Workers' Rights

June 12, 2009
The Good Jobs For All is an alliance of community, labour, social justice, youth and environmental organizations in the Toronto region. It was formed in 2008 to start a focused dialogue on how to...
Keywords: Online Resource , Unemployment, Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario
Clicklaw
April 21, 2009
Clicklaw is a website aimed at enhancing access to justice in British Columbia. It features legal information and education, but it is not a site of laws. Instead, Clicklaw features legal information...
Keywords: Online Resource , Aboriginal and First Nations, abuse, Children and Youth, court, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, family law, family violence, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal problems, Legal Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Welfare, wills, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Gateways
March 26, 2009
My Service Canada Account provides a single point of access to view and update your information with: Employment Insurance (EI) Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Old Age Security (OAS)
Keywords: Applications/Forms , Applying For..., Canadian Pension Plan, CPP, Employment Insurance, epass, oas, old age security, Seniors and Elders, service canada, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, All of Canada
March 16, 2009
The City of Calgary has tentatively agreed to a guaranteed "living wage" for its part-time and full-time employees but it won't extend the guarantee to on-call and casual workers, the only ones who...
Keywords: Article , Alberta, News, Workers' Rights
January 16, 2009
The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) is an independent, not-for-profit research organization. At IWH, our goal is to protect and improve the health of working people by providing useful,...
Keywords: Online Resource , Disability, Health, Workers' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
January 9, 2009
According to a report by the Fraser Institute, increasing the minimum wage in BC and across Canada to $10 will boost unemployment, especially for young people. The BC Federation of Labour and the...
Keywords: Article , Government Policy, News, Workers' Rights, All of Canada
December 18, 2008
Seven foreign agriculture workers recently fired and evicted by Canada’s largest mushroom producer, Rol-Land Farms, joined members of UFCW Canada, Justicia for Migrant Workers, and academics to speak...
Keywords: Article , Immigrants and Refugees, News, Workers' Rights, Ontario
December 5, 2008
Latin American workers who helped build the underground tunnel in Vancouver for the Canada Line have won a human rights tribunal against their employers, SELI Canada Inc. and SNC Lavalin Constructors...
Keywords: Article , Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, News, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
November 24, 2008
Stepping Stone a user directed non-profit organization based in Halifax that provides supportive programs and services to former and current sex workers that contribute to their health, safety, and...
Keywords: Online Resource , Women, Workers' Rights, General resources, Nova Scotia
October 14, 2008
CLEO has made available text and audio materials on six high-need legal topics in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), Somali, Spanish, Tamil and Urdu. The materials, which are also...
Keywords: Online Resource , Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, Multilingual, Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario
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