Climate change, wildfire, poor air quality means increased risk of health issues such as asthma, heart disease and diabetes. Lack of workplace protections like #PaidSickDays aggravates that risk for workers in low-wage precarious jobs. #Justice4Workers www.thestar.com/business/out...

Outdoor workers at risk, advocates say, as wildfire smoke blankets Toronto

Wildfire smoke resulted in the city closing outdoor pools and cancelling outdoor programs, but many Torontonians who work outdoors still showed up on the job Thursday.

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NEW➡️ Research confirms presenteeism is bad for public health. Contrary to common misconception, workers do not abuse #PaidSickDays. In fact, they under-use them in fear of retaliation. Staying home when sick would prevent the spread of diseases. www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Fries with a side of the stomach bug: How “points systems” put workers and the public at risk

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📣 Tune in to Mind the Disruption Season 4 Episode 2 now! 🔗 nccdh.ca/learn/podcast 💡Focus: Healthy and just housing for migrant farmworkers @decentworkhlth.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social

When employers don't pay for waiting time for rideshare drivers and misclassify them as independent contractors, it cuts income and strips away basic protections like sick leave and health benefits. Gig work must be decent work‼️ #Justice4Workers www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...

This Burlington rideshare driver says his earnings have never been lower. Why he and others say Ontario’s new minimum wage law isn’t helping

Rules guarantee minimum wage $17.20/hour for “engaged time” — spent actively completing trips or deliveries — but ignore time spent waiting for work.

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"Many workers still face an impossible choice if they fall ill: stay home and lose pay, or clock in sick and risk spreading illness.” NEWSFLASH ⚡️We still need universal, accessible 10 #PaidSickDays for all workers. #Justice4Workers theconversation.com/canada-still...

Canada still lacks universal paid sick leave — and that’s a public health problem as we approach flu season

A universal sick leave system would help Canada better manage seasonal illnesses and future outbreaks, protect economic stability and prepare for emerging crises.

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Join #Justice4Workers at the Organizing for Power Assembly this weekend Sept 26-28 to learn from grassroots organizers & advance health equity policies that improve the individual and collective health of Ontarians! @fairwagesnow.bsky.social Register: www.justice4workers.org/2025_09_26_o...

2025 Organizing for Power Assembly

Workers are fighting back against bad bosses, low wages, and poor working conditions. Join us at the 2025 Justice for Workers Organizing Assembly, Sept. 26 to Sept. 27, at Toronto Metropolitan Univers...

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Decent Work and Health Network@decentworkhlth.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣Minimum wage in Ontario adjusts to $17.60/hr on Oct 1! This crucial cost-of-living adjustment was won by a years of advocacy from low-wage workers fighting for basic employment standards. Join the movement for decent work w/ @fairwagesnow.bsky.social #Justice4Workers globalnews.ca/news/1144694...

📣Minimum wage in Ontario adjusts to $17.60/hr on Oct 1! This crucial cost-of-living adjustment was won by a years of advocacy from low-wage workers fighting for basic employment standards. Join the movement for decent work w/ @fairwagesnow.bsky.social #Justice4Workers globalnews.ca/news/1144694...

Minimum wage to increase in 5 provinces in October | Globalnews.ca

Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia will see their minimum wage rates increase as of Oct. 1, 2025.

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Statistics Canada data reveals temp foreign workers in healthcare up 1,700% in 20 yrs. Insecure status = exploitation & worse care. As @danyaalraza.com says: bad conditions for workers = bad for patients. Permanent status for all = health for all. #Justice4Workers www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Use of temporary foreign workers soars in Canadian health care

The number of temporary foreign workers in Canada’s health-care sector has soared over the past two decades, rising by nearly 1,700 per cent between 2000 and 2022, as the country

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💔 5 days before her surgery, Ontario cut healthcare for migrants. This put Maria & her baby's life at risk. @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social is advocating to cover medically necessary care for uninsured patients like Maria 👏 Sign the petition to expand coverage: healthcare4all.ca

Thanks @toronto.ca for hosting a great Undocumented Residents Day event✨Great convos with @ocasi.bsky.social & Health Network for Uninsured Clients on #Healthcare4All + #StatusForAll. Join us Sept 20 at #DrawTheLine rally to demand healthcare for all 👉 www.decentworkandhealth.org/draw_the_lin...

