TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaders of the $15 and Fairness movement, including a family physician, a mother who lost her 2-year old son to influenza and a former temp agency worker, will be speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 2:00 pm in the Queen’s Park media studio.
Last week Doug Ford government tabled Bill 47, seeking to repeal almost all of the new workplace protections that were adopted a year ago, which aimed to ensure safety and well being on the job.
If passed, Bill 47 will:
- eliminate 2 paid sick days and reduce access to personal emergency leave
- lower penalties assigned to employers for violating workplace laws
- make it easier to deny workers any employment standards protections -- including EI, CPP and WSIB -- by misclassifying them as self-employed contractors, instead of employees
- make it easier for employers to fire workers who decline last-minute shifts
- impose a real dollar wage cut for Ontario’s lowest paid workers by delaying a $15 minimum wage in Ontario to 2025
- allow employers to pay part-time and temporary agency workers a lower wage than their full-time or directly-hired counterparts, which will lead to an increase in precarious jobs with no benefits
| When: | Press Conference on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 2:00 pm | |
| Where: | Queen’s Park Media Studio | |
| Speakers: | Dr. Danyaal Raza, a family physician and member of Decent Work & Health Network, Jill Promoli, mother of Jude who died at the age of two due to influenza, Navi Aujla, former temp agency worker and Deena Ladd, Workers’ Action Centre. | |
For more information:
Nil Sendil
Communications Coordinator, Fight for $15 and Fairness
info@15andfairness.org l 647-710-5795