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It’s not just about the work we do. It’s
about the promise that lies behind the
work. The promise that if we work hard,
get educated, improve our skills, we can
all do better.

We’re advancing six good ideas to help
make that promise a reality; to make work
better, for all Ontarians.

And you can be a part of the conversation.
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Talking About Jobs
Some Ontarians are fortunate to be            We know many of these jobs are tempo-        been focused on preparing just-in-time
working in the job of their dreams.           rary, part time, or self-employment; yet     workers with just-in-time training to do
                                              many of the jobs we lost were full-time,     just-in-time work.
But, far too many Ontarians are stuck in      permanent jobs.
bad jobs with little hope of making them                                                   As Ontario stumbles out of recession,
better.                                       Even before the recession, a growing         it’s time to shift the focus and change
                                              number of Ontarians were experiencing        the pattern from tinkering with people’s
Dangerous jobs. Dead-end jobs.                a deeper level of income and job insecu-     resumes to providing the kind of skills
                                              rity than they had in a generation. The      training workers really need to improve
Jobs where you don’t get paid what you        gap between the rich and the rest of us      their chances. It’s time to invest in On-
are owed. Jobs that exploit migrant           got worse, the middle class was feeling      tario’s workforce by creating career
workers.                                      squeezed, and Ontario’s poor fell further    pathways and ensuring job mobility.
                                              behind. Some have done better than oth-
Jobs that pay so low, you can work full-      ers. Some, such as racialized Canadians,     The experiment of putting labour mar-
time and still rank among the working         Aboriginal peoples and new immigrants,       ket policies on autopilot has failed. It is
poor.                                         have been left behind as Ontario’s labour    time to update our approach, our poli-
                                              market becomes more polarized.               cies, and our laws so that we have 21st
Working two or three jobs, not knowing                                                     century tools to build the good jobs of
what shifts or how many hours you have        The conventional wisdom is that a job        the future.
to work in any given week — it makes it       is the ticket out of poverty but, in real-
hard to plan the week or to put food on       ity, one in three Ontario children living    Governments can take action to support
the table, let alone try to help your kids    in poverty have families with at least one   the creation of good jobs — the kind that
with their homework.                          parent who works full-time. Our chal-        sustain families and offer a pathway out
                                              lenge is to improve the quality of the       of poverty for those still on the sidelines.
Jobs that can’t sustain a family. Jobs that   jobs that already exist in Ontario and to
can’t sustain a community.                    create the conditions for even better jobs   Here are six good ideas that Ontario’s
                                              in the future — so that our children and     political parties should take up to sup-
We can do better than this.                   grandchildren can enjoy a better quality     port good jobs in Ontario.
                                              of life.
The 2008 worldwide recession knocked
Ontario’s economy on its knees. Post-         To hand the next generation of workers a
recession, the focus has been on the          better work life, we need to grapple with
number of jobs created instead of talk-       the mistakes of the past. For at least a
ing about the quality of those new jobs.      decade, our investment in training has
THE RIGHT
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Six Good Ideas About Jobs
1. LOCAL JOB MATCHMAKING.                   It sets the minimum standards for our         3. PARTNERSHIPS FOR
                                            work lives: the minimum wages we can          WORKPLACE-BASED LEARNING.
Imagine how different things would be       expect to earn, the maximum hours we
if employers, unions, workers, advocates    can be forced to work, the number of va-      Programs that offer literacy and basic
and government acted like they’re           cations and sick days we’ve earned, and       skills training in the workplace provide
playing on the same team, working           the rules in place when we quit or are        workers with the learning opportuni-
together to enhance existing jobs and       fired.                                        ties they need. They result in increased
create new ones.                                It may set the minimum standard for       productivity, improved health and safety
    Imagine employment programs that        work, but the Employment Standards Act        on the job, and greater job mobility for
were tailored to what the people and        was written to reflect workplace issues       workers.
businesses in your community really         of yesteryear. More of us are working in         These programs work best when every-
need.                                       ways that mean we are not protected by        one — employers, employees, unions,
    Imagine training programs that give     the Act. It’s time for an upgrade.            literacy organizations and governments
people the supports they need to change         But modernizing the laws that guide       — join forces to create workplace-based
careers or re-enter the labour market       how we work in Ontario isn’t enough           learning opportunities that fill a real lo-
and find a better job.                      — because a law without teeth is, well,       cal need.
