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FoodShare Toronto is a Toronto-based Canadian not for profit organization that delivers programs that address hunger and advocates for better policy from government. In addition to advocacy, programs include delivery of food boxes, supporting urban farming, and operating a telephone hot line.
The UFCW Canada National President also serves on the UFCW International Executive Committee as one of the union's three International Executive Vice Presidents. The Canadian Directors of the United Food and Commercial Workers are: Clifford R. Evans, 1988–1992; Thomas Kukovica, 1992–1999; Michael J. Fraser, 1999–2006; Wayne E. Hanley ...
Poverty statistics for these workers is that 16.5% of tipped restaurant workers are in poverty and 17.6% of back-of-house workers are in poverty. [24] On a national average as well, the U.S. livable wage is $31.90 where the tipped subminimum wage is $2.13, and the average minimum wage is $7.25.
It is recognized that "domestic service is one of the largest categories of waged work for women in the Philippines; by 1975, one out of five employed women was in domestic service". [4] On the global market "migrant Filipina women [are] employed as domestic workers in more than 130 countries". [5]
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is the largest public sector union in Canada, representing 159,000 public service workers, [1] [8] of which 120,000 fall under the Treasury Board of Canada and 39,000 are Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees under the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) component of PSAC. [9] [10] [11]
In 2013, 50% of minimum wage workers were between the ages of 15 and 19; in 1997, it was 36%. 50.2% of workers in this age group were paid minimum wage in 2013, an increase from 31.5% in 1997. Statistics Canada notes that "youth, women and persons with a low level of education were the groups most likely to be paid at minimum wage." [2]
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This was done against the Public Service of Canada wishes, who warned of lack of adequate housing and infrastructure. As of 2021, there are over 775,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada, with them representing 4% of the workforce. The majority of temporary foreign workers are employed in low-prestige jobs, such as fast food workers. [34]