OFL: Ontario Workers Call on Ford Government to Pass Heat Protection Legislation as Summer Approaches

What It’s Like to Work Outdoors in India’s Brutal Heat

As temperatures approach a threshold of what’s considered livable for humans, hundreds of millions of outdoor workers are at risk.

Workers Demand Protection from Extreme Heat – OFL Urges Government to Act

TORONTO, May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As another sweltering Ontario summer approaches, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), frontline workers, and Ontario NDP MPPs gathered at Queen’s Park to demand immediate passage of the Heat Stress Act, a Private…

OFL: Ontario Workers Call on Ford Government to Pass Heat Protection Legislation as Summer Approaches

TORONTO, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Ontario braces for another summer of extreme heat, workers and labour leaders are calling on the Ford government to take immediate action to protect workers from the deadly impacts of heat stress…

Ontario NDP pushes for workplace heat protection as climate crisis escalates

Language English News Content: Ontario NDP pushes for workplace heat protection as climate crisis escalates   QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP and Critic for the Environment, Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth), is calling on the Ford government to act now to protect workers from extreme heat on the job, as Ontario faces another summer of record-breaking temperatures.  “Working in extreme heat shouldn’t be a death sentence,” said Tabuns. “Climate cha…

B.C. has no workplace temperature limits. Advocates want change

With summer temperatures rising and wildfires becoming more frequent, advocates want the provincial government to act now on workplace safety regulations.