There are only 10 weeks left in this Parliamentary session in Ottawa. It is urgent we act now to make sure Prime Minister Trudeau makes good on his 2021 promise to create a regularization program that provides permanent residency status for all migrant and undocumented people.

Permanent residency status is needed for migrants to access the basic and equal rights that all of us deserve. That’s why, to protect migrant and undocumented workers and their families, we need a regularization program that is uncapped without exclusions. And it must grant permanent residency status instead of exploitative temporary permits.

This weekend, to mark the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we need you to join an action to tell Prime Minister Trudeau: we demand #StatusForAll!

Edmonton – Sunday, March 19, 2023
1:00 pm, Alberta Legislature Grounds

Montreal – March 18 to 19, 2023
Starting at 7:30 pm on March 18, and ending at 9:00 am on March 19, Guy-Favreau Complex

Niagara – Sunday, March 19, 2023
2:00 pm, Niagara Falls City Hall

Ottawa – Sunday, March 19, 2023
2:00 pm, MP Yasir Naqvi's office, 1066 Somerset St W

Sudbury – Saturday, March 18, 2023
2:30 pm, Main Public Library, 74 MacKenzie Street. 

Toronto – Sunday, March 19, 2023
2:00 pm, Christie Pits Park

Vancouver – Sunday, March 19, 2023
12:00 pm, CBC Plaza

Victoria – Sunday, March 19, 2023
1pm, 50 Burnside Rd

Can’t make it or don’t see a city near you? Here is how you can show your support:

1. Poster your Member of Parliament's office: Use this MP specific poster and head over to the closest Member of Parliament office to poster up their office. Make sure to take a photo with the MP’s name visible and post on social media and tag your MP  together with the hashtag #StatusForAll.
   
   
2. Call and leave a message for Prime Minister Trudeau: Tell him that you are joining the call for permanent resident status for all without exclusions. Click here for an easy-to-use tool that’ll help you make your call.

The clock is ticking on our Employment Insurance system. If you missed our pan-Canadian Fix EI Phone ZAP this week — or if you joined us and are ready to take more action — then today's the day! And if you can't join us today, our next big online organizing meeting is Tuesday at 7:00 pm. Read on for deets! 

Fix Employment Insurance Now 

All across the country, workers are stepping up the fight for an EI system that is there for us when we need it. Here's how you can plug in:

• Spread the word on social media
  Amplify this red-hot 90-second message from a hospitality worker who summarizes many of our shared experiences with EI. 
  • To share on Twitter
  • To share on Instagram
  • To share on Facebook

• Visit your local MP office
  Drop by your local Member of Parliament’s office and ask for a meeting. While you’re at it, print this Fix EI poster to drop off or put up outside their office. If you can, snap a photo and post it on social media. Remember to tag your MP and use the hashtags: #Justice4Workers #FixEI so we can find your post and share it.

• Let Prime Minister Trudeau know you're watching
  Send a message to Prime Minister Trudeau, Employment Development Minister Carla Qualtrough, and other key members of the federal cabinet. (And if you’ve already sent an email, ask 3 of your friends to send an email as well). You can also call your elected representatives to demand they #FixEI now. 

Don't miss our March 14 organizing meeting

After our fantastic Beat the Bosses Bootcamp in February (you can check out our fabulous video here), let's keep the momentum going in our fight for decent work. 

We'll be meeting via Zoom next Tuesday at 7:00 pm and we need every decent work fighter to be there. Can you come?

Here’s what we’ll be discussing at the Tuesday meeting:

• Paid Sick Days: Premier Doug Ford’s temporary and inadequate paid sick leave scheme is set to expire on March 31. This will make it harder for workers to protect themselves from illness and add more pressure to Ontario’s overburdened health system. 
  
  
• Solidarity with nurses: Bargaining has broken down for nurses, but the fight isn’t over. This is why we need to keep painting the province PINK and make sure the Ford government understands that decent work is central to publicly-funded and publicly-delivered healthcare.
  
  
• Solidarity with education workers: School boards across the province are tabling austerity budgets that could result in thousands of job losses for the very education workers who led the successful fight against Bill 28.
  
  
• Enough is Enough: With the affordability crisis in full swing, we need to win real wage increases, starting with a $20 minimum wage and an end to wage-suppression laws (like Bill 124) that cap our wages below inflation. The Ontario Federation of Labour’s Enough is Enough campaign has the potential to link all our struggles together. From good jobs and decent wages to strong public services and healthy communities and from Ontario Works to Ontario Disability Support programs that should allow everyone to live with dignity, we stand united to say “Enough is Enough." And if we organize effectively, we have a chance to show our power in mass actions across the province on June 3. 

• Status for All Rally on March 19:  Premier Doug Ford and federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre fear our unity and solidarity. They want to deflect our legitimate anger at crumbling social services and low wages by blaming migrants for the crisis in healthcare and education and for the rising cost of living. But this is rubbish, designed to weaken our movement as Syed Hussan explains in this article published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. That's why we’ll be joining the Regularization and Status for All Day of Action on March 19 – and we hope you will, too!

With so much at stake and so many opportunities to build our movement, it's never been more urgent to organize – and win.

Hope to see you at the Justice for Workers organizing meeting on Tuesday. 

https://www.justice4workers.org/minimum_wage_provinces