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Strategic Plan 2025-2028
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Feb 26, 2026
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Resolutions for the 2026 CLC Convention
Recommended by the TYRLC Executive Board January 29, 2026 for Consideration by TYRLC Delegates February 5, 2026 1-Municipal Powers and Funding (142 words) Submitted by: TYRLC, same as 2023 The CLC will convene a discussion among all interested Labour Councils about a new deal for cities, and what...
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Feb 6, 2026
Resolutions Coming Forward Directly to Delegates - Oct 2025
Submitted: October 15, 2025 1. Oppose Cuts to Language Education for Immigrants and Refugees Whereas: The federal government department, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has announced that it will no longer fund language education above CLB level 4 after the current fiscal yea...
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Oct 15, 2025
Thanks, Steve
Labour Education Centre staffer Steve Shallhorn retires this month after a long and impactful career in both the Labour movement and Climate Justice movement. Steve started at LEC in 2012 and has built an amazing legacy in terms of impacts and results. He helped creat the Tradelinx construction p...
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Sep 16, 2025
Climate Justice is Union Business
Climate action is heating up. Here in Canada the labour movement continues to push for climate justice, while COP 26 participants gather in Glasgow, Scotland with a key goal of “securing global net zero by 2050 and keeping 1.5 degrees of warming within reach.” Climate change is the single greates...
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Nov 4, 2021
Watch the Inauguration of Andria Babbington
Andria Babbington made history when she became the next president of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council. Click here to watch her inauguration on YouTube. Andria was sworn in as president of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council at a special virtual event on Thursday, June 3, 2021. ...
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Jun 4, 2021
Democracy is the Essence of Our Movement
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council has long played a role in the broader labour movement. From convening the first national union gathering, to organizing on key issues to CLC conventions, we have a strong tradition that values the role of local activism informing and powering national ...
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May 6, 2021
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. That epic journey will be celebrated over the coming year as we share the storie...
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Jan 1, 2021