The psychological fallout of COVID-19 is a haunting, collective trauma. Remember during the early days of quarantine, we thought society would be flushed with COVID-related…
The vote on Bill 239 reflected the current balance of forces in Ontario, where after years of campaigning the Ontario Conservatives are now isolated in their opposition to paid sick days.
Queen is an essential worker without status, who survived COVID-19 during the first wave and continues to work in long-term care. She spoke with Spring…
Two medical professionals who have been raising the alarm on pandemic profiteering are Amie Varley and Sarah Fung. Nurses by training, they’ve started a podcast called The Gritty Nurse, where they examine healthcare practice and policy from an inside perspective.
As we mourn the loss of frontline workers, we need to fight for all workers living through the same conditions by taking the profit out of healthcare and providing paid sick days for all.
It might come as a shock to some politicians and policy-makers that public health has a much larger purpose than protecting people from infectious diseases…
Doug Ford’s COVID-19 strategy is in shambles and the government is in crisis. Now is the time to step up the fight for legislated paid sick days for all.
We are 10 months into the pandemic and case counts across the country are rising rapidly, yet provincial and federal governments have been unwilling to deliver paid sick days.
On August 19 the Decent Work and Health Network published a new report ‘Before It’s Too Late’, calling for 7 permanent, paid sick days for…
The Ontario government revealed its plan for reopening schools on July 30. The plan promises school boards an extra $309 million in targeted funding and…
On July 18, as a part of the national day of action for paid sick days, members and supporters of the Retail Action Network (RAN)…
We are months into a global pandemic that has already infected more than 100,000 people across Canada and killed more than 8,000 despite a lockdown,…
