Jiyoon, Author at Worker Solidarity Network

Opinion

WSN’s 2022 AGM!

Worker Solidarity Network's 2022 AGM! We are pleased to invite you to the 2022 Worker Solidarity Network Annual General Meeting. The AGM will take place virtually December 7th from 6-8PM.…

JiyoonNovember 14, 2022

Opinion

Thank you for participating in the Worker Solidarity Network's survey on the intersection between climate and labour justice. Your responses are valuable to the project, and your identity will remain…

JiyoonApril 25, 2022

Press Release

BC Workers Organization Calls Out Whistler’s Brew Creek Centre For Thousands in Tips Collected But Never Shared With Employees

March 29, 2022 MEDIA RELEASE: PDF version here. VICTORIA, B.C. (Territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples) – Workers across the province are now engaged in an ongoing campaign for…

JiyoonMarch 30, 2022

Press Release

With 5 Paid Sick Days Announced for BC, Concerns Remain Around Restrictions for Precarious Workers

MEDIA RELEASE November 24, 2021 VICTORIA, B.C. (Territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples) – Today BC’s Labour Minister announced that beginning in January, the Province will legislate 5 permanent…

JiyoonNovember 24, 2021

Press Release

Province Releases Options For Paid Sick Leave, Workers Steadfast in Calling for (at Least) 10 Days

Sept 23, 2021 VICTORIA, B.C. – In preparation for January's paid sick leave legislation, the B.C. government wrapped up its public survey last week, launching into Phase Two of its…

JiyoonSeptember 22, 2021

Opinion

Addressing sexualized violence in the service industry

June 7, 2021 This post was written as a collaboration between the Worker Solidarity Network and the Anti-Violence Project May I? Starting in 2017, a group of service industry workers,…

JiyoonJuly 26, 2021

Press Release

Provided with Three COVID-19 Paid Sick Days, Workers Are Promised Permanent Legislation…Next Year

May 11, 2021 MEDIA RELEASE: Pdf version here.VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Worker Solidarity Network (WSN) welcomes the Province’s commitment to provide permanent paid sick leave for all employees in B.C.…

JiyoonMay 11, 2021

Press Release

Workers Present Giant ‘Invoice’ for Paid Sick Days

April 20, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY Workers Present Giant ‘Invoice’ to Premier for Income Lost Due to Delays in Legislating Paid Sick Leave VICTORIA, B.C. – Tuesday at noon, on the…

JiyoonApril 19, 2021

Press Release

Workers Advocacy Group Launches Job Precarity Survey

March 30, 2021 MEDIA RELEASE VANCOUVER, B.C. –- With the recent announcement to shut down indoor dining until April 19th, restaurant workers are concerned more than ever about their income…

JiyoonMarch 30, 2021

Press Release

Press Release: BC’s Retail Action Network Welcomes Mandatory Mask Announcement

November 20, 2020 MEDIA RELEASE VICTORIA, B.C. – BC labour rights advocacy organization The Retail Action Network welcomes the news that mask-wearing has finally been made mandatory inside of BC’s…

JiyoonNovember 20, 2020