From the Frontlines: An urgent agenda for decent work

We respectfully acknowledge that this report was prepared on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit and Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. [...] Over the course of the pandemic, members of the Workers’ Action Centre discussed how COVID not only highlighted the longstanding gender, racial and economic inequalities in our labour market, but also how the About this report The research for this report was conducted using a number of methods designed to centre the lived experience of workers themselves. [...] – Tara 6 From the Frontlines: An urgent agenda for decent work minimum wage compared to only 10% of men.11 Raising the minimum wage not only addresses the tremendous inequality among the working poor, it is also fundamental to addressing the racial and gendRereed waagle w diviadeg thaet iss one of the most persistent features of the labour market. [...] The worker is free from control and direction of the hiring entity in connection, both under the contract and in fact, for the performance of the work;  B. [...] The cumulative cost of ESA exemptions and special rules to Ontario workers is approximately $2 billion every year.49 In of Ontario employees addition to the economic costs to workers and the economy, there are social costs for families, communities, and the health are fully covered care system, due to lost wages and excessive overtime and under the ESA hours of work.