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(en) Canada, Edmonton Stats Can Sweatshop Protest Monday July 23 Please Forward (2)
From
eugene <eugene@tao.ca>
Date
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:53:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Edmonton General Membership Branch
STATS-CAN SWEATSHOP EMPLOYER
UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES
CENSUS WORKERS ORGANIZE INFO-PICKET
MONDAY, JULY 23, 3PM-6PM
Statistics Canada Census Office
10541-106 ST.
(Behind Grant McEwan College)
Temporary/Casual Quality Control Technicians working for Statistics Canada
on the Census are organizing an information picket over SWEAT SHOP working
conditions in their plant. Workers are housed in an airless windowless
office complex, and are expected to work seven days a week, ten hours a day
without overtime pay. Many have not yet been paid for their work. Working
conditions in the plant contravene Federal and Provincial Labour laws.
When these casual workers organized to demand their right to overtime pay
and better working conditions at least one organizer was fired. Other
workers are being disciplined by being put on call back for work.
As casual temporary workers, Stats Canada is claiming they have no
protection under either the Federal or Provincial labour laws. At least one
worker had to wait 53 days before getting paid.
Casual workers in the plant have signed up as IWW members and are
organizing an information picket for Monday July 23 from 3 to 6 pm
to demand fair treatment, not sweatshop treatment from Stats Canada.
Join us on the line and support the right of casual/temporary worker to
fairness and justice!
For further information contact:
Ryan van den Berg,
IWW Branch Secretary
phone: 780-469-2731
Box 1075, Edmonton, T5J 2M1
email: iww-edm@iww.ca
Web Page: edmonton.iww.ca
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