In the Media
A list of all of the Worker Solidarity Network’s media features!
2024
May 22, National Observer: Protections that could cool workers on a warming planet
May 1, The Conversation: Workers on a warming planet deserve stronger labour protections
Mar 22, The Tyee: Save Us from Rising Heat Say Rallying Food Workers
Mar 22, CBC: Food industry workers call for better protections when working indoors
2023
Oct 25, Briarpatch: B.C.’s forgotten front-line workers
August 28, The Tyee: Too Hot to Handle: Heat Poses Rising Risk to BC Workers
June 17, Chek News: Six foot thermometer placed outside B.C. Legislature in rally for worker protections
June 17, Victoria News: PHOTOS: Worker Solidarity Network calls on government to protect workers in extreme heat
June 6, Vancouver Sun: ‘Exhausting’: What it’s like to live on minimum wage in Vancouver
June 4, The Georgia Straight: Can’t stand the heat: Kitchen workers suffer when temperatures soar
April 28, Spring Magazine (Op-Ed): From IWD to May Day: Connecting working women’s struggles
April 13, The Tyee (Op-Ed): Why We Need Social Justice in the Just Transition
April 5, Chek News (Video): B.C. to increase minimum wage to $16.75 starting June 1
Feb 24, The Tyee: BC Pledges a Big Budget Boost to Protect Workers’ Rights
2022
July 2022, Spring Magazine: Workers’ rights and the fight for climate justice
June 13, CANADALAND, Podcast: The Baristas vs. Starbucks
June 13, CANADALAND, Lessons from the one unionized Starbucks in Canada (feat. WSN board member Izzy Adachi)
2 live radio interviews (CBC All Points West, CBC On the Island with Gregor Craigie) – featuring our Solidarity Stewards Program Coordinator Andreea Micu!
2021
Feb 25, The Tyee: We Need Paid Sick Leave for All
March 8, The Province: Opinion: To reduce gender inequality, introduce paid sick leave
March 9, Policy Note: To reduce gender inequality, introduce paid sick leave
March 21, Redeye Collective: The Right To Paid Sick Leave Is A Feminist Issue
April 20, CBC: Advocates continue to call for universal paid sick leave policy in B.C. | CBC News
April 21, Chek News: B.C.’s budget leaves room to be desired when it comes to paid sick leave, advocates say
April 29, The Mike Smyth Show (CKNW AM-980 Talk Radio): Interview
June 1, Chek News: Victoria restaurant owners adjust to new minimum wage
June 7: Addressing sexualized violence in the service industry (May I? Project)
June 29, Chek News: Unionized Starbucks workers in Victoria ratify collective agreement (WSN commentary featured)
October 18, Press Progress: BC Business Lobby Wants Paid Sick Day ‘Entitlements’ Delayed ‘Until After The Pandemic’
November 25, Socialist Alternative: BC: 5 Paid Sick Days a Disappointing Win
November 25, (Press Progress): Labour Unions ‘Disappointed’ After BC NDP Government Delivers Only Half of Recommended 10 Paid Sick Days
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