by SEIU Branch Local 1 | Nov 24, 2017 | CLC, Health & Safety, OFL News, Union News
Congratulations to each and every one of you!Bill 148 – has officially finished the amendment process and will now be going for 3rd reading. We expect the final vote to take place on Wednesday, November 22, probably quite early in the day. Jeff, together, we made this...
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 | Dec 28, 2016 | CLC, Health & Safety, Union News
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 The Canadian Labour Congress is celebrating today’s announcement that the federal government is banning the manufacture, import, export and use of asbestos. “We can all breathe easier,” said CLC president Hassan Yussuff. “This is good...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | Apr 4, 2016 | CLC, Health & Safety, OFL News, Union News
Ontario’s employment laws are woefully out of date and out of step with the current jobs market. Part-time, temporary and contract jobs are becoming the norm, along with erratic scheduling and contract-flipping. Workers also face major barriers to joining and keeping...
by SEIU Branch Local 1 | Sep 23, 2015 | CLC, Health & Safety, Union News
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labour Day. Originally celebrated in New York City’s Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked during the Industrial Revolution....
