It’s time for us to get our act together and start building the kind of power that once forced capital to accede to demands in the past: public health care, public pensions, unemployment insurance and social benefits, non-market social housing, pay equity, women’s and queer rights.
CUPE Local 4948 shows how labour can build a powerful coalition – on a strong foundation of engaged union members.
The strategies adopted by the Campaign for Public Education helped build huge public support for an education fightback. The CPE’s efforts, combined with similar ones across the province, was a key factor in the Conservative regime’s defeat in 2003.
Toronto Water Watch was a labour-community coalition that defeated Mayor Mel Lastman’s attempt to start
privatizing Toronto’s water and wastewater system. It helped connect a wide network of residents, environmental activists and union members to win the battle for public opinion and force one of the few defeats of Lastman’s agenda at City Hall.
Alejandra Bravo was elected City Councillor for Davenport in October 2022. She was appointed Chair of Toronto’s Economic and Community Development Committee and Commissioner on the TTC Board, as well as to the Toronto Board of Health and Mayor’s Executive Committee.
