This document is a collection of resources on the information, services, and benefits that exist for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians during the COVID-19 crisis. These include services provided by local groups as well as the provincial government and federal government. The page will be updated as warranted. Last updated April [...]
Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Confederation Building, 8th Floor - East Block P.O. Box 8700 St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6 Dear Premier, Thank you, and your government, for the steps you have taken to date to help keep us all stay safe; and to ensure that if and when this crisis [...]
As a precautionary measure as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the NL Federation of Labour will enact a work-from-home policy effective immediately. This policy will remain in place indefinitely; we will update our website when regular office hours resume. Due to restrictions related to working from home, there may be delays with some [...]
St. John’s, NL: The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (NLFL) is asking the provincial government to immediately enact all the necessary legislative and policy changes to protect workers who will be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Newfoundland & Labrador (NL). While self-isolation is important, and workers’ wages absolutely should be covered with or [...]
Copied from the Canadian Labour Congress: "Greetings: Due to the directive by British Columbia and national public health authorities to cancel any large gatherings because of the health risk posed by the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has unanimously decided to postpone the 29th Constitutional Convention and [...]
In response to misleading and false claims made by the NL Department of Finance about the minimum wage, the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour is sharing information to debunk the myths about minimum wage, and promote a better understanding of what as $15 minimum wage will mean for workers, business, and the economy in [...]
The NLFL is proud to be one of the 150 national and provincial organizations who co-signed this letter, calling on Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau to make the financial commitments needed in this year's budget to fund Pharmacare. Fund Pharmacare Now! English version: Letter to Minister Morneau Feb 13 2020 Version française: Lettre au ministre [...]
For Immediate Release: As the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) reviews the report of its Minimum Wage Review Committee, the St. John’s Board of Trade and Chambers of Commerce are calling on government to maintain the province’s ridiculously low minimum wage of $11.40, to be increased by the Federal CPI annually as is the [...]
St. John’s, NL: The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (NLFL) has been demanding that the province substantially increase its minimum wage this April 1st. As NLFL President Mary Shortall pointed out, “Our province has the lowest minimum wage in all of Atlantic Canada and the second lowest in all of Canada. Other provinces are [...]
Dear Editor, I write in response to the recent Brian Jones’s column “Snowmageddon buries St. John’s, uncovers social justice.” (Telegram, January 29th, 2020.) Mr. Jones left me puzzled. He argued the obvious, that unionized workers tend to have protections that make life more bearable, even during a week-long city shut down. Not so for low-wage [...]
