The GLRC is happy to co-sponsor two hybrid events with the Work and Labour Studies Program at York University!
Canadian International Labour Film Festival Screening
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Noon-2pm
Graduate Student Association Lounge
Rm. 430 First Student Centre
(Light snacks will be provided)
This year, we've arranged a 2-hour screening of the films that include stories about Cree craftspeople in Chisasibi (the Hands of an Elder), nuclear waste in Spain (Spain Against the Atom), disability struggles in an Indonesian garment factory (Sugar on the Weaver's Chair), structures of oppression and the struggle to immigrate to Canada (the Unmaking of Medical Inadmissibility) and unionizing during the pandemic (Come See us Together). For more about these films check out: https://labourfilms.ca/2022-films/
Know Your Rights: The Employment Standards Act and how it Impacts YOU
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Noon-2pm
Graduate Student Association Lounge
Rm. 430 First Student Centre
(Light snacks will be provided)
Calling all workers! The Global Labour Research Centre and the Work and Labour Studies Program have partnered to present an interactive workshop on the Employment Standards Act. We will be covering the Act itself as well as other information relevant to workers such as a segment of the Human Rights Code as well as free legal resources in the GTA. Feel like your boss is being unfair? Come on out and learn what your rights are. Curious about labour law in Ontario in the wake of the CUPE strike and Ford invoking the notwithstanding clause? Get an intro here.