After ripping away our labour law improvements with Bill 47, in December the government also tabled Bill 66, the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. If this bill becomes law, it will remove a wide range of legal rules meant to protect our communities. Some of the proposed changes directly affect workers’ rights. Help us speak out… contine reading

Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act became the new reality for our workplace rights on January 1, 2019. This new legislation cancels the $15 minimum wage and takes away important protections such as paid sick days and equal pay for equal work. The government’s betrayal of working Ontarians is causing more and more people… contine reading

Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, became law on November 21. It takes away a number of our new protections and rights meant to stop the spread of precarious work, including the increase to a $15 minimum wage, equal pay for equal work, and 2 paid sick days. These new changes will… contine reading