Workers' Action Centre (Workers' Rights Info Line)

A Toronto workers' centre whose phone line gives free, confidential information about your rights at work and help with ways to deal with a bad employer or get unpaid wages. It also runs support clinics for one-on-one help and workers' rights workshops across the Greater Toronto Area.

Program in Toronto. Legal help Newcomers

How to reach them

1. Go to the phone line.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• EmailEmail info@workersactioncentre.org
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• PhoneCall 416-531-0778
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Where else they are

Their website is workersactioncentre.org. You can also find them on Facebook, Instagram and X.

Good to know

• For whomWorkers in Toronto and Ontario with a problem at work, especially people in low-wage and unstable jobs, recent immigrants, workers of colour, women and youth.
• CostFree
• LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
• Their stepsCall the Workers' Rights Info Line at 416-531-0778 or 1-855-531-0778 on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, 12 pm to 5 pm. Calls are free and confidential, and you can ask to speak with someone in Spanish. Explain your problem at work. You get information about your rights and help with a plan to fix it, such as getting unpaid wages. If you want to visit the office at 720 Spadina Avenue, 2nd floor, Suite 202, Toronto, call ahead to make an appointment.

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