      It’s time to repair the mismatch      toothless. Both the law and its enforce-         It can’t happen, however, without gov-
between skills and jobs in Ontario —        ment need to be updated to ensure that        ernment leadership. Adequate govern-
employers who can’t find the right people   all employees in Ontario are protected.       ment funding for infrastructure support
and people who can’t find the right job.           Imagine if all workers had confi-      is the glue that holds these partnerships
       Whether it’s skills training and     dence that they could rely on a bedrock       together.
upgrading,     social    or    economic     of worker protection laws that had real
development, let’s get all sectors in       teeth, were regularly enforced, and re-
Ontario working together from the same      flected today’s labour market.                4. THE RIGHT JOB FOR
playbook. Together, we can build the            Ontarians are a hard-working people.      INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED
Ontario we want.                            If the jobs are there, they will take them;   PROFESSIONALS.
                                            but every worker deserves to know their
                                            rights are protected, through a modern-       We know the problem well: doctors
2. A NEW AND IMPROVED                       ized Employment Standards Act — pro-          trained overseas are driving taxis at a
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT.                   tections that reflect the demands on the      time when we have a shortage; interna-
                                            21st century worker.                          tionally-educated engineers are mopping
The Employment Standards Act is the                                                       floors at a time when our roads are crum-
safety net for most workers in Ontario.                                                   bling.
www.talkingaboutjobs.ca




   Ontario attracts some of the most ed-        5. THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE A UNION.             6. BETTER PROTECTION FOR
ucated, creative and innovative people                                                      MIGRANT WORKERS.
from every corner of the world. But we’re       After the Second World War, employers
not doing enough to maximize their con-         and workers reached a temporary con-        They travel great distances leaving their
tribution to the economy.                       sensus that allowed Ontarians to exer-      own families behind to take care of our
    Imagine how different things would          cise their basic right to join a union if   kids and our parents and grow our food,
be if our provincial government built on        they choose — a right that’s protected by   yet we treat them as cheap and dispos-
existing programs to give internationally       the constitution.                           able labour and leave them open to seri-
educated professionals the tools they                                                       ous abuse and exploitation.
                                                   Without a union, when problems arise
                                                                                               Imagine what Ontario would look like
need to adapt their skills and transition       in the workplace, workers are on their
                                                                                            if we extended workplace protections
more readily into our job market. Then          own.                                        for migrant workers so they could
every worker is able to use all of the skills        Unions are there to assist workers     exercise their rights without fear of being
they possess to contribute to a more vi-        along the way, just like an agent would     deported.
brant Ontario.                                  assist a hockey player in bargaining his      In the case of temporary migrant work-
   Imagine an expansion of paid intern-         or her rights with an employer.             ers, these protections include very basic
ships that give newcomers the Canadi-                Joining a union is how workers in      rights, such as protection from hav-
an work experience employers say they           Ontario have, historically, turned bad,     ing passports and personal documents
need; a provincial mentorship program           poorly paid, dangerous jobs — in mines,     seized by their employers, and putting
to help new Canadians build the social          in factories — into better jobs, with       an end to the current practice of allow-
networks that so many of us take for            better pay, better hours, and better        ing employers to charge temporary mi-
granted.                                                                                    grant workers for the cost of job recruit-
                                                benefits. But changes in the labour
    Imagine employers getting the help                                                      ment.
