Japans Democrats Sweep into power on Temp Agency Ban

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssOfficeEquipment/idUST7557220090831
The Democrats have proposed banning "in principle" the dispatch of temporary workers to manufacturing jobs, ending a system that has helped the auto and electronics industries keep costs low but has also added to instability in the workforce.
"I don't quite agree with the DPJ's idea of banning temporary workers. Temporary employment has had benefits for both companies and workers," Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) told a news conference.
"It has sustained the country's economic growth and diversified ways of working," added Sakurai, who is also chairman of office equipment maker Ricoh Co .
After a decade of corporate cost-cutting and labour market deregulation, about one-third of all employees in Japan are non-regular workers without job security, a category that includes part-timers, contract workers and temporary staff.

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UPDATED*** Stephanie, Canadian Labour Congress

Ontario Conservatives Supporting Temporary Employment Agencies

The following is a list of Conservative MPPs who voted against Bill 139 and supported the Temporary Employment Agencies.
Arnott, Ted
Bailey, Robert
Chudleigh, Ted
Dunlop, Garfield
Hardeman, Ernie
Jones, Sylvia
Munro, Julia
O'Toole, John
Runciman, Robert
W.Savoline, Joyce
Shurman, Peter
Witmer, Elizabeth
Yakabuski, John

When it comes to your lively hood, you can be certain that the Ontario Conservatives will work hand in hand with http://www.acsess.org/ (The temporary employment agencies lobby group)

Temp Agencies Bill 139

Bill 139, Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009

The Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly will meet to consider Bill 139, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in relation to temporary help agencies and certain other matters.

The Committee intends to hold public hearings in Toronto on March 25, 2009.

Interested people who wish to be considered to make an oral presentation on Bill 139 should contact the Committee Clerk by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2009.

Those who do not wish to make an oral presentation but wish to comment on the Bill may send written submissions to the Committee Clerk at the address below by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

An electronic version of the Bill is available on the Legislative Assembly website at: www.ontla.on.ca.
Bas Balkissoon, MPP Tonia Grannum
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temps

I was interested to read the letter that Brian shared below. I have not had to use temp agencies but my sons have. I have always been shocked at the crap they had to put up with as they tried to earn some cash. Fortunately at that time they were not supporting a family. Not so with a young aquaintance of mine, where I currently work. He does have a wife and two small children. He is from Jamaica and lived in Montreal for a number of years. He was hoping for a good future in a quiet community. He worked with me as a packer on my machines and was very good right from the get go. In our fast continuous process environment he was a blessing to me and I made a point to request him when I could. I met him uptown today. The company called his agency and said they didn't want him because he couldn't keep up. This is patently false. The temps are used as a factor to balance the bottom line without having to plan carefully. No regard is paid to their dignity or the fact that they deserve an opportunity to earn a living based on their own merit. My friend was a good worker with an outgoing personality and he was blackballed for no reason.
Any politician that supports the temp agency as it exists in Brantford is no different than the politicos of past eras who argued that the abolution of slavery would destroy the economy of the U.S. and England. They and the opponents of a livable minimum wage have a great deal in common with the economists who advised President Truman that if every American had a nice home,two cars, and enough to eat, then they would become lazy and the country would fall apart. Therefore the answer was to tax the citizens wages and keep them in need so industry could grow and profit.