Premier Underscores Ontario’s Commitment to Free Trade and Partnership, Opposition to Buy American Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Washington, D.C., today to meet with U.S. leaders and advocate on behalf of Ontario workers and businesses for the importance of maintaining free trade with the [Read more]
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne released the following statement today: “Labour Day is an opportunity to celebrate the rights that every worker deserves — and to pay tribute to the pioneers of the labour movement and the hard-working people who help keep our province going every day. My [Read more]
Ontario Strengthening Protections for Vulnerable Workers Today, Bill 18, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014, passed third reading with all party support in the Ontario legislature. The new act supports Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, and is designed to further [Read more]
FROM : SkillsOntario Cardboard Boat Races draw nearly 1500 competitors in 14 cities from 250 schools in Ontario each year ONTARIO – You might be surprised to learn that students building a boat out of cardboard, duct tape and glue can change our province. Skills Ontario is working toward [Read more]
Shiftwork, the simple use of the word will unease most Northern Ontario workers. Roughly, 25% of the North American working population currently faces the realities of shiftwork. Considering our most prominent are in the mining, hospital and transportation sectors, that percentage would be greater. [Read more]
Ontario Chief Prevention Officer George Gritziotis is “extremely distressed by number of workplace fatalities related to falls.” From childhood onward, every single one of us has fallen at one time or another. Whether it was a tumble from a bicycle or piece of playground equipment, you quickly [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – “The passing of Bill 115 today represents one of the darkest days in the history of workers’ rights in recent memory,” said Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation / FEESO President Ken Coran. “This government has now passed a law that tramples on the rights [Read more]
