Wassim Garzouzi

We are excited to announce that RavenLaw is now in Toronto! Our TO office expands our ability to represent unions and workers in the GTA. The office is led by Sevda Mansour, alongside Fathima Cader and Sarah Millman. Learn more here: ravenlaw.com/ravenlaw-launc…

Nurses in the majority of long-term care homes in Ontario are set to get what their union is calling the most significant wage increase in more than 30 years. Ontario LTC nurses get 11.5 per cent pay increase over two years. trib.al/MbG78Tx

ONA welcomes the arbitration decision released today that includes the most significant wage increase for registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals working in the province’s nursing homes in more than 30 years. Read our full release: ona.org/news-posts/202…

Welcome to the team, Fathima!

this is a little belated but i'm delighted to share i've joined the wonderful team at Raven Law ravenlaw.com/people/fathima…

It is hard to see the collapse of the HRTO (and other social justice tribunals) as anything but intentional.

Air Canada pilots to demonstrate at Pearson airport Friday to demand better wages and working conditions trib.al/wyU7xEs

Chris Selley: Employees deserve better when their employers go bust #Echobox=1695204817" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nationalpost.com/opinion/treat-…

More than 30% of Ontarians who require home or community care supports cannot access them because of a serious shortage of PSWs in the sector. PSW wages in this sector are $5 an hour less than in long-term care facilities. newswire.ca/news-releases/…

Thanks @relkatz! So much to celebrate today as @utfaculty’s tenacious negotiating team won big! The 7% pay increase in the arb award will help so many of our members facing soaring costs of living/housing in TO. Kudos to the whole team & especially @jnyyz who co-led with me.

BREAKING NEWS! We are pleased to announce that Arbitrator Eli Gedalof has issued his arbitration award in the matter of @UofT and @utfaculty. UTFA was successful in achieving a 7% Across-The-Board (ATB) pay increase (the Administration proposed 1.75%). utfa.org/sites/default/… 🧵

I’ve Tracked Canadian Strikes For The Last Two Years. Here’s What I’ve Learned About Strike News Coverage. Strike coverage is inconsistent across the country. This needs to change. pressprogress.ca/ive-tracked-ca…

How do you kick off Labour Day weekend? By joining a picket line of course! Joined my fellow “good trouble makers” @4angiepreocanin @erinariss on the line with the bold & brave @ontarionurses at @HPEPublicHealth CUPE & ONA are stronger together! /1

Good time to repeat that there is no legitimate policy reason why employed lawyers are exempt from the ESA. Bad look for a law firm to be arguing paralegals don’t deserve vacation pay. IMO.

Boston is suffering from hundreds of vacancies in the bus driver department. But early this month the union representing drivers won a massive victory: a 36% increase in starting salaries—from $22/hr to $30/hr. Now, applications are up 356% from July. mass.streetsblog.org/2023/08/25/new…

In a rare move, the NLRB orders an employer, Quickway Transportation, to reopen a freight terminal in Louisville that the NLRB says the company shut in illegal retaliation for the workers voting to unionize with the Teamsters freightwaves.com/news/nlrb-back… AND news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Our firm is acting for Poleen Grewal, Associate Director at Peel District School Board and champion of dismantling anti-Black racism in schools. She was fired last night by the PDSB because trustees blamed her for the Ministry putting the board under supervision. Our statement.

TODAY: The coalition of 85,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers is hosting a press conference to announce the date for a strike authorization vote. In a recent survey of 33,000 employees, 2/3 say they've seen care delayed or denied due to short staffing at Kaiser. #1u

City 'jeopardizing' public safety with fire hall closures: union - Orillia News orilliamatters.com/local-news/cit…

ICYMI: This Spring, students at Cornell University led a direct action campaign to kick Starbucks off campus after the company illegally closed union shops in Ithaca, NY. Cornell announced last night that they are ending their relationship with Starbucks. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…