Jul 30, 2020
Migrant farm workers face never ending precarity and vulnerability
Chelsea Nash
Lack of status means workers have no labour rights, can be deported at any time, and experience long term damage to their family relationships.
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.
Jul 23, 2020
Migrant agricultural workers experiencing a food crisis
Chelsea Nash
Volunteers have to be extremely careful when dropping off fresh produce to workers, for fear that employers will fire and deport workers caught interacting with outsiders.
Jul 21, 2020
AUPE preparing members for strike action in wake of Alberta's Bill 32
Chelsea Nash
In conversation with AUPE president Guy Smith about how his union is handling legislative challenges to union and worker power.
Jul 13, 2020
Migrant workers need permanent status upon arrival, say activists
Chelsea Nash
Two activists with Justicia for Migrant Workers say without permanent status, the rest is just a band-aid fix.
Jul 8, 2020
Loblaw workers in Newfoundland to hold strike vote
Chelsea Nash
This will be the second strike vote for Canadian grocery workers in recent weeks after retailers took away the $2-an-hour pandemic pay premiums.
Jul 7, 2020
A look to the future: How Canada's pandemic recovery could benefit workers
Chelsea Nash
Reforms to Canada's employment insurance system are necessary, say workers' advocates.
Jun 30, 2020
How police unions present barriers to change in Canada
Chelsea Nash
As calls to defund the police mount, police unions are already starting to put up a fight.
Jun 18, 2020
Foodster's union certification win is 'symbolic' for other gig workers
Chelsea Nash
Foodora may have left the country, but its former workers can finally say they successfully formed the first certified union of app-based gig workers in Canada.
Jun 12, 2020
Toronto taxi drivers say city's lack of guidance likely contributed to COVID-19 spread
Chelsea Nash
Ten taxi drivers working at Pearson International Airport have died since the beginning of the pandemic.
May 28, 2020
Temporary wage increase for grocery store workers should be permanent, say unions
Chelsea Nash
Unions across the country intend to leverage current broad public support for grocery store workers to lobby for permanent wage increases.
