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April 2025 Delegates Meeting
April 2025 Delegates Meeting
Our April Delegates' Meeting is taking place on Thursday, April 3, 2025. This meeting will be in person at IBEW Local 353 (1377 Lawrence Ave East, Toronto), beginning at 7:30 p.m. Delegates are encouraged to check their email inbox for additional details and documentation to be shared ahead of t...
Read More Apr 1, 2025
Labour's Response to Trump Tariffs
Labour's Response to Trump Tariffs
Working people across Canada, and around the world grow increasingly restless and disturbed by news coming from the United States. Now in his second term, Donald Trump, and his billionaire-backers like Elon Musk, are engaged in a vicious attack on working people to further enrich billionaires and...
Read More Mar 11, 2025
Join Us for the International Women's Day Rally on March 8
Join Us for the International Women's Day Rally on March 8
Join us at International Women’s Day to fight the Trump-led assault on workers around the world. Just across the border, a vicious attack is underway against women’s rights, undocumented workers, programs of equity and inclusion and the public sector. Trump and his imitators in Canada like Doug F...
Read More Mar 2, 2025
March 2025 Delegates Meeting
March 2025 Delegates Meeting
Our March Delegates' Meeting is taking place on Thursday, March 6th, 2025. This meeting will be ONLINE ONLY, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Delegates will receive an email with the Zoom link. Delegates are encouraged to check their email inbox for additional details and documentation to be shared ahead ...
Read More Mar 1, 2025
School Magazine: Should the Government Pay for Everything? A Response to Bob (and Every Teacher like Them)
School Magazine: Should the Government Pay for Everything? A Response to Bob (and Every Teacher like Them)
Originally written for School Magazine by Nigel Barriffe. As Vice President of the largest teachers’ union in Canada, I have the privilege of speaking with educators every day. I visit their classrooms, walk through their schools, and hear first-hand about their struggles and frustrations. But I ...
Read More Feb 11, 2025
School Magazine: The Ford Government Is Cutting Billions of Dollars from Publicly-funded Education: Vote to Protect Public Education
School Magazine: The Ford Government Is Cutting Billions of Dollars from Publicly-funded Education: Vote to Protect Public Education
Originally written for School Magazine by Jennifer Huang. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has done some research into education funding. Their estimate is that compared to 2018-19, school boards have received $1,500 less per student. The result is billions of dollars lost to educatio...
Read More Feb 10, 2025
FIGHT FOR A BETTER ONTARIO
FIGHT FOR A BETTER ONTARIO
Doug Ford, ever the opportunist, has used Trump’s tariff threat to justify an early election. Ford, styling himself as Ontario’s saviour, guarantees that he’s the leader to usher us through Trump’s ever-changing but always dangerous moods and threats. But it has always been clear Ford is not a sa...
Read More Feb 6, 2025
School Magazine: Fighting Apathy in Ontario’s Election – Why This Vote Matters More Than Ever
School Magazine: Fighting Apathy in Ontario’s Election – Why This Vote Matters More Than Ever
Original written by Nigel Barriffe for School Magazine. In my role as an education advocate, I have had the opportunity to visit schools across Toronto, speaking with teachers, education workers, and administrators. Over and over again, I hear the same concerns—overwhelming workloads, burnout, an...
Read More Feb 3, 2025
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