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OFL: Workers need permanent paid sick leave, not the bare minimum
April 28, 2021 19:21 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario’s new Worker Income Protection Benefit is a bare minimum response to the longstanding call for paid sick days from labour advocates, unions,...
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OFL: Poll confirms overwhelming support for mandated paid sick days
April 22, 2021 08:00 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- There is overwhelming support for mandated paid sick days, as confirmed by polling data released today. The poll found that 83 per cent of Ontarians...
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OFL gravely concerned that new COVID-19 restrictions fall short on protections for workers
April 16, 2021 17:03 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, April 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is gravely concerned that new COVID-19 restrictions do not include additional protections to keep workers safe....
Fédérations du travail provinciales et territoriales du Canada
Nous ne pouvons plus nous permettre d’attendre : il est temps que tous les travailleurs canadiens bénéficient de congés de maladie payés OTTAWA, 25 févr. 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- En prévision de la réunion des ministres fédéral, provinciaux et territoriaux du Travail, les fédérations du travail provinciales et territoriales...
Canada’s provincial and territorial federations of labour
We can’t afford to wait. It’s time for paid sick leave for every worker in Canada OTTAWA, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In advance of the federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers’ meeting, provincial and territorial federations of labour are united in demanding...
REMINDER/MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s Federations of Labour hold press conference on national call for paid sick days TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Federations of Labour are holding a press conference on Thursday February 25 at 9:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET.,...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s Federations of Labour hold press conference on national call for paid sick days TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Federations of Labour are holding a press conference on Thursday February 25 at 9:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET.,...
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Ontario Federation of Labour outraged by Ford Government’s refusal to legislate paid sick days for every Ontario worker
February 16, 2021 14:49 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This morning, Doug Ford’s Conservative Government refused to support the NDP’s call for all-party consent to pass Bill 239, Peggy Sattler’s Stay Home If...
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OFL shocked that new stay-at-home orders fail to include guaranteed paid sick days
January 12, 2021 15:40 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is shocked that new COVID-19 emergency measures announced today fail to include critical workers’ protections...
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OFL calls on Ford to resume Ontario Legislature immediately to address record-high COVID-19 cases and deaths
January 08, 2021 11:02 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour demands that MPPs return to the legislature immediately. While Ontario continues to break single-day records for COVID-19...