Spring 2016, VIPIRG (Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group) has been working with the Retail Action Network on a community-based research project that documents the experiences of precarious work in…
Worker Solidarity NetworkMay 26, 2016
This is part two in a series exploring the construction of precarious restaurant work and the connection this has to women’s experiences of sexual harassment. See part one here. The…
Worker Solidarity NetworkApril 6, 2016
Grant DePatie was killed on March 8, 2005, due to a gas and dash incident when he was working alone as an gas station attendant. This tragedy shone light on…
Worker Solidarity NetworkApril 3, 2016
This April Fools' Day, BC has the lowest minimum wage in Canada, leaving minimum wage workers feeling like fools. Last Friday, New Brunswick lifted its minimum hourly wage to $10.65,…
Worker Solidarity NetworkApril 1, 2016
Who We Are The Retail Action Network is a solidarity network of workers and labour activists that fight for workplace justice, increased wages, and better conditions for retail, food service,…
Worker Solidarity NetworkMarch 25, 2016
Appreciation of women, for all the amazing things they do, should not only take place on International Women's Day; it should be a daily practice. Women have played a leading…
Worker Solidarity NetworkMarch 8, 2016
It’s only the beginning of the campaign to retrieve the money legally owed by Wild Coffee to the abused worker, and we’ve seen significant weakening in the boss’s confidence. Their…
Worker Solidarity NetworkMarch 2, 2016
After working for the past 3 months at Wild Coffee, Shea is demanding money for missing wages, which her employer is refusing to pay. On February 1st, 2016, Shea along…
Worker Solidarity NetworkMarch 1, 2016
Decades ago when working class communities were more closely connected through the manufacturing industry, community was a strong characteristic of the workers. Though there were barriers between us, through separate…
Worker Solidarity NetworkFebruary 8, 2016
