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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 12, 2020 12:39 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

MEDIA ADVISORY: "Caravan for Justice" heads to St. Catharines to demand immediate protections and permanent resident status for migrant workers, as COVID-19 cases spike on farms

TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fight for $15 & Fairness campaign will lead a caravan on Saturday, June 13, to demand urgent action from the Trudeau government to grant full...
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 21, 2018 11:56 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Doug Ford fails Ontario workers with the passage of Bill 47, say leaders in the Fight for $15 and Fairness movement, Ontario Federation of Labour, and Workers’ Action Centre

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the unconscionable passing of Bill 47, which takes away basic workplace rights from Ontarians, this government has shown again that it is governing...
November 16, 2018 10:08 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Actions by education workers at PC Convention will send message to Doug Ford: Keep decent work laws and $15 minimum wage

TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An action will be held at the PC convention in protest of the Progressive Conservative Party’s continuing actions to reduce workers’ rights in Ontario. ...
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 29, 2018 11:11 ET | Source: Fight for $15 and Fairness

Community Vigil to be held in response to 4th workplace death at Fiera Foods-related company, advocates say “Fair labour laws save lives: Withdraw Bill 47”

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The $15 & Fairness campaign will host a community vigil on Monday at 5:30 pm at the intersection of Keele Street and York Boulevard, close to the Upper...
October 23, 2018 14:30 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

Doug Ford betrays Ontarians by siding with big business over working people, say leaders in Fight for $15 and Fairness movement including Ontario Federation of Labour and Workers’ Action Center

TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s announcement by the government of Ontario repealing the majority of Bill 148 steals basic rights from Ontario workers. Ford’s plan cuts wages,...
October 23, 2018 13:16 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

“Doug Ford breaks his promise to the people,” community and labour groups to respond to the government’s plans to repeal Bill 148, cancelling $15

TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaders of the $15 and Fairness movement, including the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Workers’ Action Centre, will be speaking at a press conference...
October 12, 2018 06:00 ET | Source: Ontario Federation of Labour

To defend decent work laws and the $15 minimum wage, Ontario workers are holding the largest coordinated day of action in a decade

TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 50 actions are expected on Monday, October 15, when communities across Ontario mobilize in defense of new workers’ rights brought in by Bill 148: Fair...

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