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April 02, 2025 06:00 ET | Source: Justice for Workers

Tariff Crisis: Worker advocates demand a freeze on increases in the price of groceries and rent, and more income supports for workers

TORONTO, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As workers brace for another trade announcement from Trump, worker advocates demand urgent action to stabilize the economy against the impact of tariffs. ...
March 03, 2025 15:51 ET | Source: Justice for Workers

MEDIA ADVISORY: Trade wars: Advocates demand urgent action to protect workers and stabilize the economy against the impact of tariffs

TORONTO, March 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The imposition of tariffs will create a widespread recession in Canada. Workers and communities need all levels of government to work together to deliver...
June 28, 2021 06:00 ET | Source: Justice for Workers

Report Card Time: Education Workers give Premier Doug Ford a Failing Grade

TORONTO, June 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Monday, June 28, Educators, parents and community members who are part of the Justice for Workers campaign will be delivering report cards to Premier...
September 21, 2020 07:00 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

October 1 minimum wage adjustment falls short of what it should have been had Premier Ford not cancelled $15. Essential workers say: “Compliments don't pay the rent.”

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the many poorly paid frontline heroes who keep our economy running, Ontario's minimum wage adjustment scheduled for October 1, 2020 should have...
June 16, 2020 17:14 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

CERB extension a relief for workers facing financial devastation, say advocates. But, given the economic impact of COVID-19, workers need more than an 8-week reprieve.

TORONTO, June 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "For millions of workers who were just 3 weeks away from complete financial devastation, today's news brings a sigh of relief," said Deena Ladd, Executive...
March 20, 2019 13:53 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

Hundreds to Mourn Victims of New Zealand Mosque Shootings and to Fight Racism in Election Year

TORONTO, March 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Torontonians will gather at Nathan Phillips Square to launch the Migrant Rights Network and to demand anti-racist, pro-migrant laws on March 21, the...
November 15, 2018 05:00 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

REPEAT: Advocates call Ford government’s 5-hour labour law consultation "a sham"; Communities host "Peoples’ Hearings" on Bill 47

TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Community and labour groups will hold “Peoples’ Hearings” on November 15 across Ontario, in protest of Ford government’s decision to limit Thursday’s Bill...
November 14, 2018 16:40 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

Advocates call Ford government’s 5-hour labour law consultation "a sham"; Communities host "Peoples’ Hearings" on Bill 47

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Community and labour groups will hold “Peoples’ Hearings” on November 15 across Ontario, in protest of Ford government’s decision to limit Thursday’s Bill...
November 09, 2018 07:30 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

“We do not consent to delaying $15 minimum wage until 2025” say students, at a first-ever high school protest of Ford government’s attacks on workers’ rights

TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- High school students, joined by teachers, will call on Premier Doug Ford to withdraw Bill 47 by organizing an action on Friday, November 9, from 4:00 pm to...
October 30, 2018 06:30 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

REMINDER/Media Advisory: “Taking away protections from workers makes Ontario Open for Sickness” say advocates, who are calling on Premier Ford to immediately withdraw Bill 47

TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaders of the $15 and Fairness movement, including a family physician, a mother who lost her 2-year old son to influenza and a former temp agency worker,...

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