Decent Work and Health Network

Sixty years ago today, Canada created SAWP — tying migrants to employers. 60 years of exploitation. 60 years of resistance. Migrants are the solution. Explore the timeline + sign the petition: migrantworkersalliance.org/60years #StatusForAll

➡️ Join the fight for better labour laws and real enforcement: WorkersActionCentre.org/stop-wage-theft ➡️ Learn more about our sister campaign Justice For Truck Drivers: labourcsp.ca/justice-for-tr… #minimumwage #Justice4Workers #DecentWork #WorkersRights #canada

On April 1, 2026, the federal minimum wage will increase to $18.15/hour. 🏆 Workers campaigned hard to reinstate a federal minimum wage and won in 2021, also securing annual increases indexed to the Consumer Price Index. While these are important wins, workers know the fight continues! Better labour laws, like higher minimum wage, are only as strong as their enforcement. For too many federally regulated workers like truck drivers, #wagetheft is an all too common reality. Yes, workers need higher minimum wages, but we also need governments at all levels to enforce these minimum standards and do their jobs.

When workers are tied to closed permits, power imbalances drive exploitation and wage theft, causing fear, income instability, and barriers to healthcare that harm the mental and physical health of temporary foreign workers. #Justice4Workers #StatusForAll cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

I am deeply concerned about Ontario's serious hospital underfunding. The 0.7% funding increase is not near what hospitals need. We're going lose nurses, PSWs and beds. I'm already doing waiting room medicine in the ER. Thanks @MooreintheAM for talking to me about this crisis.

When employers don't pay for waiting time for rideshare drivers and misclassify them as independent contractors, it cuts income and strips away basic protections like sick leave and health benefits. Gig work must be decent work‼️ #Justice4Workers thestar.com/news/gta/this-…

"Many workers still face an impossible choice if they fall ill: stay home and lose pay, or clock in sick and risk spreading illness.” NEWSFLASH ⚡️We still need universal, accessible 10 #PaidSickDays for all workers. #Justice4Workers theconversation.com/canada-still-l…

📣Minimum wage in Ontario adjusts to $17.60/hr today! This crucial cost-of-living adjustment was won by a years of advocacy from low-wage workers fighting for basic employment standards. Join the movement for decent work w/ @fairwagesnow #Justice4Workers globalnews.ca/news/11446948/…

Living in Canada without status? Fill out this short survey! Why? Because what you share will help us push Canada to improve the rights and conditions of undocumented people. 🔗 mwacsurvey.limesurvey.net/118137?newtest… ✅ 100% anonymous 🚫 Results not shared with the government

Without permanent status, the 120+ migrant workers at Highline Produce are forced to work in unsafe conditions. If they speak up, they face termination, eviction, and deportation. None of us are protected unless ALL of us are! #StatusForAll now! cbc.ca/news/canada/wi…

It’s almost here! You don’t want to miss out on this! We gather, learn, and build power. 3 days of strategy, skills, inspiration & solidarity. Because when we organize together, we win together! 💪✊ #Justice4Workers

.@StatCan_eng data reveals temp foreign workers in healthcare up 1,700% in 20 yrs. Insecure status = exploitation & worse care. As Dr. Raza says: bad conditions for workers = bad for patients. Permanent status for all = health for all. #Justice4Workers thestar.com/news/canada/us…

Patient deaths plummet (4,300 fewer in one NY state study) when there are nurse-patient ratios. But hospitals & the Ford government reject them, because it would force them to staff up to meet patient acuity. The battle for these ratios in Ontario is on. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

📣 You won't want to miss the #Justice4Workers Organizing for Power Assembly taking place in Toronto, Sept. 26-28! 🔥 Friday night: "Building grassroots resistance-Lessons from Trump's America" with three US-based organizers. Learn more here: justice4workers.org/2025_organizin…

By a 99.1% vote, flight attendants reject settlement! Let's keep fighting to #StopWageTheft AND end misclassification in ALL federally-regulated sectors! It's time for #Justice4Workers #UnpaidWorkWontFly cbc.ca/news/canada/ai…

📢NEW VIDEO! Workers are ramping up the campaign and taking the fight to their collective funder: the Ford government. Show your solidarity: send an email now to your MPP 👉worthfightingfor.ca Jobs, communities and services are WORTH FIGHTING FOR!

🌟 The Justice for Workers Organizing Assembly is happening Sept 26–28 in Toronto, and we’re so excited to welcome Margarita Hernandez! Here’s why you won’t want to miss her: ✨ 20+ years of organizing for workers’ rights across the U.S. ✨ Former leader at the New York Working Families Party ✨ Helped elect one of New York’s first progressive District Attorneys ✨ Now Labour Director at the Grassroots Power Project Come learn, strategize, and build power together at the Assembly! 💪🏽✊🏽 👉 Register today: justice4workers.org/2025_09_26_org… #Justice4Workers #OrganizingAssembly #WorkersPower

Thanks @cityofto for hosting a great Undocumented Residents Day event✨Great convos with @OCASI_Policy & Health Network for Uninsured Clients on #Healthcare4All + #StatusForAll. Join us Sept 20 at #DrawTheLine rally to demand healthcare for all 👉 decentworkandhealth.org/draw_the_line_…

SETTLEMENT REACHED! Congratulations @cupenat Air Canada workers for giving @PattyHajdu and @AirCanada this important wake-up call. We'll hold off on the phone action pending Air Canada workers ratification of the tentative agreement. #UnpaidWorkWontFly #aircanadastrike #Justice4Workers

🚨Attention All Workers: Stand Up to Unfair Canada!🚨 Where: Rally at MP Rechie Valdez’s Office – 8B Maiden Lane, Mississauga When: Tuesday, August 19 from 12 PM @AirCanada and the @liberal_party government have teamed up to trample workers’ rights. By using Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, they attacked the rights of flight attendants and all workers to bargain freely and fairly. Join Air Canada Component of @cupenat workers and allies from across the country to demand: - Air Canada back to the table - Fair pay for flight attendants - Protection of free collective bargaining