The Ontario Federation of Labour is a federation of labour unions in the Canadian province of Ontario. The original OFL was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1944. It was merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour in 1957 (now considered the modern OFL's founding date), one year after the merger of the CCL and the Trades and Labour Congress (the OPFL's parent federation). It is now the provincial federation of the Canadian Labour Congress. Elroy Robson was the original OFL's first president and William Sefton was its first secretary-treasurer. Policy conventions are held every two years. Today, the federation represents 700,000 workers who belong to its affiliated trade unions. Officers of the OFL since 1957 Presidents Cleve Kidd (1957–1958) David Archer (1958–1976) Cliff Pilkey (1976–1986) Gord Wilson (1986–1997) Wayne Samuelson (1997–2009) Sid Ryan (2009–2015) Chris Buckley (2015–2019) Patty Coates (2019–present) Secretary-Treasurer Douglas Hamilton (1957–1970) Terry Meagher (1970–1984) Wally Majesky (1984–1986) Sean O'Flynn (1986–1988) Julie Davis (1988–1995) Ethel Birkett-LaValley (1995–2005) Irene Harris (2005–2009) Marie Kelly (2009–2011) Nancy Hutchison (2011–2015) Patty Coates (2015-2019) Ahmad Gaied (2019–present) Executive Vice-Presidents Julie Davis (1986–1988) Ken Signoretti (1988–1997) Irene Harris (1997–2005) Terry Downey (2005–2011) Irwin Nanda (2011–2015) Ahmad Gaied (2015-2019) Janice Folk-Dawson (2019–Present) References External links OFL home page Canadian Labour Congress Trade unions in Ontario Provincial federations of labour (Canada) Trade unions established in 1957 1957 establishments in Ontario