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Produce Packer Bonduelle proposes on site housing for migrant workers in...
The following post consists of my remarks during a town hall meeting to discuss Bonduelle’s proposal to house up to 60 migrant workers on the packing plant property. The proposal necessitates an...
View ArticleInternational Socialist Review: “The political economy of low-wage labor” by...
“The struggles of fast-food, retail, and other service workers since 2012 have thrust the issue of low-wage work into the national spotlight and shifted the national debate over whether to raise the...
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Recent Ministry of Labour enforcement blitz finds 83% of workplaces in...
Click Image to read and download report The provincial vulnerable and temporary foreign workers blitz ran from September 1 to November 30, 2014, and was the fifth province-wide employment standards...
View ArticleCLOSE THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS GAP RESEARCH INITIATIVE
Have you ever faced a problem at work? At your workplace, were you not paid wages, overtime pay, or vacation pay? Did you have problems with your hours, breaks, or scheduling? Were you laid off without...
View ArticleOntario Minimum Wage Increases October 1st 2015
Minimum Wage Rate Wage Rates Prior to June 1, 2014 Current Rates June 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 Rates that will apply as of October 1, 2015 General Minimum Wage $10.25 per hour $11.00 per hour...
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October 13: What’s up at WWEC
Over the last few weeks WWEC has been hosting a Forms Clinic staffed by St Clair College students who are accompanied by a working Para Legal. This has caused increased traffic into the centre and...
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2015 CLIFF Film Festival returns to WWEC
Click image to see film lineup Please join us for the 7th Annual Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) – Canada’s only Labour film festival. The Canadian Labour International Film...
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Justicia for Migrant Workers kicks off Harvesting Freedom campaign
HARVESTING FREEDOM CAMPAIGN 50 years of Farmworker Resistance MEDIA RELEASE: “The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the migrant farmworker program in Canada. Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW)...
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$15 an hour minimum wage
Click image for more info on campaign THE CAMPAIGN POINTS: $15/Hr Minimum Wage: Ontario workers are struggling to get by. More and more decent jobs are being replaced by low-wage work. We need a...
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WWEC, Windsor District Labour Council and making Waves Windsor Essex info...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Windsor/Essex wants big changes to employment and labour laws: Ontario communities join April 15 Day of Action for $15 and Fairness Windsor, On. April 13, 2016 – On Friday,...
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Harvesting Freedom for Migrant Workers: Sign petition as workers and allies...
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Get involved with WWEC!!
Since 2008 the Windsor Workers’ Education Centre (WWEC) continues to be a community organization of workers, students and activists committed to improving the lives and working conditions of people in...
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Migrant Dreams screened at Windsor International Film Festival
On Sunday Nov. 6th, the documentary Migrant Dreams screened at WIFF. Click on image for more info and trailer The film makers, workers featured in the film, and activists attended and the whole...
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Holiday Party at WWEC
Holiday Party at WWEC: Dec 21 2016, 5-9PM Food, Refreshments, Raffle & space for vendors For more info call 519 252 1212
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Moving into 2017 at the Windsor Workers’ Education Centre
Greetings and Happy New Year! The Windsor Workers’ Education Centre (WWEC) was initiated by faculty and students in the Labour Studies Program at the University of Windsor in February, 2007. In 2008...
View ArticleWWEC Statement on US Travel Ban and Islamophobia
In the current political climate in the United States, workers have drawn into a dangerous narrative of blaming members of non-Christian religions, women, newcomers, and racialized people for problems...
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CALLOUT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Greetings workers and WWEC supporters. We need your help. As you know, for most of our existence, notably from our opening in 2008 to 2013, we relied on monthly memberships and donations and an all...
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Final Report of the Workplace Review Panel
It’s finally out. Here is a synopsis of the report provided by the Fight for 15 and Fairness Campaign Draft Review of CWR Recommendations Click Image for more Info Emergency Briefing May 31 at 5:00 pm...
View ArticleWWEC denounces latest cut to adult education at the Windsor Essex Catholic...
It is with a sense of alarm and indignation that the Windsor Workers Education Centre publicly notes the deep cuts to the last vestiges of the St. Michael’s Catholic Adult High School programs in the...
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Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017
Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act (2017) is legislation with a direct effect on workers in Ontario – especially non-union workers whose only protection is the Employment Standards Act which...
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