A groundbreaking report on wage theft in Canada’s trucking industry is out now. This report is based on survey results from over 400 truck drivers across Canada. Whether provincially or federally regulated, these truck drivers face the same situation of being underpaid and overworked.
Wage Theft
Our Fight to Stop Wage Theft Continues!
We’re starting 2026 with the commitment to make fighting wage theft our top priority. We ended 2025 strong by launching our Stop Wage Theft campaign. Already, the campaign is making… contine reading
New Report on Wage Theft!
On Tuesday October 28 at 7pm, join us online for the launch of our new report: The Crisis of Wage Theft in Ontario. Across the province, wage theft happens all… contine reading
Nathaly Wins $10K in Unpaid Wages
Imagine getting fired after asking for your job description and then discovering you are owed over $10,000 in unpaid wages and termination pay. That’s what happened to Workers’ Action Centre… contine reading
WAC Launches Survey to Better Understand Workers’ Experiences of Wage Theft
The Workers’ Action Centre is launching the Problems at Work Survey to help us better understand how employer violations of labour laws are impacting Ontario Workers. When we think of… contine reading
Community action: Stop wage theft at Mankind!
What do you call hours upon hours of work for which your boss refuses to pay? We call it wage theft. That’s exactly what Nia and Isabelle have been experiencing… contine reading
Share the $15 & Fairness Faith Statement
2016 has been full of effective organizing in communities across Ontario. The many groups that make up $15 and Fairness have only gotten stronger in the fight for decent work.… contine reading
Changing Workplaces Review Interim Report released – Join us in our fight for real change!
” …..decency at work is a fundamental and principled commitment that Ontario should accept as a basis for enacting all its laws governing the workplace.” Strong words of introduction as… contine reading
Worker wins her stolen wages after 1 year & 5 months
Martha Jaramillo is a member of the Workers’ Action Centre. She came to us in the spring of 2014 when her wages went unpaid and she was fired. WAC helped… contine reading
‘Ontario employers get slap on wrist for mistreating employees’: 4th article in Toronto Star series on precarious work
The current enforcement model of employment standards in Ontario does little to deter violations of the law: the system is understaffed, depends on workers who have experienced violations to confront… contine reading