Toronto – April 23, 2015 – Students Against Migrant Exploitation (S.A.M.E.) recently concluded their annual tour, conducting workshops at more than 80 colleges, universities, elementary schools and community centres in more than 20 cities throughout Canada, the United States and Brazil to bring awareness to the problem of migrant worker exploitation.
Toronto – April 13, 2015 – A new report reveals how some Ontario employers cheat workers out of basic entitlements such as overtime pay, and in some cases minimum wage, by claiming the workers are not covered under the Employment Standards Act.
Toronto – April 7, 2015 – A new report reveals the impact that income and gender inequality have in enforcing poverty, citing that the government can use surplus finances to fight poverty and wage inequality.
Toronto – April 7, 2015 – The International Day of Pink started as a high school initiative, and has since evolved into an annual day across the country where people wear pink and stand in solidarity to raise awareness to stop homophobia, transphobia, transmisogyny, and all forms of bullying.
Toronto – April 2, 2015 – In 1985, on April 4, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that refugee claimants in Canada were fully protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including their right to legally challenge a denial of their refugee status by the government.
Ottawa – March 31, 2015 – UFCW Canada activists joined more than 800 labour and social justice allies from across Canada and the United States for the second annual Progress Summit, held in Ottawa from March 26 to 28.
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