                                                market and government policies have
                                                                                                 How we treat our most vulnerable
they need to find the talent they’re look-      made it harder for workers who most         workers is a reflection of how our society
ing for and to recruit, assess, integrate       need the protection of a union to join      regards the basic Canadian values of de-
and retain employees with training and          one.                                        cency and fairness.
experience gained overseas.                          Imagine an amended Labour Rela-           Ontario was built on the premise that
                                                tions Act that provides workers with a      all workers would have equal access to
                                                meaningful way to exercise their consti-    opportunity. It’s part of what makes On-
                                                tutional right to organize a union in the   tario such a great province to live in.
                                                21st century economy.

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Talking About Jobs

  • 1. It’s not just about the work we do. It’s about the promise that lies behind the work. The promise that if we work hard, get educated, improve our skills, we can all do better. We’re advancing six good ideas to help make that promise a reality; to make work better, for all Ontarians. And you can be a part of the conversation.
  • 2. THE T LO RIGH ING C RN HIPS MA TC JO AL B JOB LEA ERS HM TN AK PAR ING Talking About Jobs Some Ontarians are fortunate to be We know many of these jobs are tempo- been focused on preparing just-in-time working in the job of their dreams. rary, part time, or self-employment; yet workers with just-in-time training to do many of the jobs we lost were full-time, just-in-time work. But, far too many Ontarians are stuck in permanent jobs. bad jobs with little hope of making them As Ontario stumbles out of recession, better. Even before the recession, a growing it’s time to shift the focus and change number of Ontarians were experiencing the pattern from tinkering with people’s Dangerous jobs. Dead-end jobs. a deeper level of income and job insecu- resumes to providing the kind of skills rity than they had in a generation. The training workers really need to improve Jobs where you don’t get paid what you gap between the rich and the rest of us their chances. It’s time to invest in On- are owed. Jobs that exploit migrant got worse, the middle class was feeling tario’s workforce by creating career workers. squeezed, and Ontario’s poor fell further pathways and ensuring job mobility. behind. Some have done better than oth- Jobs that pay so low, you can work full- ers. Some, such as racialized Canadians, The experiment of putting labour mar- time and still rank among the working Aboriginal peoples and new immigrants, ket policies on autopilot has failed. It is poor. have been left behind as Ontario’s labour time to update our approach, our poli- market becomes more polarized. cies, and our laws so that we have 21st Working two or three jobs, not knowing century tools to build the good jobs of what shifts or how many hours you have The conventional wisdom is that a job the future. to work in any given week — it makes it is the ticket out of poverty but, in real- hard to plan the week or to put food on ity, one in three Ontario children living Governments can take action to support the table, let alone try to help your kids in poverty have families with at least one the creation of good jobs — the kind that with their homework. parent who works full-time. Our chal- sustain families and offer a pathway out lenge is to improve the quality of the of poverty for those still on the sidelines. Jobs that can’t sustain a family. Jobs that jobs that already exist in Ontario and to can’t sustain a community. create the conditions for even better jobs Here are six good ideas that Ontario’s in the future — so that our children and political parties should take up to sup- We can do better than this. grandchildren can enjoy a better quality port good jobs in Ontario. of life. The 2008 worldwide recession knocked Ontario’s economy on its knees. Post- To hand the next generation of workers a recession, the focus has been on the better work life, we need to grapple with number of jobs created instead of talk- the mistakes of the past. For at least a ing about the quality of those new jobs. decade, our investment in training has
