Wow, I can’t believe the school year is over in less than a month. Graduation is so soon! Hope you’re all enjoying your placements as the year ends. My LSS was away last week so it was a quiet day at the office. I handed out postcards to a few passerby’s’ interested in the Network. I also answered phone inquires over (mostly about the Riverdale Art Walk application). Then I updated the media calendar with important dates/events, jotted down new Art Square Gallery submissions, tweeted a bit, and updated membership status data for the project coordinator of RAW. I determined if their membership was expired or active and added the expiry date for both. Non-members were excluded.
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CWA contracts guarantee pay levels and increases, benefits, employment security, fair treatment on the job, due process during disciplinary actions, retirement benefits, paid off vacation time, medical coverage and sick pay, protection against health and safety hazards, and training opportunities. Furthermore, the Retail Action Project utilizes advocacy to fight for workers rights, primarily minorities. The RAP campaigns advocate for sustainable scheduling, the protection of middle class retail jobs, financial justice, and discrimination in pay, promotion, and hiring by retails based on people of colour, women, LGBT, and immigrant workers. The Canadian Intern Association is a not-for-profit organization that advocates against the exploitation of interns and aims to improve internship experiences. Their work focuses on education, law reform, research, and media coverage. Moreover, the Canadian Media Guild is a democratic trade union representing 6, 000 workers in the Canadian media involved in CBC, The Canadian Press, TVO, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Shaw Media etc. The CMG is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), whose mission is to promote the best working environments and to ensure Canadians have access to higher-quality information and
In the article, Creative Labour, Cultural work and Individualization, …show more content…
CWA contracts guarantee pay levels and increases, benefits, employment security, fair treatment on the job, due process during disciplinary actions, retirement benefits, paid off vacation time, medical coverage and sick pay, protection against health and safety hazards, and training opportunities. Furthermore, the Retail Action Project utilizes advocacy to fight for workers rights, primarily minorities. The RAP campaigns advocate for sustainable scheduling, the protection of middle class retail jobs, financial justice, and discrimination in pay, promotion, and hiring by retails based on people of colour, women, LGBT, and immigrant workers. The Canadian Intern Association is a not-for-profit organization that advocates against the exploitation of interns and aims to improve internship experiences. Their work focuses on education, law reform, research, and media coverage. Moreover, the Canadian Media Guild is a democratic trade union representing 6, 000 workers in the Canadian media involved in CBC, The Canadian Press, TVO, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Shaw Media etc. The CMG is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), whose mission is to promote the best working environments and to ensure Canadians have access to higher-quality information and