Fairness at work Overview Your basic rights on

Fairness at work

Overview • • • Your basic rights on the job The campaign for decent work Staying safe at work Making work better Unions unifor. org

Questions: • • • Do you have a job? What kind of job? How many hours a week? How long do you plan to stay in this job? If you don’t have a job, what kind of job do you want? What’s a “good job”? unifor. org

Basic Workplace Rights

Minimum wage is the law. It’s part of legislation called the Employment Standards Act. 5

Employment Standards Act The Employment Standards Act also includes laws on: • Maximum number of hours you can be required to work in a day • Minimum break times per shift • Statutory holidays unifor. org

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Making Work Fair

Decent Work • • • Raise the minimum wage to $15/hour Fair scheduling Paid overtime (no exemptions) At least 3 weeks paid vacation Set a minimum shift of 3 hours, for scheduled and casual work • Paid sick days unifor. org

Safe Workplaces

Have you been injured at work? unifor. org

Workplace Injury & Death In 2015*, 8, 155 young workers aged fifteen to nineteen received compensation for missing work due to serious workplace accidents or work-related disease. Most common injuries include back injuries, sprains, cuts, punctures, bruises, fractures, burns, scalds and joint inflammation. This number only includes what is reported and accepted by compensation boards, so there’s no doubt this represents a fraction of the number of workplace accidents involving teens. That same year, fifteen young people (aged 15 -24) were killed on the job in Canada. Each worker death impacts the loved ones, families, friends and coworkers they leave behind, changing all of their lives forever. * Most recent stats available from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC) Presentation Title unifor. org Section Title l 12

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Laws on Health & Safety 1. Right to know. 2. Right to refuse. 3. Right to participate. unifor. org

Harassment and Discrimination

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Harassment and Discrimination is an action or a decision that treats a person or a group negatively. The Canadian Human Rights Act explicitly protects people from being treated negatively for any of the following reasons: • • • race national or ethnic origin colour religion age sex unifor. org • • • sexual orientation marital status family status disability a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or a record suspended

Examples of Discrimination: • Refusing to give someone a job, or firing them, or treating them unfairly, based on their race or religion. • Paying men and women differently when they are doing work of the same value. • Preventing a person with a disability from doing a job differently or refusing to accommodate their needs. • Retaliating against a person who has filed a complaint. • Refusing to allow a person to wear the uniform of their gender. • Harassing someone. unifor. org

Re-cap: Workplace Legislation 1. Employment Standards Act 2. Health & Safety Legislation 3. Human Rights Laws unifor. org

Two routes to improving work Individual Collective • Try to negotiate a raise on your own • Ask for better shifts • Play nice • Deal with difficulties / get a ‘better attitude’ • Make demands as a group for wage raise for all • Have a say in the shift schedule • Know that there’s a process if things go badly / you make a mistake unifor. org

What’s a union? /ˈyo onyən/ noun 1. an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union. unifor. org

Who belongs to unions? • • • Teachers Actors Construction workers Pilots Paramedics Dancers Firefighters Writers Nurses Grocery store workers And millions more… unifor. org

What difference does it make to have a union? With a union: 1. Employment Standards Act 2. Health & Safety Legislation 3. Human Rights Laws 4. Collective Agreement unifor. org

What’s in a collective agreement? § Wages (who earns what, when you get a raise) § Uniform policy (who pays? What’s mandatory? ) § Work schedules (who gets what shifts? How much notice? ) § A process for dealing with problems and issues (what are your rights if the boss is mad at you / doesn’t like you / you mess up? ) § A process for promotions (how to ensure this is fair, what to do if it isn’t? ) unifor. org

What’s a union ever done for us? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. Obqgua. NDd. A unifor. org

Summary 1. Look for a union job! 2. Sign a union card if you want to help bring democracy and fairness to your workplace. 3. Get to know your basic workplace rights. 4. Enforce your basic workplace rights. unifor. org