Description: The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is boycotting the Ontario Federation of Labour convention.

Source: Canadian Labour Reporter

Date: 11/22/2011

Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview?articleid=11783&headline=unions-boycott-ontario-federation-of-labour-convention

Related links:

• Statement from OPSEU
• OPSEU home page
• OFL
• Toronto Star story about the OFL convention
• Press release advertising the convention

Questions for discussion:

• What is the role of a provincial labour federation?
• How do you think this boycott will affect the OFL’s ability to perform that role?
• The OPSEU statement doesn’t say why they are boycotting the convention. Why do you think the union issued the statement?
• Why do you think they worded the statement the way they did?