Labour Radio / Sept. 17 5-6pm / Cutbacks to the welfare system: R. Tapia denounces the governement's intention to install a workfare program

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Featured on today’s program:

• A pan-North American movement wants to increase the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour.

• We will be broadcasting an in-depth interview with Deena Ladd of the Worker’s Action Centre in Toronto and will have a panel discussion on the rights of the precariously employed.

• We will also be broadcasting a speech given by Rosario Tapia regarding the Quebec government’s most recent cutbacks to the welfare system. She spoke tuesday at a press conference in Montreal denouncing Minister Hamad’s intention to install a workfare program for first time welfare recipients.

All this and more on Labour Radio today !

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