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...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Info (PLEI), migrant workers, migrant workers, PLEI, PLEI, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Gateways
December 6, 2011
Your Legal Rights is a website of legal information for people in Ontario. This site has free, practical, and easy-to-find legal information produced by hundreds of organizations across Ontario and...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Health, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal information, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, Gateways, Ontario
June 15, 2011
Many Canadian families are finding it difficult to make ends meet even when they work long hours. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reported that Canadian families in the bottom half...
Keywords: Housing, Workers' Rights, Reports and documents, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre is an centre in Belfast, Ireland that was set up to promote the interests and the benefits of the unemployed and other social and economically disadvantaged groups...
Keywords: Unemployment, Workers' Rights, Organizations, International
June 1, 2011
Ontario's Office of the Worker Advisor has a large list of Workers' Compensation Boards, Health and Safety Associations, Resources for People with Disabilities, Worker Adviser and more from across...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Union members, injured worker advocates and others have created an organization, the Public Compensation Coalition to work towards restoring the balance and fairness to the workers' compensation...
Keywords: Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
CCPA has a report, Negotiating Without a Floor: Unionized Worker Exclusion from BC Employment Standards which examines a lesser- known change to Bill 48 - Employment Standards Act, 2002, namely the...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Reports and documents
May 30, 2011
The Calgary Workers Resource Centre is a non-profit organization that hopes to build the individual and collective capacity of Calgarians to understand and achieve employment rights and benefits....
Keywords: Alberta, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Working on the Edge, a report created by the Workers' Action Centre, documents the experiences of workers in low-paid temporary agency and contract jobs where employers fail to meet minimum labour...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, Ontario, Reports and documents
May 30, 2011
This is the site of the national organization of injured workers groups. The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance's page of links is very useful.
Keywords: Workers' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
J4MV is a volunteer driven political non-profit collective comprised of committed activists from diverse walks of life (including labour activists, educators, researchers, students and youth of...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
This union protects the rights of unionized employess of BC's Health sector.
Keywords: Health, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations
May 29, 2011
It is up to every worker to ensure that he or she is being treated fairly, and to look out for abuses in the workplace that affect the rights of others. WorkRights gives you a chance to access the...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
Link Up Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities is a not-for-profit website with resources for people with disabilities looking for employment and employers looking to hire people with...
Keywords: Disability, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
Strategic Thoughts has in depth analysis of the BC Government's new policies and legislation.
Keywords: Blogs, Government Policy, Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
May 27, 2011
The Common Front for Social Justice is fighting to build a more human society based on the respect and dignity of all.
Keywords: Human Rights, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Workers' Rights, New Brunswick, Organizations
May 25, 2011
The Alberta links section of Canadian Social Research provides a directory of resources on development, poverty, unemployment, and related topics.
Keywords: Children and Youth, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Welfare, Workers' Rights, Directories, Research and education
May 25, 2011
Cet ouvrage aborde le régime canadien d'assurance-chômage sous l'angle des droits qu'il reconnaît aux sans-emploi et sous la forme d'une analyse de l'évolution historique du régime. Il fait suite à...
Keywords: Unemployment, Workers' Rights, Reports and documents, All of Canada
May 25, 2011
The Canadian Human Rights Commission administers the Canadian Human Rights Act and is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Employment Equity Act. Both laws ensure that the principles of equal...
Keywords: Human Rights, Workers' Rights, Government information, Organizations, All of Canada
May 19, 2011
The ICFTU was set up in 1949 and has 221 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 156 million.
Keywords: international, union, workers rights, Workers' Rights, Organizations, International
May 18, 2011
The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zones to...
Keywords: labour, Organizing, sweatshops, Women, workers rights, Workers' Rights, Campaigns and initiatives, International
April 11, 2011
The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre is a non-profit society that advances the interests of groups that are generally unrepresented or underrepresented in issues of major public...
