ONTARIO WORKERS NEED A FAIR DEAL!
WAC campaign continues full force.....

Update October 2007

As you know, WAC members have shaped this campaign around three main issues:

Raise the Minimum Wage to $10 Now and Index to the Rate of Inflation
For more information, please read our Backgrounder Factsheet “Poverty is on the rise in Ontario and low wages are a big reason why.”

Expand Labour Laws to Protect Temporary and Contract Workers
For more information, please read our Backgrounder Factsheet “Expand labour laws to protect temporary, contract and non-standard workers!”

Make all Employers Follow the Law
For more information, please read our Backgrounder Factsheet “Enforce Employment Standards”.

Eventhough the provincial election is over, WAC members continue to organize to keep these issues active and on the public agenda. Already we've been working hard to get the information out to our neighbourhoods and our government and community representatives.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?

Distribute our pamphlet “Ontario Workers Need a Fair Deal” in your neighbourhood. The pamphlet is available in English, Chinese, Spanish and Tamil.Call us for copies.

Include an article in your next community flyer or newspaper about the issues facing workers in Ontario. Here is a ‘sample article’ that you can use.

Setup up a meeting with your local MPP to talk about the issues affecting low wage and precarious workers. Here is an ‘MPP Lobby Kit’ with information to help you set up a meeting and talk about the issues.

Have your friends and neighbours sign our petition to support change for workers.

Join Us! For more information...

Scarborough – call Regi at 416-531-0778 extension 226

Downtown or outside of the GTA – call Karen at 416-531-0778 extension 225

ONTARIO WORKERS NEED A FAIR DEAL campaign has been endorsed by the following organizations:

Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre
Campaign 2000
Canadian Auto Workers
Income Security Advocacy Centre
OCASI
Ontario Federation of Labour
Scarborough Civic Action Network
Skills for Change
Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries
The STOP Community Food Centre
Times Change Women’s Employment Service
Toronto & York Region Labour Council
Windsor & District Labour Council
John Howard Society of Peel-Halton-Dufferin
Learning Enrichment Foundation