Workers have incredible power when they come together around common goals. Across Canada groups of workers are organizing, advocating, and bringing about change in their communities. Learn about three different worker centre models in Victoria, Toronto and Montreal.
The BC Employment Standards Coalition, along with the BC Federation of Labour and the Hospital Employees’ Union, is pleased to host an upcoming public forum: Workers in Action: Exploring Workers Centres Across Canada. The event is free, but please register here to reserve a seat: https://www.picatic.com/workersinaction
- Wednesday, November 18, 7-9pm
- SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Speakers will include:
- Deena Ladd – Workers’ Action Centre, Toronto, ON
- Joey Calugay – Immigrant Workers Centre, Montréal, QUE
- Stephen Portman – Together Against Poverty Society, Victoria, BC
The forum will be moderated by Dr. Kendra Strauss, Assistant Professor, The Labour Studies Program & The Morgan Centre for Labour Research Associate Member, Department of Geography Simon Fraser University.
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why don’t you fight to have lower paid workers pay zero tax instead of taking money from small business that cannot pay 15 dollar an hour wages. If you achieved that mark everyone would win. Instead, you choose to attack small business owners who have risked their money, time and energy to create economy and work.We pay wages, do you? You are welcome to invest your money to create work. You can buy my business. Put your money where your misguided economic ideas are. But don’t attack my family, or my employees, which is what you are actually doing.
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