Let's breakdown today's announcement of the provincial Worker Income Protection Benefit (WIPB).

Workers were promised the best #PaidSickDays plan in North America -- THIS IS NOT IT.

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#OnPoli #COVID19ON #PaidSickDaysSaveLives
WIPB provides 3 #PaidSickDays. It's way too little, way too late.

Workers need at least 10 permanent paid sick days + 14 days during pandemics.

It falls short of recent Bills 239 & 247, which govt could have passed with simple yes vote on Mar 1 & Apr 26 respectively.

#OnPoli
This is a temporary measure, set to expire Sept 25. This is not the permanent protection workers need.

16 states in the US have permanent, legislated & employer-paid #PaidSickDays. It can be done. It must be done.

#PaidSickDaysSaveLives
WIPB is a band-aid🩹 on a band-aid🩹

3 #PaidSickDays are now offered from the province. Once those are up, workers have to make a separate application to the CRSB where they will run into the same problems as before, including that it's retroactive & not seamlessly accessible.
Making matters EVEN WORSE, workers won't be able to access WIPB & CRSB in same week.

So, if a minimum wage worker takes 3 #PaidSickDays under WIPB = ~$300/wk. Then, rest of week is unpaid. AND, they have to forego $500 of CRSB that week.

⚠️Low-wage workers are now worse off⚠️
📣Health workers: To keep the pressure up on this govt to legislate adequate & permanent #PaidSickDays:

⚡️Support #JusticeForWorkers on May 1 @ 11am: decentworkandhealth.org/may_1_2021

⚡️Sign up to get involved: decentworkandhealth.org/joinus

#HealthWorkersFightBack #PaidSickDaysSaveLives

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19 Aug 20
BREAKING: New report explains what it takes to close the gap in paid sick days before it’s too late.

⬇️Key findings in thread below⬇️

Full report & release: decentworkandhealth.org/beforetoolate

#PaidSickLeaveSavesLives #CdnPoli #COVID19 #CdnHealth
Over half of workers don’t have paid sick days.

#COVID19 has exposed precarious work, including lack of paid sick days, as a public health hazard⚠️

This has been devastating on farms, in long-term-care homes, meat processing plants & other workplaces.

#PaidSickLeaveSavesLives Image
Low-income workers are most likely to be denied paid sick days. These are the women, migrants, racialized workers & workers with disabilities in our communities who need the protection of paid sick days most.

#PaidSickLeaveSavesLives #CdnPoli Image
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