{"id":4033,"date":"2020-03-19T17:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T17:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/share.ca\/decent-work-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T23:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T23:40:03","slug":"decent-work-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/share.ca\/blog\/decent-work-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"How are Canadian companies stacking up on Decent Work in response to COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Anthony Schein, Director of Shareholder Advocacy<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the past week, we\u2019ve all been struggling to keep up with the break-neck speed of change as governments and global institutions respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here at SHARE we have been thinking about how our work to build a sustainable economy fits into and is impacted by the unfolding crisis.<\/p>\n

Like you, we will be closely watching our collective capacity to respond to a crisis, the cracks in our infrastructure exposed by COVID-19, as well as the places where we can see the resilience of local, national, and international institutions. Over the past few days, my inbox has filled with emails from companies \u2013including that one caf\u00e9 I used the Wi-Fi at ten years ago, the pizza place I sometimes order from, and my bank, most of them telling me about how they value their employees and are increasing their cleaning regimens. A few companies\u2019 COVID-19 responses have stood out as positive examples.<\/p>\n

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I am so glad you asked. We met as a group Monday morning + the executive team was talking about policies. I told them: we must do whatever we can not to take even a half a glass of milk from anyone\u2019s table: our employees, our franchisees, our suppliers. #canada<\/a> #coronovirus<\/a> (1) https:\/\/t.co\/Q8Fmxyjw8Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mohamad Fakih (@mohamadfakih8) March 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n