Keywords: consumer advocacy, consumer law, consumer rights, credit, debit, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, disability rights, factsheets, farmworkers rights, Homelessness, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, PLEI, Tenants' Rights, Utilities, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Organizations, Research and education, Services
April 6, 2011
The Employment Standards Branch administers the Employment Standards Act and Regulation, which set minimum standards of wages and working conditions in most workplaces.
Keywords: employee rights, Employment Standards, wages, Workers' Rights, working conditions, British Columbia, Government information
February 9, 2011
InMyLanguage.org provides multilingual information for newcomers to Ontario, Canada. You can get the information you need in the language you want.
InMyLanguage.org is an online multilingual...
Keywords: Education, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, newcomers, settlement, settlement workers, Workers' Rights, Manuals and guides, Ontario
January 17, 2011
threeSOURCE is an information hub for Alberta's third sector. They collect publications for, by, and about nonprofits and social services in our province.
Keywords: Alberta, Children and Youth, Housing, non-profit, Poverty Research, social services, Workers' Rights, Directories, Gateways
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Alberta is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Albertans. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Alberta, Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, justice, Legal Assistance, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), legal issues, LGBTQ, PLEI, portal, Prisoners' Rights, public legal education and information, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, Gateways
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Canada is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Canadians. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, charter rights, civil law, criminal law, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, family law, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), Prisoners' Rights, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Workers' Rights, Directories, All of Canada
November 25, 2010
Vivre en Colombie-Britannique est un site destiné à vous fournir les informations et les services dont vous avez besoin pour venir et vous installer en Colombie-Britannique. La Colombie-Britannique...
Keywords: Emploi, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Logement, réfugiés, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations
October 13, 2010
The Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada has information where you can find Worker related information at each of the Workers' Compensation Boards/Commissions across Canada.
Keywords: WCB, workers' commissions, workers' compensation, Workers' Rights, Directories, All of Canada, Services
July 6, 2010
First Call has launched a new website to draw attention to the BC government's unacceptable child labour laws.
Keywords: child labour, Children and Youth, labour laws, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
June 28, 2010
A Living Wage for Families campaign is encouraging employers pay their employees a living wage. The living wage calls on employers to meet a higher standard for both their direct staff and major...
Keywords: Government Policy, living wage, Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
February 25, 2010
CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, African, childcare, Children and Youth, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, employment services, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, intercultural, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, multicultural, neighbourhood house, Organizing, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, south asian, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Utilities, Violence, Welfare, Women, women's centre, women's shelter, Workers' Rights, Directories, Ontario
February 24, 2010
CLEO now has text and audio materials on eight high-need legal topics available in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), Somali, Spanish, Tamil and Urdu. Topics include sponsorship,...
Keywords: Arabic, Children and Youth, children's aid, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), criminal convictions, Family, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, legal education, Legal Research, Somali, Spanish, sponsorship, Tamil, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Urdu, Violence, Workers' Rights, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Ontario
January 21, 2010
The ACORN Living Wage Resource Centre aims to be a one-stop shop of resources and materials to help organizations mount and win campaigns to enact Living Wage Bylaws in Canadian municipalities. A...
Keywords: living wage campaign, Workers' Rights, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
December 22, 2009
IM-POWER-ED is a one-year project that aims to assist all groups of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in orienting, educating and empowering themselves via access to public legal education and...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, temporary foreign workers, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Programs and courses
October 20, 2009
The Canadian Council for Refugees is concerned about Canada’s recent shift to temporary migration, which marks a dramatic change in policy for which there has been little public debate. In 2008, the...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, temporary migrant workers, Workers' Rights, Reports and documents, All of Canada
July 30, 2009
As part of UFCW Canada’s effort to help Walmart workers join the union, it launched www.walmartworkerscanada.ca several years ago. The website is dedicated to providing Walmart ‘associates’ with the...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
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: Unemployment, Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario
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: 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
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: Disability, Health, Workers' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
