Lana Payne: Wage sexism is robbing women
It’s sexist wage discrimination. And Canada’s record is a global embarrassment. At least it should be a source of great shame. This is the third consecutive column I have written about the gender [...]
The road ahead for Ontario’s Fight for $15
About 200 people from across southern Ontario, and as far north as Sudbury and North Bay gathered in Toronto on March 31-April 1 for a provincial strategy session of the Fight for $15 and [...]
“We were used like guinea pigs”: In human experiment, Ontario miners say they paid a devastating price
It was a human experiment on an unprecedented scale. Its target: 10,000 Ontario miners. Its tool: a mysterious black powder they were forced to inhale in a sealed room before plunging underground [...]
Don’t delay help for precarious workers
Precarious workers should not have to wait until after the next election to see changes implemented. The maxim “Justice delayed is justice denied” is applicable to this issue. In the words of the [...]
Mounting fears about the state of child protection services prompts union’s call for ministry takeover of Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS
A growing concern that the lockout at Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid – now at 100 days and counting – is jeopardizing the safety and well-being of the region’s vulnerable children and [...]
Strike at the Canadian Hearing Society is about culture, not costs
Unionized workers at the Canadian Hearing Society have been out on the picket line now for just over a month. The battle is not about wages and benefits, but about the organization’s *raison [...]
Labour and legislators fight domestic violence’s impact at work
Earlier this month, Saskatchewan became the latest province to introduce legislation to guarantee paid and unpaid leave to employees who experience domestic violence. Read more.
Osgoode workers win $15
By March 2018, every person working at Osgoode Hall Law School will be making $15 an hour or more. That makes Osgoode the first major post-secondary academic unit in Ontario to bring its [...]
Striking workers at the Canadian Hearing Society take to the airwaves with new radio ad
Striking workers at the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) are taking to the airwaves with a new radio ad in Toronto. The ad, which can be heard here, urges the employer back to the table to resolve [...]