protect public health care

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...
November 23, 2018 12:06 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Social assistance cuts continue Ford’s attack on vulnerable Ontarians, says OFL

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...
November 21, 2018 11:56 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

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

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...
November 16, 2018 10:08 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Actions by education workers at PC Convention will send message to Doug Ford: Keep decent work laws and $15 minimum wage

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. ...
November 14, 2018 16:42 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Labour activists and community members to attend committee hearings on Bill 47 in defense of workers’ rights, says 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...

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