EVENT: A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs: Addressing Racism and Precarity in Canada
Registration is now open for "A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs: Addressing Racism and Precarity in Canada" report launch event on October 23, 2024, hosted... Read more.
Cultures of Solidarity — Climate and Labour Movement Zine-and-Skill Share
Following up on the film screening of the WAGESTORIES film “The global Phase-Out Dilemma” with the Norwegian research team, we would like to invite the UP-BC... Read more.
Trapped in the wage gap
New data obtained by CCPA-BC from Statistics Canada reveals that one third of BC’s paid employees earn less than the living wage in their community—more than... Read more.
Online Event: Moving Forward: Beyond the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker IRCC Pilot Programs
Join the Migrant Care Workers Project researchers who will share findings from interviews with migrant care workers and FOIPPA requests on IRCC's Home Child Care... Read more.
Here’s how BC should protect app-based workers
Despite their high-tech image, digital platform firms employ practices that are familiar from centuries of insecure work, including compensating workers on a per-task... Read more.
TSSU Solidarity Statement
The Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC) Partnership stands in solidarity with TSSU members and academic workers at Simon Fraser University as they continue their... Read more.
Open letter on regulating platform work from BC experts in labour law, policy and economics
Digital platforms can offer valuable services to consumers and decent work for those providing those services. But the current practices of these firms, shirking... Read more.
Webinar “Working Precariously: The New Normal?”
Join "But is it a good job?" report authors Iglika Ivanova and Dr. Kendra Strauss for a conversation about precarious employment and its unequal impacts on workers,... Read more.
Half of BC workers lack access to “standard jobs” and 37% are in precarious employment, groundbreaking survey finds
A study released today by the Understanding Precarity in BC partnership reveals a polarized labour market in which precarious work is far more pervasive than many... Read more.
A win for BC workers: single-step union certification
The BC government recently introduced legislation that allows a majority of workers in a workplace to organize a union a little more easily, making it harder for... Read more.
COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for a living wage
With the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, news stories sounding the alarm over worker shortages are once again on the rise. And, like previous waves, these... Read more.
Legislated Paid Sick Leave – A Historic Moment for Worker Rights
The BC government will implement the right for all employees to have a minimum number of employer-paid sick days on January 1, 2022. BC will become just the third... Read more.
Inequality, employment and COVID-19
This report examines the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the BC job market and on different groups of workers a year into the pandemic. It reviews key economic and... Read more.
Major partnership receives funding to study how British Columbians are impacted by precarity, develop solutions for post-COVID era
(Vancouver) A six-year initiative to study the impacts of precarious work on the lives of British Columbians kicks off today, with the announcement of a $2.5 million... Read more.