Fast food workers organizing for $15 and union recognition in the US won an important victory yesterday as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that McDonald’s could be held liable for labour violations in its franchise stores. Following a series of nation-wide 1-day strikes, workers filed close to 200 unfair labour practices claims against… contine reading
Archives for July 2014
Wage theft and minimum wage bills re-introduced
Responding to workers’ organizing for decent work, the Ontario government re-introduced legislation to index the minimum wage to inflation and and bring in new protections against wage theft. The new bill introduces many changes that Workers’ Action Centre members and supporters across the province have been calling for. If passed the new legislation would:… contine reading