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NEW REPORT IN BC GIVES WORKERS A VOICE IN HIGHLIGHTING ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION AT THEIR JOBS
By Daniel Tseghay
When Ontario’s Liberal government initiated the Changing Workplaces Review in 2015, to identify ways to improve the Employments Standards Act (ESA) and the Labour Relations Act (LRA) in light of the evolution of work, it led to a number of unions and labour activists offering their recommendations. That pressure led to the inclusion of some important recommendations into the the final report of the Changing Workplaces Review, conducted by Special Advisors C. Michael Mitchell and John C. Murray.
Meanwhile, there’s hope for a similar process in BC. The BC Employment Standards Coalition released a Summary Report, Workers’ Stories of Exploitation & Abuse: Why BC Employment Standards Need to Change, last month based on their series of Workers’ Forums, where the Coalition collected the stories of over 145 workers. Read more!
RBC AXING 450 JOBS WHILE ITS SHAREHOLDERS ARE ROLLING IN PROFITS
By Nora Loreto
Is there a rule somewhere that says that journalists writing about bank profits or bank workers cannot mention the two together?
Quarter after quarter, and year after year, the same paint-by-numbers articles are written about Canada’s largest banks. Read more!
ONTARIO'S BASIC INCOME BS
By John Clarke
Since 2010, the UK has endured a political regime that can be considered a cutting edge of the austerity agenda. Through the film, I, Daniel Blake, people around the world have become familiar with the institutionalized cruelty of the Country’s warped system of providing social benefits to those in need. Read more!
LABOUR AND THE VERY POOR IN NOVA SCOTIA
By Robert Devet
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Activists depending on income assistance in Nova Scotia are trying very hard to raise awareness about the incredibly difficult living conditions they have to deal with on a daily basis.
At times it seems like nobody is listening. And nobody is helping them. Read more!
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