Hamilton and District Labour Council

OFL to NHL: A century of silence is enough | The Ontario Federation of Labour The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) proudly endorses the Hamilton and District Labour Council’s petition...

The OFL proudly endorses the @hamiltonlabour.bsky.social's petition demanding a formal apology from the @NHL for its punitive actions against the 1924–25 Hamilton Tigers, a team of workers punished for taking collective action.
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HAMILTON RALLY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES!

Date: May 23, 2025

Time: 12pm – 1pm

Location: MPP Donna Skelly’s office – 2000 Garth St., Hamilton

Kudos to @seiulocal2.bsky.social on taking the union movement into smaller and local locations in Hamilton!

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Today at 5:30 p.m. at #HamOnt City Hall!

The HDLC has endorsed four candidates in the federal election. We encourage affiliate members to support these candidates wherever possible!

@matthewgreen.bsky.social - Ham Centre
@robertohenriquez.bsky.social - HWAD
Peter Wehrun - FlamGlan/BrantNorth
Shannon Horner Shepherd - Haldimand-Norfolk.

Canadian labour leaders want to know where parties stand on workers' rights this federal election | CBC News Hamilton labour leaders say workers want to know where candidates in this federal election stand on issues including the right to strike, supporting public services and protecting workers affected by…

Hamilton labour leaders say workers want to know where candidates in this federal election stand on issues including the right to strike, supporting public services and protecting workers affected by the Canada-U.S. trade war. buff.ly/rFt0teq #HamOnt #Burlington #Labour #CdnPoli

Please save the date! Vote early and join us for our Day of Mourning ceremony in Hamilton at City Hall, 5:30 p.m..

The ceremony will start in the City Hall Council Chambers at 5:30 followed by a procession to the monument at the corner of Main and Bay Sts. at around 6:30.

All are welcome!

The third priority of our #SaveOntario platform is Save Our Families ensuring that those who are low-wage employed, underemployed, or unable to work at this time still have the resources they need to raise families in Hamilton. www.saveontario.org

The first priority in our #SaveOntario plan is Save Our Lives! www.saveontario.org

The HDLC launched our #SaveOntario priorities yesterday with community partners. Attached are some shareables outlining our key priorities. www.saveontario.org

We spoke up about it for years and City Council chose to ignore us and privatize everything. Staff scared them. Staff with a LRT Department Head that used to work at Metrolinx before the City AND whose city job is funded by Metrolinx.

Register now for our 3rd annual International Women's Day event! QR code in image below!

Tens of thousands of potential workplace injury reports filed by doctors are sitting in limbo. Are they a sign of a deeper problem? Workers' advocates say these potential injuries are not counted in provincial safety reports and could be an sign of claim suppression.

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Some early photos from HDLC's third food drop to @CUPW Hamilton 548 sites around the city at Pritchard Road, Millen Road, Frid Street, and Tradewind Drive.

If you think it's cold outside today, remember that posties usually work outside in this weather for 8 hours every day!

Solidarity Food Drops this Thursday: morning, noon, and evening at different sites. Most at noon. Please join in solidarity with @cupwsttp.bsky.social Local 548!

On Friday evening, join the Women & Gender Equity workgroup of the Hamilton and District Labour Council in this annual commemoration of tragedy and hope.

Someone call for a HOLIDARITY HOOPLA?

Solidarity with @cupwsttp.bsky.social!

Infographic says a lot! Sex workers are disproportionately vulnerable to violence, injury, societal disdain, and an inability to equitably access healthcare and other public services.

Frid Street

Frid Street

Tradewind Drive

Tradewind Drive

Some pics from HDLC Executive members supporting @cupwsttp.bsky.social picket lines in Hamilton yesterday!

Despicable! Solidarity with @cupwsttp.bsky.social!

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The union is also calling for more police probes of workplace deaths under “Westray Law,” criminal code provisions that allow investigators to consider criminal negligence by employers."

"USW 7135 president, Frank Crowder, argued it would be more effective to link fine size to the revenue of a particular corporation, suggesting a $500,000 fine could sink a smaller business while still representing a “speed bump to a huge corporation.”

HDLC Solidarity Strike Action 2 - Friday, 12-2pm in support of @cupwsttp.bsky.social Local 548!

HDLC will be doing food drops at all four Hamilton strike lines on Friday.

75 Frid Street - Friday morning
393 Millen Road - 12-2pm
247 Pritchard Road - 12-2pm
590 Tradewind Drive - 12-2pm

We help in organizing efforts when unions ask, but we are not a union and can't do card check ourselves. We focus on community organizing and trying to raise the standards of all working class people.

We will connect workers with union organizers if workers from a work site come to us.

Some of the pics from all four Hamilton area CUPW Hamilton 548 sites today! Two HDLC samosa drops, two HDLC pizza drops, and one big heaping helping of solidarity!

Thanks to Rosa, Tom, and Erin at Frid Street, Jenn at Pritchard Road, Shideh at Millen Road, and Anthony at Tradewind for food drops!

Updated with added Ancaster Depot!