Ministry of Transportation

OPSEU/SEFPO Local 428 President Jody Pringle and 1st Vice President Lee MacLaren, both full-time Ministry of Transportation (MTO) ferry workers, brought a petition to Queen’s Park at the end of March on behalf of Wolfe Island and Glenora ferry workers, and area residents. The 1,000-signature petition, presented by NDP MPP and Labour Critic Jamie West,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2023 TORONTO – 1,000 Kingston and Prince Edward County area residents have signed a petition demanding that the Ministry of Transportation stop the service disruptions to the Wolfe Island and Glenora ferries by hiring more ferry workers and retaining them with fair, competitive wages. The petitions will be presented at...

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is paying temporary staffing agencies two to three times more than it would cost to hire permanent ferry workers to staff the Wolfe Island Ferry in Kingston. This was recently confirmed by their local MPP, Ted Hsu, who received disclosure from the Ministry on the exact figures, and released...