Doug Ford froze minimum wage for years. He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years. He’s failed to boost ODSP for years. He’s made cuts to education. He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare. Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli

Doctors shouldn't have to choose who "deserves" care. As emergency physician @bernardho.bsky.social said, "This is a health equity issue for Ontario’s most vulnerable." We need a permanent program that provides #Healthcare4All regardless of immigration status. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario doctors don't get paid when they treat uninsured patients. Here's how that might change | CBC News

Several times a week, a man comes to the busy ER in Toronto where Dr. Bernard Ho works — and the doctors treat him, despite the fact that they’re not being paid for it. The Ontario Medical Association...

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New research shows 22% of workers are hoarding time off for emergencies. Over a third of Canadians don’t have paid sick leave. We need 10 paid sick days in Ontario so people can rest, not ration. #PaidSickDays Read more at thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

Skipping Time Off? You’re Not Alone | The Tyee

Two polls find that many Canadians don’t take all of the vacation days they are owed.

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On Tuesday, we joined CUPE 5525 on the picket line at Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged, where workers are entering their 9th week on strike. We know that paid sick days keep both workers & clients safe by reducing the spread of illnesses. #PaidSickDays are good for public health!

⚠️New research from a Canadian study suggests that low quality jobs are linked with increased (suicide, drug poisoning, alcohol-related) “deaths of despair”. This is why we're advocating for decent wages and fair hours. #Justice4Workers www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/N...

WHSC - Low quality jobs linked with increased ‘deaths of despair’

Canadian research suggests rising incidence of suicide, drug poisoning, and alcohol-attributable mortality (SDAM) is in part to due to increasing insecure, precarious work.

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HEARTBREAKING 💔 Ontario must provide effective tools such as #PaidSickDays for workers to stay home if sick, get immunized, and curb the spread of #measles. #OnPoli #Justice4workers windsorstar.com/news/local-n...

Measles cited as possible factor in Southwestern Ontario infant's death

A seven-month outbreak of measles has claimed its first life in the London-area

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💸 High fines alone don’t work. We need: ✅ Proactive investigations ✅ Real consequences like business licence bans ✅ A system that puts recovering stolen wages first It’s time to create a culture of compliance, not a free pass for law breaking bosses. #Justice4Workers #StopWageTheft #DecentWorkNow

We can't expect parents to vaccinate their kids if they don't have the tools to take time off from work. Paid sick days are associated with higher vaccination rates. Legislating at least 10 #PaidSickDays would help prevent infectious disease outbreaks 🦠 #Justice4Workers #OnPoli

Canada Healthwatch 🍁@canadahealthwatch.ca · last yr.

Measles cases increase by 173 in Ontario, bringing outbreak’s total close to 1,800 www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/measl... @cdnpress.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

You did it, Missouri! Thanks to voters overwhelmingly passing Prop A, over 700,000 Missouri workers start earning paid sick days today! #MOLeg #NOonHB567 #PaidSickDays

✅We know that parents with #PaidSickDays are 20x more likely to keep their sick kids at home. ✅Paid sick days are also associated with higher immunization rates. Ontario must take the measles outbreak seriously. NOW is exactly the time to curb the spread. #Justice4Workers www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

With measles outbreaks growing in Canada, this mother pleads with parents to vaccinate | CBC News

With measles cases on the rise in Canada at rates unseen in almost three decades — and vaccination coverage for childhood vaccines like the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot falling since the pand...

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MUST READ 📰Guelph health worker calls for expanded income supports: "I am disturbed by the sharp increase in stress, anxiety, insomnia and related health issues reported by many of my patients since the beginning of the tariff war." #Justice4Workers www.guelphtoday.com/letters-to-t...

