• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Workers Action Centre

Organizing for Fair Employment

  • About
    • Contact us
  • Resources
  • Policy papers
  • Updates
    • Know Your Rights!
  • In the media
  • Support us
  • Know Your Rights
  • 知道你的权益
  • Conozca sus derechos
  • உங்கள் உரிமைகள்
  • Ogow xuquuqdaada
  • ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਕਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਾਨਣ ਲਈ
  • আপনার অধিকার সম্পর্কে জানুন

Archives for October 2016

Tsering Paldon, a settlement worker who helped do research for the study. Image credit: Cole Burston, Toronto Star

Why decent jobs matter for a healthy Ontario

October 17, 2016

A new report launched today by Ryerson University provides new evidence on how precarious jobs are making our communities sicker. The report, “Working so hard, still so poor!”: A Public Health Crisis in the Making?, profiled by Toronto Star this morning should be a warning sign for every public policy maker. Click here to read the Toronto Star article | Click here… contine reading

$15 minimum wage sign at rally

Celebrating the World Day for Decent Work

October 6, 2016

Today, the Toronto Star published a new video to mark October 7, which is the World Day for Decent Work. “Over half of all workers in Toronto face some kind of instability on the job: Short-term contracts. No benefits. Erratic schedules. The city is now the most unequal in Canada…”. As reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh explains, the… contine reading

Footer

Sign up for Action Alerts

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

© 2023 Workers Action Centre | Organizing for Fair Employment | Sitemap