By Justin Kong On April 15, workers and community members throughout Canada will join together and take to the streets to demand better work for all. We ride upon the waves of recent victories in California and New York where workers won a $15 minimum wage in their states. The most immediate lesson is a Continue readingFighting for $15 and the Future of Canadian Labour
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by Daniel Tseghay A long line of people stand under a grey sky, awaiting their bus. Others pass them, flooding the loop, having descended from the Skytrain at Surrey Central station. It’s a Saturday afternoon but people look rushed, with many likely on their way to, or from, work. Most of them will pass by Continue readingChristy’s Crumbs: Fighting for $15 in BC
By David Bush As the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign rolls along in its struggle to raise living standards for Ontario’s workers, it has to be asked, where is Ontario’s NDP? The Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign was launched last spring in an effort to address the systemic problems facing low-wage and precarious Continue readingOntario NDP is MIA on the Fight for $15 and Fairness
By Gerard Di Trolio The early bird budget released by the Ontario Liberals is a masterful work at political triangulation covering for austerity once you cut through the smoke and mirrors of what they are calling their progressive policies. The Liberals managed to get a lot of positive media attention with their announcement that university Continue readingOntario Budget 2016: More Liberal smoke and mirrors
By Samantha Ponting Margarito López, an undocumented worker from the Hot & Crusty café in Manhattan’s Upper Eastside, opens up an envelope. Inside is $290 in cash. Counting out the bills, he says this is pay for a total 60 hours of work. This is our first glimpse into some of the realities facing undocumented Continue readingHasta la victoria! The Hand that Feeds inspires hope for workplace organizing
The $15/hr minimum wage for federal regulated workers promised by the NDP will benefit over 100,000 workers. This is a good thing. The NDP’s policy was a response to the pressure created by the Fight for 15 movement across the country and even the continent. The NDP’s promise, however, does not go far enough as it Continue readingWeekend Video: The Fight for $15/hr across Canada
By Michal Rozworski Of all of the NDP’s campaign promises so far, one of the simplest has gotten the most press: the $15 minimum wage for workers in federally regulated sectors. This campaign plank should be an easy sell for the NDP, yet Conservative and Liberal attacks have managed to undermine it. Because the minimum Continue readingUnpacking the Liberal attack on the NDP minimum wage
By Pam Frache There is a growing consensus across Canada — and indeed across North America — that all workers deserve at least $15 an hour. So popular is the notion of a $15 minimum wage that the matter is now a key issue in the federal election. Tellingly, opponents of a federal $15 minimum Continue readingA $15 minimum wage is an election issue. Here’s why.
By Jesse Bauman Karen Maleka is a part-time personal support worker. She works in and around Cambridge, taking care of sick people, old people, people who can no longer care for themselves. Each week she works 35 to 40 hours, and yet her employer classifies her as a part time employee. I met Karen last Continue readingHow a $15 Minimum Wage Reduces Poverty and Saves Us All Money
Ottawa cleaners approve strike | Protests in London against Canada Post | B.C.’s Howe Sound mill to close paper operations | Report calls for disclosure of private hospital laundry contracts in Sask. | Nunavut power workers and government have war of words | Fight for $15 hits McDicks | EI system is failing Canadians | Continue readingR&F Labour News Update – July 27 2015
By Dan Janssen May 29th marked 15 years for me as a worker at Lester B. Pearson International Airport. I love my job loading aircraft with bags and cargo, sending them on their way to far off destinations around the world. Best part about my job is my co-workers and friends. We have fun at Continue readingYYZ contract flipping and the race to the bottom needs to end
by Gerard Di Trolio We are fast approaching the tipping point for the $15 per hour minimum wage movement in North America. Recent events in Los Angeles and Alberta confirm this, and show the movement’s momentum. This is a victory that is thanks to the tireless efforts of workers and labour movement activists across the Continue readingThe Fight for $15 and the Ontario NDP