The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition’s “Blueprint for Justice” released in 2020 describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified existing inequities and revealed the depth and breadth of the durable policy and investments needed to truly reduce poverty and inequality in B.C. It describes the concrete actions needed to ensure nobody is left behind during the pandemic and beyond it, centering its recommendations on four principles: economic security, universal basic services, equity and climate justice. The full blueprint can be found here.
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Economic Security: Working Poverty and Employment Standards
Recommendation 78: Remove barriers for workers exercising their constitutional right to join a union, including a return to signed union card certifications, and implement measures to prevent employers from interfering in union organizing drives.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 79: End contract flipping that enables employers to keep wages low for tens of thousands of workers.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 80: Provide 21 sick days a year for all workers regardless of their immigration status.-
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