This week the Toronto Community Foundation released its 2011 Vital Signs report. In their chapter on Work, the report highlights findings from the Workers’ Action Centre’s report Unpaid Wages, Unprotected… contine reading
Updates
WAC Members speak out about Wage Theft at Provincial All Candidates Meetings
WAC members from our Scarborough and Downtown Organizing Committees attended All Candidates Meetings across the city to ask provincial candidates from all parties what they will do, if elected, to… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 4 – Outdated Laws, No Enforcement are failing Ontario’s Workers
Lilliane and Vivian worked endless hours for two separate families taking care of young children and disabled seniors. As live-in caregivers, they gave their care and love and a majority… contine reading
Outdated Laws, No Enforcement are Failing Ontario’s Workers
Many caregivers give up their lives to care for other people’s children and elderly or ill family members. And unfortunately, it is an all too common reality that they don’t… contine reading
“Cleaning Up” – Report highlights poor labour practices in commercial properties
Canadian commercial real estate companies and major commercial tenants have begun addressing persistently poor employment practices – but, according to a new report, there are still many that need to… contine reading
Two Live-in Caregivers owed over $350,000 in unpaid wages and wrongful dismissal
Viviane and Lilliane fight back! Vivian worked 24 hours a day, 6 days a week caring for her elderly employer with medical problems and her two adult children with special… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 3 – Unpaid wages, repeat violations
Follow a group of painters as they track down a well-know repeat violator who has a history of hiring workers and not paying them. Inside the luxury condo buildings of… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 2 – No protection on the job
Mohammed and Lillia share their personal stories of wage theft and the fight to get their unpaid wages. As a student Mohammed relied on his summer job to cover his… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 1 – Looking for work: job scams & ESA violations
Join a group of WAC members as they sit around the kitchen table calling job ads from the newspaper. Listen in as employers repeatedly make illegal offers of work demonstrating… contine reading
Persistent Poverty: Voices from the margins
Published by Between the Lines 2010 “Persistent Poverty, Voices from the Margins” documents the real lives of some of the poorest people living in one of the richest places in… contine reading