Worker Safety Unit

    • Supporting and enforcing our members’ health and safety rights in the workplace
    • Building health and safety activists
    • Influencing the health and safety system
    • Leveraging strength in the workplace so joint health and safety committees and health and safety representatives are focused on health and safety prevention
    • Working with other unions in health and safety

    (416) 443-8888 or 1-800-268-7376
    [email protected]

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    Including instructions for getting printed copies of our updated booklets, flowcharts, and how-tos.

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    Updated: A Workers Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act

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    Updated: Violence and Harassment at Work

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    Updated: From Knowledge to Action

    Health and Safety Links

    H&S tip sheets and flyers

    • (416) 443-8888 or 1-800-268-7376
    • [email protected]
      • Joscelyn Ross, Health and Safety Officer
      • Frank Inglis, Health and Safety Officer
      • Sania Wadalia, Health and Safety Officer

    News

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    Worker Safety Engagement Tour! Ottawa on Oct 17 and Kingston on Oct 18

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    Public safety workers and first responders needed for mental health research study

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    Training June 13: Get active in the OFL’s heat stress campaign

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    April 28 Day of Mourning events across Ontario

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    Ford’s Toronto Courthouse Chaos: $956 million-dollar building falling apart, workers getting injured & cases thrown out

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    Fighting the WSIB’s Alarming Record of Denying Chronic Mental Stress Claims

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    OPSEU/SEFPO commemorates the National Day of Mourning – April 28

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    Terminated CLASS employees returning to work

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