Committee hearings on Bill 148, The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, are taking place this week. Today is the last chance for workers to have our say about Bill 148. We are pushing to make sure Bill 148 is as strong as it can be! While the Workers’ Action Centre and our allies work to raise the… contine reading
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Celebrate leaders defending workers’ rights
The 6th annual fundraiser of the Ontario Employment Education & Research Centre (OEERC), in partnership with the Workers’ Action Centre, is only ten days away! Funds raised through the Workers’ Bowl will help WAC provide workers’ rights workshops in different languages across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as leadership education. In celebration of our movement… contine reading
Join us in celebrating the brave workers in our movement
The Ontario Employment Education & Research Centre (OEERC), in partnership with the Workers’ Action Centre, will host its 6th annual fundraiser on Saturday, November 4. With the money raised through the Workers’ Bowl, WAC is able to provide workers’ rights workshops in different languages across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as leadership education for… contine reading
Premier Wynne: It is time to ensure fairness!
October 1 marked the 4th year that the Ontario minimum wage has been indexed to inflation. The minimum wage increased by 20¢, going from $11.40 to $11.60 an hour. The Workers’ Action Centre and our allies won this annual indexation in June 2014, along with a 75¢ increase in the minimum wage at that time. But… contine reading
Workers still stuck in Temp Nation
A recent Toronto Star exposé about the ordeals of temp workers gained a lot of attention in the media this month. Reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh went undercover at Fiera Foods, a commercial bakery in Toronto that hires exclusively through a temporary agency. Three temp workers have died at Fiera Foods or its associated facilities since 1999.… contine reading
Restaurant workers stand up for fairness
Workers have been fed up with unfair and unsafe working conditions for decades. Now, with the hope of labour law reforms and minimum wage increases proposed in Bill 148, many in our communities are breathing sighs of relief. However, organizers at the Workers’ Action Centre and in the Fight for $15 and Fairness are reminding… contine reading
What’s at stake with Ontario’s labour laws
Our decent work movement is going strong as the Government Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs began a review of Bill 148: the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act today. Just yesterday, we read the Toronto Star’s editorial in support of a $15 minimum wage, which reflects the growing support for our demands to make workplaces decent. We also saw this… contine reading
Let’s defend and strengthen Bill 148 – Submission deadline
After years of organizing, and most recently through the $15 & Fairness Campaign, we’ve succeeded in bringing important labour law changes to the table. Titled Bill 148 – Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, this proposed legislation aims to raise the minimum wage to $15, ensure equal pay for equal work for part-time, temporary and contract workers, introduce… contine reading
Victory — a $15 minimum wage and more!
We believed that we would win, and now we are seeing workplace standards rising! The Ontario government just announced its plan to raise the minimum wage to $14 on January 1, 2018 and then to $15 on January 1, 2019. This overdue increase, along with some improvements to our labour laws, will be a direct… contine reading
Will the Government take action on $15 and Fairness?
Liberal cabinet members met this week to discuss whether some critical $15 and Fairness demands will be turned into law. It was a discussion that would never have taken place without the many years of organizing done by the Workers’ Action Centre and our many allies. For WAC members who have been exploited at one… contine reading