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Job Posting: Organizer
Job Posting: Organizer
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council is seeking a permanent organizer to work as part of the leadership and staff team in a dynamic and fast-paced organization that is responding to a changing economy and new political realities in Canada’s largest urban centre. Apply by sending a resume ...
Read More Jan 20, 2025
Job Posting: Communications & Data Coordinator
Job Posting: Communications & Data Coordinator
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council has an opening for a permanent position on its small and dynamic staff team. Reporting to the President, the successful candidate will lead and implement the Council’s communications programs and presence, contribute to strategic oversight and content ...
Read More Jan 14, 2025
Fight for A Better Future!
Fight for A Better Future!
In October of 2024, the Toronto & York Region Labour Council called for broad unity to fight the imminent threat posed to working people by the rise of far-right politics in Canada and across the world. We recognized that the growing strength and boldness of right wing and corporate forces co...
Read More Jan 9, 2025
Health and Safety Banquet 2024 Recap
Health and Safety Banquet 2024 Recap
At the Health & Safety Activist Awards held on November 15th, 2024, the Labour Council alongside the Workers Health & Safety Centre, Central Ontario Building Trades Council, and Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic held a special evening to recognize the efforts of activists who have ma...
Read More Dec 20, 2024
Sign the Petition - Protect CUPW’s Right to Free and Open Bargaining!
Sign the Petition - Protect CUPW’s Right to Free and Open Bargaining!
Canada Post is a national, public corporation that belongs to all Canadians. A fair deal for postal workers is a fair deal for each and every one of us. Let's call on the Liberal government to protect workers’ rights and defend our public postal service for everyone. Want to help spread the word ...
Read More Nov 29, 2024
"Respect Workers' Rights!" — Babbington to Liberal Government
"Respect Workers' Rights!" — Babbington to Liberal Government
TORONTO, ON — Toronto & York Region Labour Council President Andria Babbington condemned the recent decision by federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon to intervene in negotiations by port workers in British Columbia and Quebec on behalf of their employers. “Instead of letting a fair deal be...
Read More Nov 13, 2024
Fall 2024 Issue – Labour Action
Fall 2024 Issue – Labour Action
The latest visually re-vamped issue of the magazine looks at the 2024 Labour Day Parade as the Labour Movement builds momentum to shape our future. From Andria's response to the Conservative "Common Sense" agenda, to plight of injured workers in Ontario, to celebrating milestones in equity repres...
Read More Nov 8, 2024
Unite to Defeat the Right
Unite to Defeat the Right
The mounting threat of the far-right in Canada is reaching a level which can no longerbe ignored. Their politics seek to set working people against one another, fuelingracism and anti-immigrant sentiment, feeding on their anger so that the corporateforces in the country can continue to rob them b...
Read More Oct 3, 2024
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