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Migrant Workers

Your urgent action can win Regularization & Status for All

Your urgent action can win Regularization & Status for All

January 18, 2023

Thanks to the incredible organizing migrants and allies have done together, full and permanent immigration status is closer than ever. But we must act now to demand that our representatives show as much support for Regularization and Status for All as we do! If the Federal Cabinet Ministers support regularization at their retreat in Hamilton… contine reading

Care workers march at Rally for Decent Work - June 2018

Care workers organize and win!

March 7, 2019

Join us in Toronto on Saturday, March 9 for the International Women’s Day Rally and March where care workers will celebrate their recent win! After about 50 years of brave organizing against wage theft, long work hours, unpaid overtime, isolation in the homes where they work, and the exploitation that comes with being tied to… contine reading

Workers Action Centre

Public consultations announced for labour law Review

May 14, 2015

The Ontario government has announced the dates and locations of the first public consultations being undertaken for its review of labour laws, the Changing Workplaces Review (CWR). The dates and locations are as follows:   To register to make a presentation at the consultations, email CWR.SpecialAdvisors@ontario.ca or call 1-888-868-5844. These public consultations are an important opportunity… contine reading

job scams fact sheet

Executive Summary now available: Still Working on the Edge

April 29, 2015

An executive summary is now available for the groundbreaking report released by the Workers’ Action Centre on March 31, Still Working on the Edge: Rebuilding Decent Jobs from the Ground Up. Download and share widely! The Ontario government has launched a review of the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act, during which it will… contine reading

“$15 and Fairness” campaign launched

April 15, 2015

WAC joined allies from across Canada and North America to launch the “Fight for $15 and Fairness” campaign. Toronto-area workers rallied for decent work with actions at the Ministry of Labour offices on University Avenue, at Pearson International Airport and at McDonald’s Canada headquarters. “Current employment and labour laws are so full of holes and… contine reading

New Report Released: Still Working on the Edge

March 31, 2015

The Ontario government has launched a review of the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act, during which it will undertake “consultations on the changing nature of modern workplaces”.  Members of the Workers’ Action Centre have spent the past year, building upon previous research, identifying key problems workers are facing in the labour market… contine reading

The Harper government is scheduling a mass deportation of migrant workers starting April 1st

February 27, 2015

As of April 1st, 2015, all low-waged migrant workers employed under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program and Live-In Caregiver / Caregiver Program who have worked in Canada for more than four years will be banned from continuing to work here and forced to leave. They will also be barred from returning to Canada as workers… contine reading

Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014: How the laws have changed

December 16, 2014

Following years of hard work and organizing by Workers’ Action Centre members and their allies, Bill 18, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, became law on November 20, 2014. The Act makes several important changes to the laws governing working conditions for people in Ontario, including better provisions to curb wage theft, increased protections… contine reading

WAC Members Speak Out, Win Improvements to Employment Laws

November 6, 2014

Thanks to years of hard work by WAC members and their allies, Bill 18 has been adopted by the Ontario Legislative Assembly. The bill introduces changes that will help curb wage theft, better protect temp agency workers and peg the minimum wage to annual increases in the cost of living. WAC members and allies made… contine reading

Urgent Action Required on Bill 18

October 28, 2014

We have to act fast to get amendments that will strengthen Bill 18 for all workers. As expected, Bill 18 – the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 is moving very quickly. It was referred to the Standing Committee on General Government on Tuesday, and hearings will take place on Thursday, October 30. Any… contine reading

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