Eyob speaks out……I came to Windsor Canada in 2009 from Africa. I was very excited as I dropped off my resume and applied for my first job in this country. The owner seemed very happy to see me and I was soon hired. I was very happy to get this job as there are not… contine reading
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No consequences makes it easy to break the law
Gary speaks out… I moved to Toronto from Vancouver in October 2009, because my mother took ill. Since being here I have worked many different jobs and faced violations in all of them. I am sickened by it. After working for a maintenance company for three weeks I did not receive a pay cheque. I… contine reading
Speaking out could mean losing your job
Aliza speaks out… I have been here in Canada for almost 6 years working hard. I worked at a beverage company as a temporary agency worker for 1 year. I was paid $9.00 per hour, which is under the minimum wage, with no vacation pay. At the end of the year I was asking for… contine reading
Students can’t afford wage theft
Alberto speaks out… Facing an employer for unpaid wages is a nerve-racking experience. Feelings of anxiety, exploitation, degradation and desperation overtake you, which are only amplified by the idea that you may not get paid after working so hard just to earn an honest living. I experienced working with an employer who had no difficulty… contine reading
Wage theft hits women hard in Ontario
Mayra and Cristhina speak out… We found work in a hotel in the Muskoka area through an agency. The pay that we received was always $10 per hour, whether we worked overtime or not. This is less than the minimum wage. When we left our job, the employer told us that she would not pay… contine reading
WAC Members urge their local MPP’s to keep $6M for enforcement
WAC Members have been attending MPP events and visiting their local MPP offices to bring to their attention the issues facing Ontario workers in low wage and precarious employment as part of our Stop Wage Theft campaign. Members have been also urging MPP’s not to cut $6 million from the employment standards enforcement budget in… contine reading
WAC sends Premier McGuinty our messages to Stop Wage Theft
Starting today, WAC is sending daily parcels of Stop Wage Theft postcards to Premier McGuinty, urging the Liberal government to Stop Wage Theft! As the postcard states: “We work hard, but too often we don’t get paid our wages. Employers are breaking the law every day. It’s a reality that many of us are not… contine reading
Metcalf Foundation study: working poor numbers way up in Toronto
The number of working poor in the Toronto Region increased by 42% between 2000 and 2005, according to a new study from the Metcalf Foundation. This group accounted for more than 70,000 adults in the city of Toronto and more then 113,000 in the region overall. Toronto’s working poor live in a region with the… contine reading
Stop the $6 million cut to Employment Standards enforcement
When WAC members learned that the provincial government was planning to cut $6 million from Employment Standards enforcement in 2012, we took to the streets immediately and started mobilizing to stop the cut. WAC members speak out in our “Stop the $ million cut” video – part of our campaign to pressure the Ontario government… contine reading
Remembering the Struggles of Migrant Workers – Vigil
On December 18, 2011, migrant and their allies around the world came together on factory floors, in farm fields, in hotels and construction sites, and on the streets to commemorate and celebrate the struggles of migrant workers on the “Global Day of Action Against Racism, and for the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People”.… contine reading