
ALT STOP WAGE THEFT MEANS: REAL POWER & JOB PROTECTION The Ontario government depends on us to report wage theft. Yet they do not protect us from our bosses when we stand up for our rights! 32% of workers reported illegal retaliation from their employers 47% of workers were fired — the most common retaliation “Once I complained to the federal government of immigration about the bad working conditions. The employer found out and they fired me immediately. They threw me out of the house I was living in; threw all my stuff on the driveway. I had no place to go, no place to sleep, no friends or family in this country.” Read the report: The crisis of wage theft in Ontario WorkersActionCentre.org/stop-wage-theft

ALT STOP WAGE THEFT MEANS: REAL POWER & JOB PROTECTION The evidence is clear: 90% of Employment Standards Act complaints were made by workers who quit or were fired from their job WORKERS IN ONTARIO NEED: Just-cause protection Protection for collective action “concerted activity” Interim reinstatement Take Action: Send a letter our government now WorkersActionCentre.org/stop-wage-theft

ALT Does my boss have to give me paid time off to vote this Ontario Election? All workers who are qualified to vote must be allowed 3 consecutive hours free from work to vote while polling stations are open. If you do not have 3 hours free from work, you must be given time off work to vote. These hours must be paid. Workers Action Centre dot org.

ALT The Hamilton Living Wage is now $21.30. This is up 2.4% since 2023. “The problem of working poverty is complex, and is the product of issues of affordability, policy, cultural norms and attitudes about the value of work and more. Yet the most expedient first step is to simply ensure that a day’s work can cover that day’s expenses.”-Craig Pickthorn. OnatrioLivingWage.ca
































