HANDS OFF DINING
Waitresses force East Side Mario’s owner to act on sexual harrassment complaints
MEGAN CLEARY WAS DETERMINED TO END HER SEXUAL HARRASSMENT AT WORK. She expected her human rights to be honoured. She didn't stop until they were.
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ALL CHECKS, NO BALANCES
CLI study: Laws turn joining a union into an obstacle course
IT’S JUST TOO DAMN HARD TO JOIN A UNION. That’s the compelling conclusion of new research from the Canadian Labour Institute (CLI). It is also a resounding rebuke to all the bogus “evidence” that unions just don’t matter any more.
SEX REPEAL
Restaurant workers forced to be ‘sexy’ to get jobs
YOU WON’T SEE SEX OFFERED ON RESTAURANT MENUS. But it’s there. Restaurant workers hate it. Bosses demand it. Customers like it. And there is no law against it. Yet.
PTSD JUST FOR ME
‘Poster boy’ for PTSD denies care to fellow officers
DET. CONST. DEBBIE CARLETON'S JOB RUINED HER HEALTH. But getting the care any injured worker is entitled to is not easy. She has filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission to get it.
UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS
Football player uses union contract to advance human rights stand
COLIN KAEPERNICK IS A SPECIAL FOOTBALL PLAYER. He has a conscience. It’s what led him to protest the systemic racism in the USA. It’s why no team will give him a job any more.
BIG MAC SMACKED
Worker wins more than $100,000 from McDonald’s over unfair firing
Esther Brake, a longtime McDonalds manager in Ottawa, won a $100k judgement in her wrongful dismissal case against the fast food giant. Julie Oliver / Postmedia
ESTHER BRAKE IS LOVIN’ IT. McDonald’s not so much.
The fast food giant will have to pay Esther $100,000 by an order of the Supreme Court of Ontario made on May 23, 2017.
OUT GUNNED
RCMP on trial for exposing officers to death on the job
Constable Douglas James Larche, 40, Constable Dave Joseph Ross, 32, and Constable Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, were shot and killed on the job in Moncton, N.B., on June 4, 2014
POWDERED POISON
Activist races to prove prescribed treatment often hurt workers' health
YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF McKINTYRE POWDER. The fact you’re hearing about it now, it’s probably because of Janice Martell.
Janice is a past President of Local 604 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), and a community activist with a particular interest in occupational health and safety. And that’s where McIntyre Powder comes in.
EAT THIS!
One lone worker beats the burger bullies
USHA RAM FOUGHT THE BURGER BULLIES IN COURT AND WON. She said they had no reason to fire her. A British Colombia judge agreed. Now Burger King has to pay her $46,000 in damages.
Fired over a $1 fry
In the end, it turned out the Burger King case against Usha came down to a $1 order of fries. Burger King said they fired her for stealing them. Usha said her shift boss told her she could have them.
Conservatives' regressive anti-labour legislation repealed
"Repealing these bills shows that this government understands that strong unions matter. It understands that giving workers the freedom to join together and speak our minds freely is vital to the health and prosperity of our communities and our country." Larry Brown, NUPGE President
Ottawa (20 Oct. 2016) — "This is a major victory for working people in Canada," says Larry Brown, President of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE).
Parliament recognizes value and rights of unions
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