May 1, 2013
On this International Workers' Day, we have put together some recent stories on the struggles and victories for workers' rights in Canada:
Mental health: The next frontier for workers' rights |...
April 10, 2013
Women, racialized persons, immigrants, temporary migrant workers, persons with disabilities, youth, Aboriginal persons and non-status workers are more likely to hold low wage, temporary jobs with no...
December 6, 2012
B.C.'s Hardest Working is a project of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition that tells the stories of 100 people from around BC who are part of the working poor and those working hard to survive on...
October 5, 2012
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is looking for people to tell their stories about working hard and struggling to make ends meet. One hundred stories will be featured on a website to be released at...
August 20, 2012
In 2008, the Law Commissioner of Ontario started to look at part-time work, short contract positions and other forms of “precarious” work, against the background of the social issues affecting...
May 24, 2012
The Richmond Low Income Resource Directory has a full list of services for low income people in Richmond.
May 23, 2012
Access Williams Lake and Area is a free, regularly updated directory connecting residents of Williams Lake with a wide variety of resources including advocacy, crisis services, health, disability,...
May 1, 2012
The Human Resources Ministery has changed the rules so employers will now be allowed to pay foreign temp workers 15 per cent less than the average wage.
See the Canadian Council for Refugees and...
April 27, 2012
For families with young children, the costs of basic necessities like food, rent and child care quickly add up. Even with full-time work year round, both parents in a family of four must earn at...
March 6, 2012
This website is a portal, or clearinghouse, of Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) resources and information for those who are working with and for the migrant workers in the Province of...
