The Ontario Federation of Labour is a prominent federation of labour union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

s in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. The original OFL was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour

Canadian Congress of Labour

The Canadian Congress of Labour was founded in 1940 and merged with Trades and Labour Congress of Canada to form the Canadian Labour Congress in 1956.-Founding:...

 in 1944. It was merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour in 1957 (now considered the modern OFL's founding date), one year after the merger of the CCL and the Trades and Labour Congress (the OPFL's parent federation). It is now the provincial federation of the Canadian Labour Congress

Canadian Labour Congress

The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in English Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.- Formation :...

.

Elroy Robson was the original OFL's first president and William Sefton was its first secretary-treasurer.

Policy conventions are held every two years. Today, the federation represents 700,000 workers who belong to its affiliated trade unions.

Presidents

• Cleve Kidd (1957–1958)
• David Archer (1958–1976)
• Cliff Pilkey
  Cliff Pilkey
  Clifford George Pilkey is a former Canadian politician and trade union leader.Pilkey was an autoworker and United Auto Workers leader in Oshawa's Local 222 before being elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario New Democratic Party MPP for Oshawa in the 1967 provincial election...
  
   (1976–1986)
• Gord Wilson
  Gord Wilson
  Gordon Allan Wilson was a professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins.- References :...
  
   (1986–1997)
• Wayne Samuelson (1997–2009)
• Sid Ryan
  Sid Ryan
  Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan is president of the Ontario Federation of Labour and a longtime Canadian labour union leader and politician.-Biography:...
  
   (2009-present)

Executive Vice-Presidents

• Julie Davis
  Julie Davis
  Julie Davis is an American director, writer and actress. She is most famous for her directing, writing and acting in Amy's Orgasm and 2009 romantic comedy film Finding Bliss.-Career:...
  
   (1986–1988)
• Ken Signoretti (1988–1997)
• Irene Harris (1997–2005)
• Terry Downey (2005–2011)
• Irwin Nanda (2011-present)

Secretary-Treasurer

• Douglas Hamilton
  Douglas Hamilton
  General Douglas Hamilton was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early British hill stations in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari, big-game hunter and trophy collector. He was an...
  
   (1957–1970)
• Terry Meagher (1970–1984)
• Wally Majesky (1984–1986)
• Sean O'Flynn (1986–1988)
• Julie Davis
  Julie Davis
  Julie Davis is an American director, writer and actress. She is most famous for her directing, writing and acting in Amy's Orgasm and 2009 romantic comedy film Finding Bliss.-Career:...
  
   (1988–1995)
• Ethel Birkett-LaValley (1995–2005)
• Irene Harris (2005–2009)
• Marie Kelly (2009–2011)
• Nancy Hutchison (2011-present)

External links

• OFL home page