(TORONTO) -- International Women’s Day is a day for solidarity among women. It is a day to celebrate the gains women have made and to call for the changes that are still needed.

(TORONTO) -- Newly elected Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan will be in Thunder Bay on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 to discuss the OFL’s campaign to ensure that the upcoming provincial budget focuses on the preservation and creation of good jobs and strong public services.

(TORONTO) -- Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan today called on Premier Dalton McGuinty to reject the Stephen Harper brokered Canada-U.S. trade deal, which would restrict the ability of provincial and municipal governments to support domestic firms employing Canadian workers when they procure goods and services.

(STATEMENT) -- Federal NDP leader Jack Layton announced last week that he is battling prostate cancer. Always a friend to the labour movement and working families, he has countless friends across Canada to support him in his health challenge.

(TORONTO) -- OFL president Sid Ryan will deliver the same message in pre-budget consultations tomorrow as the one folks across Ontario are hearing on the radio this week: next month’s budget must be a ‘good jobs’ budget.

(TORONTO) -- Unions in Ontario are pressing for Premier Dalton McGuinty to make next month’s budget a ‘good jobs’ budget with a campaign starting with a series of radio ads launched this week