Media Advisory: OFL and Ontario NDP to launch campaign to regulate heat stress in Ontario workplaces
May 21 2024 - 1:18PM
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) and the Ontario New
Democratic Party (ONDP) will hold a media conference on Wednesday
at 10:00 a.m. at Queen’s Park to launch a campaign to regulate heat
stress in Ontario.
“Extreme heat on the job is a serious health and safety issue in
Ontario workplaces,” said Laura Walton, OFL President. “We need
meaningful legislation that keeps all workers safe.”
The campaign will build support for a legislative change to be
introduced in the fall.
“Starting next week, I will introduce a motion in the
Legislature to tackle heat stress at work,” said Peter Tabuns,
Official Opposition Critic for Climate Action. “We hope that the
government will see the urgency of this issue and give its
support.”
The media conference will include three front-line workers from
different sectors who will speak about their first-hand experiences
of extreme heat stress at work.
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Media conference to launch heat stress campaign |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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10:00 a.m. EDT |
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Queen’s Park Media Studio111 Wellesley St W, Toronto, ON M7A
1A2 (map) |
Leaders of OFL affiliate unions will be present for the media
conference and available for comment afterwards.
The Ontario Federation of Labour represents 54 unions and one
million workers in Ontario. It is the largest provincial labour
federation in Canada. Visit OFL.ca and follow @OFLabour on
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
For more information, please contact:
Jenny SellathuraiInterim Director of CommunicationsOntario
Federation of Labour
jsellathurai@ofl.ca | 416-894-3456