James Clark

Sep 26, 2024 | businessage.com | James Clark

In any business, pulling together is how you win externally. No business wins internally - the customer and the competition are outside. Too often, however, each business function wants to maximise its impact without regard for the effect on others. Department heads may focus on their own customer-service targets with a blinkered view that ignores the true value of collaboration. When you make the step up to a seat in the boardroom, though, this must be left at the door.

May 25, 2024 | ofl.ca | James Clark

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) issued the following open letter to University of Toronto President Meric Gertler on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Download the letter here. Dear President Gertler, I am writing in my capacity as the President of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), which represents 54 unions and one million workers in Ontario.

Mar 20, 2024 | springmag.ca | James Clark

On Monday evening, Canada’s Parliament overwhelmingly passed the New Democratic Party’s Palestine motion by 204 votes to 117. Almost all Liberal MPs, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, joined the NDP, the Bloc Québécois, and the Greens to support the motion. The entire Conservative Caucus opposed it, along with three Liberal MPs who broke ranks: Ben Carr, Anthony Housefather, and Marco Mendicino.

Feb 18, 2024 | ofl.ca | James Clark

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) condemns the violence directed at striking workers on a lawful picket line in the township of Black River-Matheson in Northern Ontario this week. Two equipment operators were struck by two different scabs driving a pickup truck through the picket line on Wednesday. The operators are among 14 municipal workers, represented by CUPE 1490, who have been on strike since January 22, 2024, after first being locked out in October 2023.

Feb 7, 2024 | ofl.ca | James Clark

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) condemns the overreach of Ottawa police, following the arrest of a union leader on a lawful picket line of striking Non-Public Funds (NPF) workers, who are represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC-AFPC).