Metro News: Ottawa groups respond to minimum wage
Ontario employers will have to pay $15 per hour by 2019.
Ontario employers will have to pay $15 per hour by 2019.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a host of changes to labour laws in the province, as the changing nature of work leaves people with less secure jobs, fewer benefits and fewer protections.
Today, the Ontario Government announced plans to the increase minimum wage to $15 by 2019, raise Employment Standards and tighten enforcement, and make important changes to the Labour Relations Act.
Gisele Bouvier speaks to CBC and Radio Canada about $15 minimum wage, paid sick days and improvements to scheduling
Labour advocates applaud sweeping labour reforms and Ontario’s plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but say it needs to happen soon
While ACORN and our allies were able to achieve successes for low-to-moderate income people - some announced in today’s budget and some last week on rent control - today’s budget makes it clear that we need to continue to pressure the Provincial government to make Ontario an affordable place for regular people to live.
Where have Atlantic Canada’s regressive labour laws left the region’s casualized, non-unionized, and precarious workers?
Unions want minimum wage raised to $15 per hour
ACORN members in both Burnaby and Surrey turned out to help gather signatures for the Fight for 15.