In First Summit with International Business & Government Leaders, Essential Workers to Discuss Framework for Just COVID-19 Recovery
September 01, 2021 18:56 ET | Open Society Foundations
Worldwide, Sept. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Essential workers from North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia will meet with global business and government leaders to discuss a framework for...
CareFirst and Highmark Introduce Union Blue
August 31, 2021 10:03 ET | CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Washington, DC/Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, two leading healthcare companies, CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. (CareFirst) and Highmark Inc. (Highmark), announced a new...
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Ford is using the health emergency to assault democracy with Bill 195, says OFL
July 22, 2020 10:27 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, July 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour is outraged by the anti-democratic, and unprecedented Bill 195 that has been rammed through the legislature by the Ford...
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COVID-19 economic recovery plan must put people first if it is to succeed, says the Ontario Federation of Labour
June 24, 2020 13:10 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For an effective economic recovery that protects the health and safety of Ontarians, the government must put people first, invest in the public services,...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: "Caravan for Justice" heads to St. Catharines to demand immediate protections and permanent resident status for migrant workers, as COVID-19 cases spike on farms
June 12, 2020 12:39 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fight for $15 & Fairness campaign will lead a caravan on Saturday, June 13, to demand urgent action from the Trudeau government to grant full...
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Ford Government should immediately repeal Bill 124, after Manitoba Court strikes down similar wage restraint legislation as unconstitutional, says Ontario Federation of Labour
June 12, 2020 12:24 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions are renewing their call for the Ford government to repeal Ontario’s wage control legislation (Bill 124), after a court ruling struck down a...
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REPEAT – Media Advisory: Wednesday, June 3, Ontarians will demand action during the Ford Failed Us Province-wide Day of Action
June 03, 2020 06:00 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontarians are fed up with the Ford government’s failure to support the working people of Ontario, and they will be telling him so on Wednesday, June 3 with...
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Media Advisory: Wednesday, June 3, Ontarians will demand action during the Ford Failed Us Province-wide Day of Action
June 02, 2020 16:57 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontarians are fed up with the Ford government’s failure to support the working people of Ontario, and they will be telling him so on Wednesday, June 3 with...
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Ford government’s new infectious disease emergency leave rules are an attack on Ontario’s most vulnerable workers, says OFL
June 02, 2020 14:25 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford Conservative’s infectious disease emergency leave rules should increase worker protections, not remove access to severance and termination pay as...
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Open Letter to Premier Doug Ford
May 28, 2020 18:08 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, May 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dear Premier Ford, While we are pleased that your government has committed to independence, non-partisanship and...