Thread by @downtownrob88

Bill 88, Ford’s omnibus, Orwellian-named Working for Workers Act introduced in October 2021, would return $1.5B in WSIB insurance premiums to 300,000 businesses adjudged "safely operated" as pandemic aid, even as the WSIB had an unfunded liability of $14.2B in 2011;

Ford.. /2

https://twitter.com/MonteMcNaughton/status/1530565153304875008

...rolls out election-themed ads promoting the rebates element of Bill 88 on Mar 7/22;

The gift/grift to Corporate Ontario in the Working for Workers Act follows a 30% reduction in WSIB premiums charged to business handed down in Jan 2020;

In a cynical extortion gambit.../3

... "portable" health and wellness benefits are to be made available to retail, gig economy, hospitality and other workers, but only upon Ford's re-election,

The Bill 88 legislation would still leave standby workers unpaid and with few tools to digitally disconnect from.../4

...employers;

Ford's PCs also voted down an NDP amendment that would have created a Gig Worker Bill of Rights and protected such workers from employee misclassification as contractors and not permanent staff;

Dec 30, 2021, focusing on the size of the available labour pool.../5

.. at the expense of public health and in service to narrow economic interests, Ford cuts the Covid isolation period from 10 days to 5, to keep essential, public-facing employees working;

Despite a severe teacher shortage, Ford cut full-time teaching contracts while hiring.../6

...hiring uncertified replacements;

Rotating assignments at multiple sites for less costly part-time education and LTC workers accelerated community spread of Covid.

#CLUSTERFORD #onpoli

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