Thursday, August 19, 2010

August 19, 2010

Show Synopsis
  • We interview Robert Storey, Associate Professor at McMaster University, School of Labour Studies & Department of Sociology about the recent changes to the WSIB Labour Market Re-entry program.
  • We discuss the pros and cons about the changes, and comment on how the Corporations who are legislated to pay the premiums for workers to the WSIB believe that they should have a say in how workers get rehabilitated after an injury.
  • Workers in 1915 gave up the right to SUE their employers for getting injured on the job, in exchange for an employer paid insurance plan. 
And here are the stories and links we referenced in our broadcast :

Robert Storey, Associate Professor School of Labour Studies & Department of Sociology
http://www.labourstudies.mcmaster.ca/faculty-and-staff-1/storeyr

WSIB announces changes to Labour Market Re-entry
http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/NewsWorkReintegration



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Thursday, August 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

Show Synopsis
  • We host an interview with with Nadira Gopaliani from the Toronto based Workers' Action Centre.  We discuss  the controversial Bill 68 that will give employers the ability to circumvent the law on severance and termination pay allowing employers to opt for a settlement instead.  
  • If this bill passes, no employer in Ontario will ever pay termination and severance pay according to the minimum standards for employment in Ontario.  Settlement are by far less expensive for employers to pay out, compared to what the LAW states employers are responsible for.  Many workers laid off have a hard enough time getting what is LEGALLY Entitled to them according  the MINIMUM Standards for Legal employment in the provice of Ontario, in the Employment Standards Act of Ontario. 
  • This Act is brought to us by our very own Hon. S. Pupatello - Minister of Economic Development and Trade.  When asked during the Araco/Aramco occupations what her feelings were about the lax enforcement of the ESA regarding termination and severance pay, she said that she did not know much about Labour Law, and couldn't comment.
  • Now she's proposing a law that will circumvent the Labour Laws that she self admitted to not knowing much about. 
  • Bill 68 - An Act to promote Ontario as open for business by amending or repealing certain Acts.  Open for Business indeed,  Open Season on Workers, again.
And here are the stories and links we referenced in our broadcast :


Bill 68: Workers Forced to Settle for LessUnder Bill 68 “Open for Business,” the government is introducing changes to Employment Standards that are a huge step backward for workers.
http://workersactioncentre.org/index.html 

Bill 68, Open for Business Act, 2010
Hon Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development and Trade

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&Intranet=&BillID=2358



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Thursday, July 22, 2010

July 22, 2010

Show Synopsis
  • We discuss the austerity measures that the Ontario Government is implementing
  • We talk about the response from predominant labour leaders to MPP Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, after finding out that the government is giving away 4.6 Billion Dollars in tax breaks for Corporations, while demanding cuts from the working class...
And here are the stories and links we referenced in our broadcast :


Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan Asks: "Is Finance Minister Dwight Duncan Asking Low- And Modest-Income Ontarians to Subsidize Corporate Coffers?"
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ontario-Federation-Labour-President-Sid-Ryan-Asks-Is-Finance-Minister-Dwight-Duncan-1293325.htm

Austerity plan fails key tests, OPSEU tells Finance Minister
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/20/c5634.html

CAW Says Attack on Public Sector Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights Unfair
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/20/c5606.html

Duncan pitches two years of wage freezes
http://www.windsorstar.com/Duncan+pitches+years+wage+freezes/3301835/story.html

Gov't begins talks with unions
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/07/20/14772726.html

Duncan’s wage-freeze pitch gets frosty reception
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/837872--dwight-duncan-seeking-wage-freeze-from-public-sector-unions


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