Working with the Spanish speaking community? The Workers Action Centre and Black Creek Community Health Centre are organizing a free training session on workplace and human rights for front line workers delivering employment or settlement services on Monday November 12, 2012 from 1 – 4 pm. The training session will provide: Training on key areas… contine reading
Archives for October 2012
Building solidarity for migrant worker rights
Migrant worker advocates shared common struggles for migrant workers rights at a lively gathering hosted by the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC). Jose Sicajau worked in Canada as a migrant farmworker for four years. After standing up for another worker and speaking out about conditions at work, he was blacklisted from the program. Along… contine reading
Ontario needs a minimum wage workers can live on
My name is Angel, I have been a member of the Workers Action Centre for about four years. I want to talk about the minimum wage, because it’s my concern. My situation as a low-income worker is the same as the majority of people in Ontario, and Canada. Rent is high and increases every year,… contine reading