Feb 18, 2021
Sex workers win the right to anonymity in Ontario legal challenge
Chelsea Nash
The sex worker rights organization Work Safe Twerk Safe says the Ontario government's order to close strip clubs while bars remained open was discriminatory.
Chelsea Nash
Chelsea is a freelance writer currently living in Barrie, Ontario. She began her journalism career covering Parliament Hill as a reporter for The Hill Times in 2016. After earning her MA in 2019, Chelsea contributed publications including Power & Influence magazine.
Feb 15, 2021
How Ontario is limiting wage increases, paid sick days for front-line workers
Chelsea Nash
A coalition of Ontario unions have filed evidence in their legal challenge against Bill 124.
Jan 21, 2021
Front-line worker: A comprehensive definition
Chelsea Nash
Front-line workers have been hailed as heroes over the course of this pandemic, but who gets to decide who is and isn't a front-line worker?
Jan 12, 2021
New COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers unfair to migrant workers, says advocacy group
Chelsea Nash
All travellers coming to Canada must obtain a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure, but the requirement means migrant workers must pay hundreds for the test out of pocket.
Dec 11, 2020
Toronto coalition wants a cap on number of rideshare drivers
Chelsea Nash
If the city were to mandate special licensing for Uber and Lyft drivers, then labour organizers could more easily identify a bargaining unit.
Nov 26, 2020
'Authoritarian' culture of fear prevents health-care workers from speaking out
Chelsea Nash
If health-care workers had whistleblower protections, we may have known more about dangerous COVID-19 conditions sooner.
Nov 18, 2020
Support workers warn Ontario's long-term care staffing efforts will do more harm than good
Chelsea Nash
The provincial government is recruiting unemployed workers from retail and other sectors to fill staffing gaps in long-term care.
Nov 5, 2020
Amid austerity measures, some provinces' public services are in trouble
Chelsea Nash
Alberta is taking the most extreme austerity measures in response to the pandemic as it seeks to replace public employees with private industry.
Oct 28, 2020
Striking Dominion workers threatened with arrest during picket
Chelsea Nash
Unifor leadership and workers have questions about why police intervened when there was no injunction preventing picketing at a Weston's Bakery location.
Oct 27, 2020
Advocates call for legislation to rectify misclassification of gig workers
Chelsea Nash
Advocates are lobbying for federal legislation that would qualify many app-based gig workers as "employees."
