The Windsor Workers' Action Centre is a community organization of workers, students and activists committed to improving the lives and working conditions of people in low-wage and unstable employment. Our goal is to ensure that all workers have a voice at work and are treated with dignity and fairness.  The Workers' Action Centre provides a new way for people to join together to fight for fair employment. People who are directly affected by poor working conditions should be the ones providing leadership in our struggle for fairness and dignity at work.

     The Centre seeks to achieve these goals: By promoting worker solidarity: We bring workers together to improve working conditions and wages and to make sure the government doesn't ignore workers’ rights.By changing our labour laws: The laws covering workers don't really protect us and the government is not doing enough to enforce the weak laws that do exist. One in three employers break the law, often with no penalty! That's why this centre is aimed at getting out into neighbourhoods and workplaces to talk to other workers about how we can support each other and get organized. 

    The Centre also works together with other organizations who are fighting to make laws and enforcement stronger so that working conditions are improved and wages increased.  By providing advice and referral: The Centre provides advice, referrals and support through a phone line where you can get information on your rights, whether you are a temp worker, not being paid your wages or face other work-related problems. More importantly, we will help you deal with a difficult boss or a problem at work or refer you to another agency which can help you.By offering education: We organize workshops and produce information on workers rights in many languages. It helps if we know our rights. But we also talk about what to do to protect ourselves even when the law isn't working for us.By organizing: Workers’ voices are stronger together. If we want to pressure the government and employers for change, they need to hear from many of us that there are problems. We want to make sure employers follow the labour laws and that government works to improve protection for us in the workplace. The government and employers need to hear the voice of workers who are directly affected by bad working conditions and low wages.

    The Origins of the Workers Action Centre:  A meeting to discuss the development of a Workers’ Centre was initiated by faculty and students in the Labour Studies Program at the University of Windsor in February of 2007. Since the initial proposal, students and faculty from a number of programs have become involved, along with a number of labour and community activists. The Centre has begun producing pamphlets and flyers, delivering worker rights workshops, and providing training for volunteers for the phone advice and referral service. It has also been involved in organizing a number of direct actions, and has submitted a research grant proposal along with other funding proposals. The Centre will also be seeking to build a worker based membership as it extends and expands its activities.