Ontario is a big province with lots to offer—from beautiful nature scenes to bustling city centres. Check out these Ontario road trip ideas that guarantee fun for all ages.
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You arrive home after a long day of work and check your mailbox. Inside, you find a ticket from a speed camera with a photo of your vehicle driving above the posted limit. Let’s address some commonly asked questions about speed camera tickets.
Read more at www.otip.com/article142.
Take a look at the moving and home insurance frequently asked questions inside so that you can look forward to making memories in your new home, confident that you have the coverage you need.
Read more at www.otip.com/article140.
Join the province-wide post-secondary caucus to get organized for the May 1 Day of Action!
The caucus is open to anyone who studies or works at a college, university, or any other post-secondary institution in Ontario.
What is the May 1 day of action?
On Sunday, May 1, thousands of people in locations all over the province will take action for a better Ontario. The day of action is part of a growing province-wide movement to challenge the harmful policies of the current provincial government and to raise our shared demands for what our campuses and communities need. Watch a teaser video about May 1 here.
The following is a proposal to link our communities with a network of four new conventional transit routes operated by our existing municipal urban transit providers (Brantford Transit, Grand River Transit, and Guelph Transit) as soon as possible; with additional service changes to the rural transit services Brant Transit, Wellington RideWell, Ride Norfolk, PC Connect, and GOST to create a highly integrated network of rural and urban transit services and linking the Watershed.
With close to 1 million people expected to live in Watershed Region by 2030, it is critical that we work together to make travel in the area easier for everyone.
Sent on behalf of Pamela Cant, Chief HR & Equity Officer
I am pleased to advise that Wilfrid Laurier University and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached a tentative deal for the first collective agreement for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs). PSAC represents approximately 338 graduate teaching assistants in Waterloo, Kitchener and Brantford.
The agreement was reached on March 23, 2022 following 25 meetings between the parties, and most recently with the assistance of a ministry appointed conciliator.
The tentative deal will be reviewed for ratification by the university’s Board of Governors and PSAC members. Both parties have agreed to recommend ratification of the tentative agreement. The details of the tentative agreement are confidential until both parties ratify.
The university is grateful to both bargaining teams for the hard work and goodwill they invested within a challenging financial and legislative landscape to reach an agreement they are each pleased to recommend.
Pamela Cant, MHRM (she/her)
Chief Human Resources & Equity Officer
Human Resources Department
When it comes to finding the right car for you, there are pros and cons to both new and used vehicles — but ultimately, your decision will likely come down to budget and your driving habits. So how do you choose the right vehicle for yourself? Consider these factors before deciding.
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Gig workers played an essential role keeping our neighbours safe and keeping the restaurant industry afloat during the pandemic, yet they are denied basic rights at work available to all other employees. Now the Ford Conservatives are attacking all Ontario workers. Recommendations from the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee would create a third class of worker with less rights than full employees.
This is a Bill of Rights created by gig workers endorsed by Gig Workers United (CUPW), Uber Drivers United (UFCW), and the Ontario Federation of Labour to outline what minimum rights our governments must guarantee to ensure fairness and non-discriminatory treatment for gig workers.
Sign on to support the Gig Workers’ Bill of Rights.
Taken from: https://ofl.ca/action/gig-workers/
The University of Waterloo is one of the last universities in Canada without a union for graduate student teaching assistants, research assistants, contract faculty, technicians, and other academic research and teaching staff positions.
The lack of a union has meant diminished ability to affect our working conditions, get fair wages, lower health and safety protocols, no clear or consistent hiring processes, unchallenged harassment, and no support for mental health services, and dealing with problems with work/overwork alone.
The only way to address these issues and advance the rights of graduate student and other academic workers on campus is to organize a union and negotiate a collective agreement with the university.
Our goals are:
Together, we can make the University of Waterloo a better space for academic workers.
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The Committee to Organize uWaterloo is a grassroots campaign to unionize the academic workers at the University of Waterloo. The campaign is supported by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canada’s largest union.
Taken from: https://organizeuw.org/post/whyorganizeuw/
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