  • 3. THE RIGHT A TO CHOOSE A ST EMP BET AN LO TE UNION DA YM R PROTE C FOR M TION RD ET SA CT IGRAN WORK T ERS Six Good Ideas About Jobs 1. LOCAL JOB MATCHMAKING. It sets the minimum standards for our 3. PARTNERSHIPS FOR work lives: the minimum wages we can WORKPLACE-BASED LEARNING. Imagine how different things would be expect to earn, the maximum hours we if employers, unions, workers, advocates can be forced to work, the number of va- Programs that offer literacy and basic and government acted like they’re cations and sick days we’ve earned, and skills training in the workplace provide playing on the same team, working the rules in place when we quit or are workers with the learning opportuni- together to enhance existing jobs and fired. ties they need. They result in increased create new ones. It may set the minimum standard for productivity, improved health and safety Imagine employment programs that work, but the Employment Standards Act on the job, and greater job mobility for were tailored to what the people and was written to reflect workplace issues workers. businesses in your community really of yesteryear. More of us are working in These programs work best when every- need. ways that mean we are not protected by one — employers, employees, unions, Imagine training programs that give the Act. It’s time for an upgrade. literacy organizations and governments people the supports they need to change But modernizing the laws that guide — join forces to create workplace-based careers or re-enter the labour market how we work in Ontario isn’t enough learning opportunities that fill a real lo- and find a better job. — because a law without teeth is, well, cal need. It’s time to repair the mismatch toothless. Both the law and its enforce- It can’t happen, however, without gov- between skills and jobs in Ontario — ment need to be updated to ensure that ernment leadership. Adequate govern- employers who can’t find the right people all employees in Ontario are protected. ment funding for infrastructure support and people who can’t find the right job. Imagine if all workers had confi- is the glue that holds these partnerships Whether it’s skills training and dence that they could rely on a bedrock together. upgrading, social or economic of worker protection laws that had real development, let’s get all sectors in teeth, were regularly enforced, and re- Ontario working together from the same flected today’s labour market. 4. THE RIGHT JOB FOR playbook. Together, we can build the Ontarians are a hard-working people. INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED Ontario we want. If the jobs are there, they will take them; PROFESSIONALS. but every worker deserves to know their rights are protected, through a modern- We know the problem well: doctors 2. A NEW AND IMPROVED ized Employment Standards Act — pro- trained overseas are driving taxis at a EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT. tections that reflect the demands on the time when we have a shortage; interna- 21st century worker. tionally-educated engineers are mopping The Employment Standards Act is the floors at a time when our roads are crum- safety net for most workers in Ontario. bling.
  • 4. www.talkingaboutjobs.ca Ontario attracts some of the most ed- 5. THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE A UNION. 6. BETTER PROTECTION FOR ucated, creative and innovative people MIGRANT WORKERS. from every corner of the world. But we’re After the Second World War, employers not doing enough to maximize their con- and workers reached a temporary con- They travel great distances leaving their tribution to the economy. sensus that allowed Ontarians to exer- own families behind to take care of our Imagine how different things would cise their basic right to join a union if kids and our parents and grow our food, be if our provincial government built on they choose — a right that’s protected by yet we treat them as cheap and dispos- existing programs to give internationally the constitution. able labour and leave them open to seri- educated professionals the tools they ous abuse and exploitation. Without a union, when problems arise Imagine what Ontario would look like need to adapt their skills and transition in the workplace, workers are on their if we extended workplace protections more readily into our job market. Then own. for migrant workers so they could every worker is able to use all of the skills Unions are there to assist workers exercise their rights without fear of being they possess to contribute to a more vi- along the way, just like an agent would deported. brant Ontario. assist a hockey player in bargaining his In the case of temporary migrant work- Imagine an expansion of paid intern- or her rights with an employer. ers, these protections include very basic ships that give newcomers the Canadi- Joining a union is how workers in rights, such as protection from hav- an work experience employers say they Ontario have, historically, turned bad, ing passports and personal documents need; a provincial mentorship program poorly paid, dangerous jobs — in mines, seized by their employers, and putting to help new Canadians build the social in factories — into better jobs, with an end to the current practice of allow- networks that so many of us take for better pay, better hours, and better ing employers to charge temporary mi- granted. grant workers for the cost of job recruit- benefits. But changes in the labour Imagine employers getting the help ment. market and government policies have How we treat our most vulnerable they need to find the talent they’re look- made it harder for workers who most workers is a reflection of how our society ing for and to recruit, assess, integrate need the protection of a union to join regards the basic Canadian values of de- and retain employees with training and one. cency and fairness. experience gained overseas. Imagine an amended Labour Rela- Ontario was built on the premise that tions Act that provides workers with a all workers would have equal access to meaningful way to exercise their consti- opportunity. It’s part of what makes On- tutional right to organize a union in the tario such a great province to live in. 21st century economy.