Callous Assault by Employers on Cancer Victims and Surviving Widows
OFL Calls on McGuinty to Reinstate Compensation for Victims and Survivors (Toronto) — As a result of an employer-led legal campaign, victims of occupational disease and their survivors have been cut...
View ArticleOFL Expects Historic Sentencing of Negligent Company: Restitution Sought for...
(Toronto) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is bracing itself for a historic verdict this Friday, when the sentence will be announced against Metron Construction. The company’s criminal...
View ArticleOFL Calls on Crown to Appeal Metron Sentence: A Worker’s Life is Worth More...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2012 (Toronto) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Sid Ryan is calling on the Crown to appeal the $200,000 fine leveled against Metron Construction today...
View ArticleOFL’s Sid Ryan live interviewed on CP24 about Metron Construction Fines
Watch this CP24 video clip of a live interview with Sid Ryan after Metron Construction was slapped with a $200,000 fine for the deaths of 4 workers and the critical injury of a third. Sid Interviewed...
View ArticleOFL Receives Appointment to Ontario’s First Prevention Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2012 (Toronto) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) welcomed yesterday’s Ontario government announcement of the province’s first Prevention Council on Occupational...
View ArticleWSIB Death and Injury Stats for the first 6 months of 2012
The latest death and injury stats from the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) report over 200 fatality claims and over 120,000 injuries. The tally for 2011 reached 436 workplace fatalities...
View ArticleOFL Applauds Crown’s Appeal of “Manifestly Unfit” Sentence in Metron...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2012 (Toronto) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Sid Ryan today applauded Ontario’s Attorney General for appealing the $200,000 fine leveled against...
View ArticleWSIB Death and Injury Stats (Jan-July, 2012)
Twenty-seven workers reportedly died in workplace related accidents or from occupational disease in only one month, according to new Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) statistics. That...
View ArticleLabour Movement Releases Mental Injury Tool Kit on World Mental Health Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2012 (Toronto, ON) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has banded together with several provincial labour unions and the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario...
View ArticleMetron Manager to Face Criminal Trial for Toronto High-Rise Fatalities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2013 Metron Manager to Face Criminal Trial for Toronto High-Rise Fatalities (Toronto, Ontario) – The Ontario Federation of Labour welcomed today’s Ontario Court...
View ArticleWithout Justice, No Fallen Worker Can Rest in Peace: OFL Statement on Day of...
OFL Statement April 24, 2013 Without Justice, No Fallen Worker Can Rest in Peace OFL Statement on Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job – April 28 Thousands of workers, friends and...
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Take Part in the 30th Anniversary of Injured Workers’ Day: June 1
Take Part in the 30th Anniversary of Injured Workers’ Day Saturday June 1st, 2013 11:00 a.m. (overnight vigil begins at 4:00 p.m. Friday May 31st) Queen’s Park – Ontario Legislature (walk north from...
View ArticleOFL Letter to Premier Wynne on TSSA in Wake of Sunrise Tragedy
July 4, 2013 The Honourable Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Wynne: Recent events have once again brought attention to the failure of...
View ArticleRELEASE – Conviction in Sunrise case confirms failure of privatized TSSA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 4, 2013 MEDIA RELEASE Conviction in Sunrise case confirms failure of privatized TSSA (Toronto, Ontario) – The guilty verdict in the Sunrise Propane case last week...
View ArticleOFL Applauds Successful Appeal that Slaps $750,000 Fine Against Metron...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2013 OFL Applauds Successful Appeal that Slaps $750,000 Fine Against Metron Construction in Deaths of Four Workers (TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour...
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Conference on Workers’ Compensation – Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2013
No “Half Measures” is an international conference on workers’ compensation 100 years after Sir William Meredith presented his options for reform that would remove injustice for injured workers. “…Half...
View ArticleRemembering Linda Ann Jolley – 1945 to 2013
Obituary: Linda Ann Jolley Quietly, in her 68th year, Linda passed away at home, on September 24, 2013. Predeceased by her husband, Doug Felice, she is survived by her nephew Malcolm, her sister-in-law...
View ArticlePostmedia News interviews Nancy Hutchison on workplace inquests
Postmedia News produced a great 6-part series on public inquests. Part 5 features OFL Secretary-Treasurer Nancy Hutchison, who said that “History keeps repeating itself.” On the day she testified at...
View ArticleOFL Statement: International RSI Awareness Day 2014
Ergonomic Regulations are Needed to Prevent Repetitive Strain Injuries. OFL Statement: International RSI Awareness Day 2014 On Feb 28, we mark the 15th Annual International RSI Awareness Day. This day...
View ArticleRELEASE: April 28, 2014 National Day of Mourning for workers killed or...
(TORONTO) – Today’s release by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) of the latest statistics on workplace death, injuries and illnesses is fuelling new demands for progress and change....
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