Oakville and District Labour Council - ODLC

09/09/2025

Solidarity with OPSEU Local 241 at Mohawk College!

09/03/2025

Games… Face Painting … Food and fun … registration link in the comments!!!

08/05/2025

Thanks to City Councillors Cameron Kroetsch, Tom Jackson, and Esther Pauls for signing the HDLC petition to demand an apology from the NHL for their historic and devastating assault on the 1925 Hamilton Tigers and a century of misconduct against our city.

They joined MPP Robin Lennox who had previously signed.

We encourage all local Councillors, MPPs, and MPs to the petition as well.

You can also sign the petition for yourself at www.100yearmisconduct.ca!

08/03/2025

So so so .. Solidarity ✊️!!!

Solidarity with our comrades from CUPW STTP and CUPW Hamilton 548! We will always stand with you!

07/31/2025

07/30/2025

Following the October 7 attacks, we called for an immediate ceasefire, the restoration of humanitarian aid, and the safe and immediate return of all hostages and civilians being held without charge. Since then, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been wounded, missing, and displaced. Entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble. Civilians are being starved in what Human Rights Watch now confirms is a deliberate campaign of extermination.

This is not a humanitarian crisis, it is a famine manufactured by the Israeli government. It is not a “conflict” or war: it is colonial violence and genocide.

More: https://ofl.ca/statement-this-is-genocide-stop-starving-gaza/

07/29/2025

The ODLC concurs ….

07/29/2025

Solidarity ✊️

MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release
July 16, 2025

Hamilton Labour Council Launches Public Petition Demanding NHL Apology for Century-Old Injustice

Hamilton, ON — Following a press conference held this morning at 11:00 a.m. in front of the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, the Hamilton and District Labour Council (HDLC) formally launched a public petition calling on the National Hockey League to apologize to the people of Hamilton, to the families of the 1924-25 Hamilton Tigers players, and to a community that has lived with this unresolved history for a century.

In 1925, the Hamilton Tigers (the city’s first and only NHL team) finished first in the league standings. When players demanded fair compensation for six additional games in an extended season, they took a principled stand together. In response, the NHL disqualified the team from the playoffs, stripping Hamilton of its rightful chance to compete for the Stanley Cup. The franchise was ultimately dissolved. The NHL has never acknowledged this injustice.

“Whether it’s steelworkers on the line, nurses in the hospitals, or athletes at all levels demanding fair compensation for the revenues they generate — the principle remains the same,” said Anthony Marco, President of the HDLC.

“It’s long past time for the NHL to recognize this historic wrong and apologize to the city and to the descendants of the players who paid the price for standing up for fair treatment.”

The public petition is now live at www.100yearmisconduct.ca. Over the coming weeks, the HDLC will be working to secure endorsements from individuals, union locals, businesses, and community organizations, building broad support across Hamilton and beyond.

The petition calls on the National Hockey League to end the 100 Year Misconduct and issue a formal apology to the people of Hamilton and the families of the players of the 1924-1925 Hamilton Tigers for the punitive actions against the team because they sought to advance the cause of labour and workers' rights.

“An apology won’t rewrite history, but it can finally honour it,” Marco added.

“It sends a message that standing together for fair treatment is something to be respected — whether it happened 100 years ago or today.”

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07/29/2025

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07/17/2025

Thanks to CBC and CBC Hamilton for helping us spread the word of our demand for an apology from the NHL over their treatment of the 1925 Hamilton Tigers at www.100yearmisconduct.ca.

07/08/2025

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04/27/2025

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