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2009
OFL VIDEO RELEASED DECEMBER 2009 Climb the Hill: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (download PDF)
Occupational Exposure Limits: OFL’s 2009 submission to Ministry of Labour (download PDF)
We support the MOL's proposed reductions to the substances under review for 2009. Two substances are of particular concern for us. These are beryllium and sulphur dioxide.
2008
CREATING ONTARIO’S TOXICS REDUCTION STRATEGY (download PDF)
OFL Submission to the Ministry of the Environment
October 2008
Consultation paper on Workplace Violence and Prevention - OFL Submission to the Ministry of Labour - October 2008 (download PDF)
This is an issue that has been a priority for the OFL and its affiliates for many years. Labour has written and raised the issue with every Minister of Labour for a decade or more. We have called upon them to introduce legislation. We have raised concerns over the Ministry interpretation that while workplace violence is a hazard covered under the Occupational Health and Safety Act that employers must address; it is not a condition of the workplace that allows workers to exercise their right to refuse. The MOL would treat any refusals as complaints. Four years ago, we told the Ministry that this was not only wrong but unethical and immoral.
OFL Submission to the Ministry of Labour - Occupational Exposure Limits September 2008 (download PDF)
If we are to prevent future occupational disease, we must aim now, to reduce the use of existing toxic substances or processes and provide the framework for development of new, non-toxic substances and processes in production.
Why We need a Day of Mourning, 2008 (download PDF)
April 28 ceremonies allow all Canadians and people throughout the world to pay respect to those working people who have died or suffered injuries and diseases on the job.
Background and statistics
2007
Safe Needles Save Lives - Working Families Vote ’07 Fact Sheet (download PDF)
The Precautionary Principle - Working Families Vote ’07 Fact Sheet (download PDF)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Accreditation Paper OFL Comments, May 30, 2007 (download PDF) (read online)
It is our conviction that the people who suffer the consequences of poorly framed health and safety policies and practices have far too little to say in the management of the workplace.
Making Lemonade Out of Lemons (download PDF)
An activist guide for using Due Diligence and the Internal Responsibility System to Improve Health and Safety in the Workplace
WHY WE NEED A DAY OF MOURNING FACT SHEET 2007 (download PDF)
Background information on deaths and injuries in Ontario workplaces since the Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect in 1979.
2006
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS (download PDF) (read online)
SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR FROM THE OFL
Day of Mourning April 28 - Fact sheet 2006 (download PDF)
Why we need a Day of Mourning.
2006 Fact Sheet outlining the number of deaths and injuries that have occurred in Ontario workplaces since the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect in October 1979.
VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE REGULATION CAMPAIGN LOBBY KIT (download PDF) (read online)
OFL Submission on Bill 36 (download PDF) (read online)
The Local Health System Integration Act, 2005
To the Standing Committee on Social Policy
February, 2006
