Good Jobs for All

Share Your Comments on the Good Jobs For All Coalition’s First Year

It has been an incredibly active year for the Good Jobs for All Coalition since November 2008 when we had the Good Jobs for All for a Greater Toronto Summit in Toronto. Tell us what you think about what we have done so far and what we should do in the coming year.

Harper’s 2010 Budget Fails to Fix EI

Good Jobs For All Coalition Slams Harper’s 2010 Budget for Failing to Fix EI and Help Canada’s Unemployed
TORONTO – The Harper Government’s 2010 Federal Budget has utterly failed to fix Employment Insurance (EI) and help thousands of unemployed workers survive Canada’s ongoing economic crisis.

Year in Review: Fighting for Employment Equity

Employment Equity was one of the themes at the November 2008 Summit. It has also been identified at the recent Good Green Jobs for All conference as part of the solution. It underscores the importance of the notion “FOR ALL”, and will be an issue focused on in 2010.

Year in Review: Real Protection for Migrant Workers

The GJFA Coalition joined with the Coalition for Change for Caregivers and Temporary Foreign Workers and community, women’s, immigrant rights, faith-based and trade union organizations strongly opposing the proposed changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program which will entrench a disposable workforce with few rights.

EI Campaign: Year in Review and What’s Next

The GJFA Coalition’s is continuing work on the Fix Employment Insurance (EI) Campaign, launched at the start of 2009. In 2010 we intend to continue to fight to make sure that workers being laid off across Canada get the employment insurance that they pay for.

Year End Report: Green Economy for All

The November 7th Good Green Jobs for All Conference was an amazing success. It brought together over 600 union members, community activists, environmentalists, youth and elected representatives to address key issues for the future economy of greater Toronto, and to build a green movement for all with good jobs, equity and social justice, and environmental [...]

International Women’s Day 2010

Join the Good Jobs for All Coalition in a rally and March to commemorate International Women’s Day.

Green Jobs: Making Green Jobs Happen

EVENT: 01/30/2009
How do we make green jobs happen in Ontario? Support for a green economy is universal. Now it’s time to look at the practical strategies for creating real green jobs on the ground.

Good Jobs for All Coalition calls for Meaningful Protection for Workers in Precarious Jobs

On Christmas Eve 2009 four immigrant construction workers were killed and another crippled when the swing stage they were working on broke in two and they plunged 13 storeys.

CLC response to IRPA Regulatory Changes Regarding TFWs

Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Temporary Foreign Workers) released October 10, 2009 in the Canada Gazette Vol. 143, No. 41
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), we thank you for the opportunity to present our views regarding the proposed changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection regulations.