R&F.ca Weekly Update
- Details
- Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
- Written by editor
r18.
Like on Facebook 
Follow on Twitter 
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We need your money!
Help fund independent labour news. Make a donation via PayPal, and put a motion forward to your union local. Learn more about the impact of your donation.Callout for Contributors!
Rankandfile.ca is always looking for new people to expand its network of writers and correspondents. No experience necessary! We will work with you!
STRIKING BACK - GENDER AND UNPAID INTERNSHIPS
By Haseena Manek
As Canadians wait for Trudeau to finally fulfill his campaign promise to crack down on unpaid internships with regulations to go with 2017 legislation, student activists in Quebec are addressing a gender disparity in paid student placements and internships. According to student activists Jeanne Bilodeau and Annabel Berthiaume, fields that traditionally have more women like social work, education or nursing, tend not to have paid internships or placements compared to traditionally male-dominated jobs like those in the STEM fields.
Many post-secondary programs now require a placement or internship as part of their requirements for graduation. Often those roles are unpaid or underpaid, putting students in a position where they are working precariously in entry-level roles that should be paid. Read more!
STUDENT WALKOUTS AGAINST FORD SHOW THE WAY
By Doug Nesbitt and David Bush
Thousands of students from every corner of the province walked out of classes today and yesterday in a massive show of opposition to the recent attacks on education, including its rollback of the “sex ed” curriculum, and cancellation of discussions to include more Indigenous knowledge and history in school curriculums. Reports suggest that as many as 40,000 students took part Read more!
FIGHTING FOR $15 & FAIRNESS IN MANITOBA AND ONTARIO
Deena Ladd, co-founder of the Worker’s Action Centre in Toronto and coordinator for Ontario’s $15 and Fairness campaign.
Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition wanted to talk to Deena because a group of workers here in Manitoba, including myself, are launching a grassroots Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign here to raise the minimum wage, improve working conditions, and increase access to unionization. Read more!
THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF UPLOADING TORONTO'S TRANSIT
By Donna Burman
Getting leaner and more efficient sounds great. It may even save taxpayers money. There have been endless cutbacks to all kinds of programs since the election. But still the province continues its endeavour to add subways to their burden by uploading Toronto Transit Commission into provincial control, presumably Metrolinx, the crown corporation. That word “efficiency” has been used countless times by Premier Ford, yet here they are trying to find ways to upload the Toronto transit system to the province. Read more!
This email was sent to s6
why did I get this? r34 r35
Rankandfile.ca · 584 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada · Apartment 2 · Ottawa, ON K1R 5H7 · Canada
r1