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Immigrants and Precarious Employment: A Popular Education Workshop
Publish Date: June 23, 2009Summary: This popular education manual for workshops on precarious employment contains a dozen basic activities plus a handful more in the appendices. logo.jpgThis popular...
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The Urban Worker Forum
October 3, 2010 - 11:00am Andrew Cash's Urban Worker Forum brings together contract workers, freelancers, part-time workers and the self-employed to talk about our shared strengths and struggles, and...
View ArticleOrganizing In an Era of Precarious Work: Toronto: December 9
Quote:Organizing In an Era of Precarious WorkThursday December 9, 20106 - 9 PMRyerson Student Centre - Oakham House1st Floor - Thomas Lounge63 Gould St., TorontoRefreshments provided.Speakers include:-...
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Laid off workers face wage cuts, precarious work, new study finds
caw.jpgLaid off workers face wage cuts, precarious work, new study finds A groundbreaking study tracking a group of laid off workers in Ontario shows that they continue to struggle to find decent jobs...
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LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK: 40 YEARS OF RESISTANCE - Annual Conference of...
March 16, 2013 - 8:00am 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Law Union, and this year’s conference will bring progressive legal and activist communities together to discuss an exciting and...
View ArticleLabour news this week: ILO condemns Canada Post back-to-work law; Ontario Law...
Canada Post back-to-work legislation unjustifed, finds UN labour agency The UN International Labour Organization has found that the back-to-work legislation the federal government imposed on striking...
View ArticleParttimeaction.ca calls on parties to take a position on part-time,...
Parttimeaction.ca calls on parties to take a position on part-time, temporary, precarious work The demolition by employers of the standard full-time permanent job is the biggest labour market story of...
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Towards a new model for worker organizing: The Immigrant Workers Centre in...
On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer Mostafa Henaway talks about his years of work with the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal.trr_rpn_jun10-14_iwc_montreal.mp3read more
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Retail jobs and the Canadian economy
By the Numbers: Retail jobs and the Canadian economy Retail salesperson/clerk is the most common occupation in Canada.
View ArticleUnsettled immigrant workers find themselves in precarious work five years...
Unsettled immigrant workers find themselves in precarious work five years after mass layoffs: Ryerson study Older immigrant workers who have been laid off are falling through the cracks of Canada's...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Youth unemployment and underemployment in Canada, around the...
By the Numbers: Youth unemployment and underemployment in Canada, around the world The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6% or 73 million in 2013, has reached an alarming level.
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Raising low-wage workers out of poverty: What is the government doing?
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 It is with cautious optimism that we should greet recent municipal, provincial and federal-level efforts to address worker poverty and income inequality. That there has been...
View ArticleOctober 7 is World Day for Decent Work
October 7 is World Day for Decent Work Decent work is a job that provides workers the income and opportunity to provide a good and secure life in which basic needs are met.
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World Day for Decent Work: It's time to raise our expectations
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Unifor has called on the federal government to convene a multi-stakeholder Good Jobs Summit, so that a conversation about creating and sustaining decent work can start in...
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Designing a new reality: Intern magazine explores all angles of internships
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Intern magazine Editor-in-Chief Alec Dudson speaks about the issues of unpaid internships, exploring internships from all angles and why his magazine will hopefully contribute...
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Worker pay is frightful, but profits are delightful
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 The holiday season is upon us! Hours of operations have been expanded, seasonal workers have been hired and retailers are making the big bucks. But at what cost does all...
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Activists call for a raise in the minimum wage
The minimum wage has been frozen for over three years, pushing Ontario workers nearly 20 per cent below the poverty line.Minimum-wage workers struggle to survive
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The cost of low wages? Poor health, says report
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Is minimum wage bad for your health? A report found that amongst people who made less than $40,000/year, only 40 per cent said they lived in good health. Are articles like...
View ArticleGood Jobs Summit about young people
Good Jobs Summit about young people The Good Jobs Summit will be held at Toronto’s Ryerson University on October 4 and 5, launching the school’s annual Social Justice Week.
View ArticleMy advice to young workers? Get angry.
In the wake of the Federal Budget, the CCPA's Alternative Federal Budget, and months of disappointing job numbers, it seems that the national conversation about youth and work is undergoing a bit of a...
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