Premier Ford: It’s time to raise the rates
We’re calling on Premier Ford to double social assistance rates in the August 2022 Budget, and over 230 social service providers and community organizations across Ontario have joined the call.
We advance the systemic interests and rights of low-income and equity-seeking communities and meaningfully support Indigenous Peoples and communities, with a focus on improving income security programs and ending low-wage precarious employment.
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Feed Ontario’s #HungerReport2022 has launched! In this year’s report, research shows that it is even more difficult for someone to break the cycle of poverty than it was 30 years ago.
Read more about it HERE: http://ow.ly/sq1W50LNWkv
#FeedOntario #HungerReport2022
In case you missed it: The ON gov announced the #ODSP monthly flat rate earnings exemption will go from $200 to $1000 & deduction on income above the exemption amount will go from 50% to 75%. Check out our factsheet on the impacts (French version added) https://incomesecurity.org/impact-of-proposed-changes-to-earned-income-exemptions-for-odsp-november-2022/
#BREAKING: Employer-paid sick days take effect for the nearly 1 million workers in federally-regulated industries!
But we can’t stop fighting until ALL of us have at least 10 #PaidSickDays as a legislated right.
R/T if you agree!
#PaidSickDaysSaveLives #Justice4Workers