The minimum wage has been frozen for over three years, pushing Ontario workers nearly 20 per cent below the poverty line.
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Not Rex: Peel Children's Aid Society workers fight for caseload cap
Peel Children's Aid Society workers have been forced to strike for more than two months. They're on the streets fighting for a cap on the number of cases individual workers have to take on. Workload caps are a standard provision in most children's aid society contracts, but the Peel Children's Aid Society is resisting such caps at all costs. Scabs are being paid $85/hour while Children's Aid Society workers strike for caseload caps virtually everyone else already has.
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Widows of Chemical Valley Part 3 -- Sandra
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In Sarnia ON, there are myriad stories of people dying for living. Sandra Kinart knows one of those stories. It is written on her broken heart.
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Widows of Chemical Valley Part 2 -- Mary
In Sarnia Ontario's Chemical Valley, life can end painfully because of industry's silent killers. About 1000 workers a year die each year on the job in Canada. Many more die slow painful deaths.
Humberto DaSilva speaks to Chemical Valley widow Mary in Part 2 of this feature.
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Widows of Chemical Valley Part 1 -- Ada
In Sarnia, Ontario's Chemical Valley, life can end painfully because of industry's silent killers. About 1,000 workers a year die each year on the job in Canada. Many more die slow painful deaths.
Humberto DaSilva speaks to Chemical Valley widow Ada in Part 1 of this feature.
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Creating concrete solutions for youth un- and under-employment
For decades young workers have faced challenges getting a foothold in the labour market. In recent years, the austerity agenda has magnified these challenges and hit young people in Ontario particularly hard. In April 2013, youth unemployment in Ontario was sitting at 17.1 percent, compared to 6.1 percent for those 25 and over.
While many young people remain un- and under-employed in temporary short-term positions, the conversations needs to continue and concreate solutions need to be made.
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Bringing awareness about injured workers and fighting for a just compensation system
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ontario’s first Royal Commission on workers’ compensation, conducted by Chief Justice Sir William Meredith from 1910 to 1913. To celebrate this centennial and bring awareness to the ongoing struggle of injured workers, a "People’s Commission" has been appointed by injured workers and activists to explore the state of the worker’s compensation system in Ontario.
Playing the part of the present-day Meredith is Dr. Robert Storey, Director of Labour Studies at McMaster University and author of the forthcoming People’s Commission Report on Workers Compensation.
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