Ontario Federation of Labour hosts female MPPs breakfast briefing to focus on...
(TORONTO, ON) – Media are invited to attend an International Women’s Day breakfast briefing for female MPPs on what Ontario women need from employment and labour law reform. Ontario women have made...
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(Toronto) – In a special briefing for female MPPs, senior political and advocates on the morning of International Women’s Day, the OFL drew attention to the ways that Ontario MPPs can ensure needed...
View ArticleEconomists support $15 minimum wage in Ontario
We, the undersigned economists, support the decision to increase the minimum wage in Ontario to $15 an hour. Raising the wage floor makes good economic sense. Today, Ontario’s minimum wage is $11.40...
View ArticleOntario government must make workers its priority, says Ontario Federation of...
(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) encourages the government to further prioritize workers in its 2017 Ontario Fall Economic Statement. Today, it was announced that the corporate...
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OFL Young Workers’ Assembly: a powerful day of activism and allyship
The Young Workers’ Assembly brought together activists from across Ontario on November 18, 2017. To see more photos from the event, click here. Over 100 workers from across Ontario attended the OFL...
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March 8 Project: Order “Marching ON” pins and posters for International...
2018 is the eighth year of our exciting March 8 Project, developed by the OFL Women’s Committee celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s theme is “Marching ON”. Both the pewter pin and...
View ArticlePay Equity Symposium – Time’s Up on Wage Discrimination: Close the Pay Gap...
To download the registration forms click here. Pay Equity Symposium Time’s Up on Wage Discrimination: Close the Pay Gap and End Gender Wage Theft! When: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 9:00 am to 4:30 pm...
View ArticleEqual Pay Coalition calls demand change to strengthen Ontario’s new Pay...
(TORONTO) On Tuesday March 6, 2018, the Ontario government introduced a new Pay Transparency Act to help close the gender pay gap. All employers in the province have had a legal obligation to deliver...
View ArticleStatement for December 6: Ontario government must reinstate programs to end...
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women remembers the 14 women killed at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Gender-based violence continues to take lives around the globe. A...
View ArticlePower of Many: Women march to say “We are not going back,” and demand...
(TORONTO, ON) Women across Ontario are joining the global march for equality on Saturday, January 19, demanding change from the Ontario government. Women march to bring awareness to the changes needed...
View ArticleThis International Women’s Day, let’s demand an end to violence against women
Government must take steps to ensure violence against women and girls ends, says OFL Secretary-Treasurer Patty Coates in an op-ed at simcoe.com. Every two-and-a-half days, a woman in Canada is killed...
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2020 is the tenth anniversary of the OFL March 8 Project. Order your pins and...
Greetings, For a decade, the OFL’s March 8 Project has been supporting women’s organizations across Ontario as they rise, resist, and organize for equality across our province. In 2020, the project...
View ArticleOFL celebrates Foodora couriers’ historic victory
The Ontario Federation of Labour celebrates the ruling of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), which found that Foodora couriers must be classified as dependent contractors, allowing the...
View ArticleOp-ed: This International Women’s Day, we are mobilizing to defeat Ford
Ontario Conservatives launched their war on women the moment they took office. March 8 is International Women’s Day. What better time to take a look at the PCs abysmal record on women’s issues? The...
View ArticleOFL to Ford’s Conservative government: End the hypocrisy now, immediately...
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) urges Ontario’s government to take immediate action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our province by providing at least seven paid sick days and ten days of...
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Open letter to Premier Ford: Provide emergency support for all workers and...
SENT VIA EMAIL Hon. Premier Doug Ford Hon. Christine Elliott Hon. Rod Phillips Hon. Monte McNaughton Dr. David Williams Dear Premier, Ministers and Chief Medical Officer of Health: Further to your...
View ArticleCOVID-19 INFORMATION
This page was last updated March 25, 2020 Below is a list of resources on COVID-19. This list includes the OFL response to Ford’s emergency legislation, demands for workers during the pandemic, a fact...
View ArticleA message to Doug Ford for Labour Day 2020 – Try one simple thing to flatten...
From the get-go, the Conservative government of Ontario has shown a toxic disregard for the needs of working people. The province’s March 17 shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 did nothing to...
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2021 OFL March 8 Project. Order your pins and posters for International...
Greetings: For more than a decade, the OFL’s March 8 Project has been supporting women’s organizations across Ontario as they rise, resist, and organize for equality across our province. In 2021, as...
View ArticlePower of Many: Women march to say “We are not going back,” and demand...
(TORONTO, ON) Women across Ontario are joining the global march for equality on Saturday, January 19, demanding change from the Ontario government. Women march to bring awareness to the changes needed...
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