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Toronto’s retail workers need our help

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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.

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A worker's hand holding a wrench held high over the Toronto skyline.

From the CLC

  • 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.

From The Maple

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.

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