(TORONTO) -- Today’s budget falls short of the coherent plan that Ontario workers facing job losses needed. The budget’s spending could have been much wiser and provided more value for money.

(TORONTO) -- Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) president Wayne Samuelson will be available today after 4 p.m., to comment on the Ontario Budget. Samuelson will be at Queen’s Park and available by phone following the budget release.

(TORONTO) – The Ontario government has a duty to strengthen and pass proposed legislation to help workers who are among the most vulnerable in the province, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

The Ontario government has the power and the opportunity to implement a four-point plan to help people and industries snared in the jobs and economic crisis, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(TORONTO) -- The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on March 21st. In 1960 on that day in Sharpeville, South Africa police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid “pass laws”. Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

(TORONTO) -- Ontario is in the midst of the economic storm, and Thunder Bay is suffering the effects. To move the province out of the recession and into a sustainable future, the Ontario government has to be strategic and aggressive, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(TORONTO) -- The Ontario government has the power and the opportunity to implement a four-point plan to help people and industries snared in the jobs and economic crisis, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

Ontario is in the midst of the economic storm, and Sudbury is suffering the effects. To move the province out of the recession and into a sustainable future, the Ontario government has to be strategic and aggressive, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

In Kingston today with local leaders, OFL president Wayne Samuelson laid out a $5.5-billion plan to maintain Ontario’s industrial base, support public services, provide relief to people who really need it and invest in infrastructure to create jobs and put Ontario on a sustainable path.

(TORONTO) -- Ontario is in the midst of the economic storm, and Kingston is suffering the effects. To move the province out of the recession and into a sustainable future, the Ontario government has to be strategic and aggressive, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(TORONTO) -- The Ontario government has the power and the opportunity to implement a four-point plan to help people and industries snared in the jobs and economic crisis, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

OFL president Wayne Samuelson will be joined by local labour leaders in London on Monday, March 16, 2009 to release the OFL’s four-point plan for Ontario’s response to the economic crisis.

“The staggering job losses in Ontario last month demand swift and effective action on budget day,” said Wayne Samuelson, OFL President.

“The staggering job losses in Ontario last month demand swift and effective action on budget day,” said Wayne Samuelson, OFL President.

(TORONTO) -- The Ontario government has the power and the opportunity to implement a four-point plan to help people and industries snared in the jobs and economic crisis, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(TORONTO) -- Ontario is in the midst of the economic storm, and Kitchener-Waterloo is one of the regions hardest hit. To move the province out of the recession and into a sustainable future, the Ontario government has to be strategic and aggressive, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(HAMILTON) – The Ontario government has the power and the opportunity to implement a four-point plan to help people and industries snared in the jobs and economic crisis, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(TORONTO) -- Ontario is in the midst of the economic storm, and Hamilton is one of the cities hardest hit. To move the province out of the recession and into a sustainable future, the Ontario government has to be strategic and aggressive, says the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

(TORONTO) -- “Women can’t be left behind in this recession,” said Irene Harris, Ontario Federation of Labour officer responsible for women’s issues. “Women and families need help in these troubled times, they need the support of our public services and jobs with equal pay for work of equal value.”

(TORONTO) -- A week after the launch of a Task Force studying racism on Ontario campuses Task Force members came together again today at a news conference to condemn a racially motivated death threat that was sent to the Canadian Federation of Students and its members.