About Us

The Decent Work and Health Network is an Ontario-wide network of health workers from diverse fields advocating for improved employment standards as a means to close gaps in health inequity.

We strive to emulate an organizing model that is equity-driven and addresses structural racism, including anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, in the workplace and health system. As such, the network's advocacy focus is derived from the issues identified by the Workers' Action Centre, whose members are workers in low-waged, precarious jobs.


What we do

1. Research and policy - We participate in evidence-based interventions that advance decent work and health, including creating reports, policy recommendations, and factsheets. We also provide workshops to health workers to better understand the intersections of decent work and health.

2. Advocacy - Many of us are front line workers who see the impacts of precarious work in our practice every day. We use our experience as health workers to highlight precarious work as a health issue through public campaigning.

3. Community Organizing - We understand the importance of centering community organizers in all of our work. We regularly participate in organizing meetings with workers and supporters of the Justice for Workers campaign to find ways health workers can support organizing work in neighbourhoods, workplaces and communities.

Sign up to advocate for 10 paid sick days, $20/hr minimum wage, and decent working conditions.