by SEIU Branch Local 1 | May 31, 2017 | CLC, OFL News, Union News
May 30, 2017 10:04 A.M. Ministry of Labour The Ontario government has announced its intention to introduce proposed legislation, The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017. The legislative proposals include broad ranging amendments to Ontario’s Employment...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | May 25, 2017 | CLC, OFL News, Union News
(Toronto, ON) – There are many missed opportunities in the long-awaited Changing Workplaces Review final recommendations, says the Ontario Federation of Labour. While the report recognizes the urgent need for changes to Ontario’s employment and labour law, it must...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | May 15, 2017 | CLC, Health & Safety, OFL News, Union News
For Workers Injured or Killed on the Job Safer and Healthier Workplaces — Just One Election Away Every year, thousands of Canadians are killed or injured on the job or die from work-related diseases. Yet, this is something few of us think about when we mark our...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | Apr 26, 2017 | CLC, Health & Safety, OFL News, Union News
Unions and families call on federal government to remember Westray and help enforce the law Unions and families of workers killed on the job are asking the federal government to do more to enforce laws holding employers criminally accountable for workplace death and...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | Mar 9, 2017 | CLC, OFL News, Union News
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 On International Women’s Day, Canada’s unions are asking our government to act on their stated feminist principles. “Since the last election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly stated his support for gender equality and declared...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | Feb 28, 2017 | CLC, OFL News, Union News
Kathleen Wynne government ordered a review of workplace law ‘to improve security and opportunity for those made vulnerable by the structural economic pressures and changes being experienced by Ontarians.’ (Toronto Airport Workers Council) Premier Kathleen...
