Canadian premiere of the award-winning 2015 documentary “A Day’s Work”, including a discussion with injured workers and temp agency workers together with the movie’s executive producer Dave DeSario.
90 minutes before he was killed on his first day of work as a temporary employee, 21-year-old Day Davis texted a picture of himself to his girlfriend, excited for their future …. An investigation reveals the troubling issues that led to Day’s death and how the $100 billion temporary staffing industry is putting millions of American workers at risk.
The screening, organized by Fight for 15 & Fairness, will be held at the George Ignatieff Theatre (15 Devonshire Place). See Facebook event for details on the 7:00 p.m. screening and the special 2:00 p.m. pre-screening following the Injured Workers Day rally at mid-day.
Screenings of the film are co-hosted by: Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups, Fight for $15 & Fairness, Ontario Federation of Labour, Workers’ Action Centre, Department of Sociology, UTSC, Department of Social Justice Education, OISE, UofT, Adult Education and Community Development, OISE, UofT, Global Labour Research Centre at York University, Centre for the Study of Korea, Asian Institute at Munk School of Global Affairs, UofT and Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts