On July 28th, workers met with the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee (OWRAC) to expose the low wages, unsafe work, and misclassification that workers experience through app-based companies like Uber, Lyft and Skip the Dishes. The Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services call on the Committee to recognize that platform-based workers are not… contine reading
Archives for July 2021
Act Now: 3 Major Issues Facing Workers
Workers are reeling from the $800 cut to federal income support for workers still unemployed due to COVID-19, the provincial government fails to recover stolen wages, and the exclusion of migrant and undocumented workers continues despite being called heroes during the pandemic. We need your support on these critical issues! 1. Status for All March… contine reading