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Wage Theft

link to post Nathaly Wins $10K in Unpaid Wages

Nathaly Wins $10K in Unpaid Wages

September 7, 2023

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

link to post WAC Launches Survey on Workers’ Experiences of Wage Theft

WAC Launches Survey to Better Understand Workers’ Experiences of Wage Theft

August 31, 2023

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

Link to post Community action: Stop wage theft at Mankind

Community action: Stop wage theft at Mankind!

March 5, 2020

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

Muslim Workers Network handing out flyers and postcards

Share the $15 & Fairness Faith Statement

December 22, 2016

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

Working to mend a broken system

Changing Workplaces Review Interim Report released – Join us in our fight for real change!

August 2, 2016

” …..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

Martha wins stolen wages

Worker wins her stolen wages after 1 year & 5 months

September 16, 2015

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

Martha wins stolen wages

‘Ontario employers get slap on wrist for mistreating employees’: 4th article in Toronto Star series on precarious work

May 25, 2015

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

Mary Gellatly - Toronto Star opinion piece

‘Ontario allowing employers to fire workers without cause’: 3rd article in Toronto Star series on precarious work

May 19, 2015

The Employment Standards Act is supposed to set the minimum floor of standards for workers in non-unionized jobs. But a dizzying array of exemptions, loopholes, and gaps in the law… 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… contine reading

April 15 protest outside the Ontario Ministry of Labour

Toronto Star series on precarious work: every Monday in May

May 4, 2015

As the government embarks on a review of the Employment Standards Act and Labour Relations Act in Ontario, the Toronto Star is doing a four-part series on some of the… contine reading

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