Toronto’s retail workers need our help
The objective of the Toronto Area Labour Organizers (TALO) is to jumpstart union organizing campaigns in workplaces in sectors of the labour force that have lower rates of unionization, especially the retail sector.
Contact us if you need help unionizing your workplace, or if you’d like to help
Unions = higher wages
- Unionized workers make $7 more an hour–28% more–than non-unionized workers.
- Unionized women make $7.69 more an hour–34% more–than non-unionized women.
- Unionized young workers make $5.48 more an hour than their non-unionized counterparts.
Unions = protection
Young Canadian workers who are union members earned 26 per cent more than their non-union counterparts.
Women continue to register a significant overall union advantage
Collective bargaining plays a key role in closing the pay gap between men and women.