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Definition of “work” missing in Working for Workers bill

Rita Smith

Ontario’s Labour Minister Monte McNaughton introduced legislation on February 28th which contains words including “minimum wage” and “fundamental rights.”

Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Working for Workers Act 2), apparently would, if passed, continue to lead the country in building an economy that works for everyone.

Road Warrior News was not able to ascertain whether the “work” referred to in the Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Working for Workers Act 2) refers solely to time spent engaged with consumers while excluding time spent between gigs, or whether it includes travel time or time spent on an application, but without a customer. RWN requested clarification of the term “time worked” from the Ministry of Labour and will provide an update when one becomes available.

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New York City triples pay rate for app-based food delivery workers

RWN Staff

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga announced that the City of New York has set a first-of-its-kind minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers. When fully implemented, the city’s more than 60,000 delivery workers — who currently earn $7.09/hour on average — will earn at least $19.96/hour. Restaurant delivery apps will also have flexibility in how they pay delivery workers the new minimum rate.

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Rideshare firms win right to ignore minimum wage, overtime, worker compensation laws in US

RWN Staff

Uber Technologies shares are expected to head higher this week after a US court allowed it and other ride-sharing and deliver app companies like Lyft, DoorDash and Grubhub to treat their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, reports Oliver Haill of financial site Proactive.

Despite many worker groups opposing the measure for denying them nearly all employee rights, including sick leave, a Californian district court of appeal ruled that the labour proposal known as Proposition 22 was largely constitutional, Haill wrote on March 13th.  This overturned a decision by another California court last year that the initiative violated the state’s constitution.

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The Aaron Group has spent millions developing: a hybrid vehicle fleet with the most rigorous training and safety protocols in the industry; a black car service for citizens and visitors (who include the executives of some of the largest mining companies on the planet); a dynamically routed, on-demand airport shuttle service; the largest accessible vehicle fleet in northern Ontario. They were not invited to take part in Ontario's recent "Northlander Pilot Engagement." Image: Aaron Group/Facebook
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Open letter to Doug Ford on “rideshare pilot”

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Taxi operator translates disengenuous rhetoric on canard of a pilot Update April 6, 2026: This column has been updated since it was initially posted on April 5th with the addition of the point on Accessible vehicles. Here I am, on

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Parliament Hill on January 29, 2022 Photo: Don Browne
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If these 10 groups had done their jobs, the Truckers’ protest would not have been necessary

Rita Smith

It was dirty job, but somebody had to do it.

The only reason Truckers needed to take to the streets of Ottawa one year ago to protest Canada’s vaccine mandates was because the groups who actually get paid to oppose government bailed completely on their jobs.

Here is a list of well-established, well-organized, well-spoken, well-funded professional groups whose purpose on this planet is to speak truth to power. Remember, had any of these groups done the job they get paid to do (mostly by taxpayers) there would have been no need for the Truckers to spend their own money driving across the nation to protest in Ottawa.

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