Our Society
Ontario Disgraced
Doug Ford’s Conservative government has shown its true colours with the awarding of the Order
Yaro
November 22, 2024
Category: Policy Statement
Labour Council
150 Years Working for Justice
This year – 2021 – marks the 150th anniversary of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council. For a century and a half working people have organized collectively here around a vision of economic and social justice.
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Society
After Paris: COP21 Climate Change
In December 2015 three dozen delegates from Canada’s labour movement attended the United Nations summit on climate change (COP21) in Paris.
Yaro
November 27, 2024
Our Cities
2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council welcomes the election of progressive voices across Toronto
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Cities
A Roof Over Our Head
We were already in a housing crisis when COVID exposed and increased the vulnerability of those without access to affordable housing, the dangers of under-housing, and the cruelty of homelessness. Disgracefully, it is people on the margins and intersections of society who are most negatively affected, including racially marginalized and Indigenous residents, newcomers, and women.
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Society
A Just Recovery in Ontario
Canadians are reeling from the news of COVID’s second wave spreading across communities and generations.
Yaro
November 22, 2024
Our Cities
#SafeSeptember
Ontarians are united in our anxiety about the return to school in a year like no other. Despite hopes for a safe September, many parents and education workers expect a second COVID-19 wave this fall, particularly because provincial plans for return to school are so haphazard and inadequate.
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Society
Zero Tolerance for Racism at Work
Toronto was shocked by a racist hate crime at a construction site at Michael Garron Hospital on June 10th. Two nooses were hung at the workplace, as a sick reminder of the lynching of thousands of Black men in the United States.
Yaro
November 26, 2024
Our Society
Two Years of Turmoil
Nobody was surprised that Doug Ford and his MPPs promoted an aggressive pro-business agenda after they were elected in June 2018. We knew the Conservatives – and Ford and his allies on Toronto City Council – had a bad track record.
Yaro
November 26, 2024
Our Society
Racism on the Front Page
The world was shocked and outraged to see the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman carried out while onlookers pleaded for his life. The words “I can’t breathe” – which marked the dying breaths of Eric Garner in New York in 2014 – were repeated by George Floyd as the policeman’s knee crushed his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.
Yaro
November 26, 2024