Demands of the Autonomous and Solidarity Movement of the Unemployed (MASSE)

The MASSE has five main demands.

These are:

• a single 350-hour or 13 week eligibility threshold;

• a benefit rate of at least 70 per cent of insurable earnings, based on the best 12 weeks worked;

• a minimum threshold of 35 weeks of benefits;

• the abolition of all Employment Insurance (EI) exclusions for workers who voluntarily leave their job or are fired;

• access to regular EI benefits in the case of losing one's job, irrespective of maternity/parental/paternity benefits received

(Translated from the original French by Workers' Forum)

This article was published in

Number 5 - February 17, 2023