Workers Action Centre

The federal government plans to cut the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) by 40% on July 17, 2021. The cut comes as unemployment rates continue to rise. It’s already a struggle to live on $500 each week. If passed, almost one million workers relying on the CRB will be relying on only $300 a week to… contine reading

Illegal fees are one of the many problems we face at precarious jobs. For temporary agency workers, it’s important to know that no temporary agency is allowed to charge its current, former or future employees any fee related to employment. Recently, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) decided against FDM Group, a temp agency that… contine reading

On April 29, 2021, the Ontario government amended the Employment Standards Act to require employers to provide up to three days of “paid infectious disease emergency leave.” The COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit (WIPB) is a temporary program put in place by the government to respond to the overwhelming calls for paid sick days. While… contine reading

Estamos en la tercera ola de la pandemia y los lugares de trabajo son una fuente importante de propagación del COVID-19 y sus variantes. El Centro de Acción de los Trabajadores ha recibido llamadas de personas que han contraído el virus en el trabajo y no sabían qué hacer a continuación. La bodega de almacenaje… contine reading