LETTER: 'As a healthcare worker, I support income supports for people navigating the tariff crisis'

'Each of these demands is entirely possible. In fact, they have been done before,' Owner & operator of Guelph Community Acupuncture says of healthcare advocacy

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🚨NEW study from @iwhresearch.bsky.social found that workers in jobs that are insecure, unstable, and poorly compensated face significantly elevated risks of early death, including great risk of suicide. ➡️ This is why we need #Justice4Workers www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/ps... #OnPoli #CanLab

Canadian study links job quality to 'deaths of despair’

Research looks at the connection between precarious work and premature death

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The federal government set the standards by introducing 10 #PaidSickDays for almost 1 million federally regulated workers. But that only covers 4% of workers in Canada —-- it's time for provinces & territories to catch up and legislate paid sick days! theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

Paid sick days should be a basic right, not a privilege – The Independent

The Liberals mandated 10 paid sick days for just over four per cent or Canadian workers. We need to do a lot better.

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Happy international workers' day! The labour protections we have came from solidarity and struggle. Whether it's addressing precarious jobs, wage theft, AI, or climate change, there's much more to do to ensure that work is fair and decent for all. #MayDay www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Decent Work and Health Network@decentworkhlth.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨“People are already making day-to-day trade-offs because of such extreme financial strain" - Dr. Vanessa Reddit, family physician & DWHN member, says rising rent, food costs, and limited income supports are putting her patients’ health at risk www.frequencynews.ca/news/toronto... #justice4workers

Hey Bluesky! NCCDH is excited to join this platform to share our #publichealth resources and activities and to hear about your work and how we can support you. Give us a follow and invite your networks to keep up to date with NCCDH activities and news.

What’s missing from the #measles vaccine uptake conversation? Upstream solutions like #PaidSickDays so low-wage parents can take time to vaccinate their kids and care for them when sick. 10 paid sick days = safer schools and healthier communities. #Justice4Workers #OnPoli

Isaac Bogoch@isaacbogoch.bsky.social · last yr.

Measles cases in Ontario have passed 900 so far in 2025, far exceeding the annual totals recorded over the past decade. The measles vaccine is highly effective at preventing infection, widely available at no cost, and backed by decades of safety data.

APRIL 22: In the next IWH Speaker Series presentation, Dr. Faraz Vahid Shahidi will discuss a study that examines whether #JobQuality—having a “good” or “bad” job—is linked to what some call “deaths of despair”: deaths caused by suicide, drug poisoning and alcohol. Register here: buff.ly/4bcx569

This is a common sense win. 1. Waiting rooms are busy enough as it is 2. Nobody with a cold or flu wants to see their doctor or NP for a sick note 3. Spreading illness in the workplace isn’t good for business Well done BC 👏 Hope to see this in other provinces / territories soon #cdnhealth

Decent Work and Health Network@decentworkhlth.bsky.social · last yr.

Sick notes put undue burden on both health providers and sick workers. This is a positive step from British Columbia that will make their legislated employer-paid sick days more accessible to workers. #Justice4Workers #PaidSickDays #CanLab #Health globalnews.ca/news/1113303...

Income is the #1 determinant of health‼️ Job losses or having work hours cut = less money for food, medications, & rent = high stress & poorer health outcomes among workers. We need income supports to protect the health of ALL workers. #justice4workers www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Tariffs are already changing Canada’s job market, and workers are paying the price

Canada lost 62,000 full-time jobs in March. Excluding the first year of the pandemic, this is the worst March on record for full-time job losses

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Sick notes put undue burden on both health providers and sick workers. This is a positive step from British Columbia that will make their legislated employer-paid sick days more accessible to workers. #Justice4Workers #PaidSickDays #CanLab #Health globalnews.ca/news/1113303...

B.C. moves to scrap mandatory doctor’s notes for minor illnesses | Globalnews.ca

Doctors have been pushing the province to stop employers from requiring sick notes, a process they say wastes time they could spend treating patients with more urgent needs.

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