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Happy International Workers’ Day!
🎶"They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn; But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn"🎶

“Together, through collective responsibility and sustained commitment, we can help build a society where diversity is valued and human rights are fully realized for everyone.”

Chief's messages | Alberta Human Rights Commission The Commission communicates with media to ensure key human rights information is relayed to the public, aiming to engage in a way that is open, honest, and transparent.

The Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 – better known as Bill 11 – is a grave danger to public health care everywhere in Canada. It violates the Canada Health Act. Not only does it create a two-tier American-style health care system in Alberta, but through trade agreements it will also open the door to the destruction of public medicare in every province in Canada.

Please act now to protect public health care in Canada.

If you’d like to take fast, easy action, copy/paste this to access:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canadas-government-must-enforce-the-canada-health-act?source=email&

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Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

Are you a gig worker? Do you represent or support gig workers?

MDOS Consulting is looking for people to join a 90‑minute focus group to learn from real experiences in gig work.

• Pay: $25/hour (minimum 2 hours pay)
• When: Before February 13
• Who can join: Gig workers and gig worker representatives (unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
• Privacy: Participants’ identities and contributions will remain confidential.
• Safe space: Sessions are trauma‑informed, supportive, and judgment‑free.

The focus group is part of an independent study for Employment and Social Development Canada, looking at how fair gig work is across thin pay, conditions, contracts, and management.

Interested? Email Deborah Akpoguma at: [email protected].

The Workers' Resource Centre is not involved in conducting this research. We are sharing this opportunity for informational purposes only.

It’s giving… collective power.✨

Every worker has the right to a workplace free of psychological hazards 🧠🦺

Fear at work is a hidden safety risk — and it helps explain why hazards go unreported Interpersonal fear often explains why workplace hazards go unreported, even in high-risk industries.

The UUWA stands in solidarity with striking teachers fighting for a better public education system ✊️📢

On World Teachers’ Day 20 thousand plus people stood shoulder to shoulder in support of public education!

Happy Labour Day! 👷🧑‍🍳🧑‍🌾👩‍🏭👨‍⚕️👨‍🔧👩‍🏫

The right to strike is constitutionally protected and mandating binding arbitration nullifies that right. We stand in solidarity with CUPE ✊️

CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock – YYZ – August 16th 2025 Le président national du SCFP, Mark Hancock – YYZ – 16 août 2025