The demolition by employers of the standard full-time permanent job is the biggest labour market story of the last generation, yet it has largely been ignored by legislators.
From Winnipeg to Windsor May 1 to 15, 2013, come out to support this tour, cosponsored with OPSEU Live and Let Live Fund and other unions and labour councils.
Every April 28, unions, workers, and organizations in over 100 countries remember workers who have died, were injured or made ill from workplace causes.
Angered and frustrated by the LCBO proposed four-year wage freeze and a host of other claw backs from their current contract, 7,000 unionized liquor board employees will take an April strike vote.
While the wealthy are getting wealthier, a worker in Sudbury whose wages aren't even keeping up with inflation plays a game each month to decide how to pay her bills.
What we are going to wind up with is a mishmash of services and rates across Ontario with no central oversight and a system that cares less about the individual and more about budgets.