By Laurell Ritchie, CAW National Representative
The government’s October 12 announcement that they will extend two EI pilot projects for eight more months (“Best 14 Weeks” and “40% Allowable Earnings”) is welcome news for the many workers who find themselves in precarious employment. The government should move quickly to make them permanent features of the EI Act.
Continue reading Cities Get the Cold Shoulder with EI Announcement
For Immediate Release – Oct. 8, 2010
Yesterday, the Good Jobs for All Coalition sent an open letter to Prime Minister Harper demanding the Federal government reform Employment Insurance so laid off workers are not left out in the cold.
Continue reading COALITION SENDS OPEN LETTER TO HARPER CALLING FOR EI FIX
Listen to the interview on the CBC Ontario Today site.
TORONTO –The Good Jobs for All Coalition issued a mixed response to the McGuinty government’s 2010 budget, released 4pm Thursday, March 25, 2010.
Continue reading Good Jobs for All Coalition Delivers Mixed Verdict on McGuinty’s 2010 Budget
March 30, 2010. The Good Jobs for All Coalition is celebrating the scheduled increase on March 31, 2010 in Ontario’s minimum wage to $10.25 an hour, up 0.75 cents from $9.50.
Continue reading Coalition Celebrates Minimum Wage Passing $10 Milestone
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. Continue reading Harper’s 2010 Budget Fails to Fix EI
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.
Continue reading Year in Review: Fighting for Employment Equity
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.
Continue reading Year in Review: Real Protection for Migrant Workers
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.
Continue reading EI Campaign: Year in Review and What’s Next
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. Continue reading Good Jobs for All Coalition calls for Meaningful Protection for Workers in Precarious Jobs