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Thank You for Taking Action for OPSEU Local 546 - Striking safety inspectors have first collective agreement
Thank You for Taking Action for OPSEU Local 546 - Striking safety inspectors have first collective agreement
UPDATE: OPSEU Local 546 has ratified their first collective agreement and appreciates the solidarity shown by the labour movement across Ontario. In Ontario, people are supposed to be able to join a union and work with respect and a fair contract. But Premier Ford nearly made that impossible for...
Read More Aug 8, 2022
Recent Mass Shootings in the USA – Where Hate and Gun Violence Converge
Recent Mass Shootings in the USA – Where Hate and Gun Violence Converge
The deaths of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was shockingly the 27th school shooting in the United States in 2022. While those of us who are parents can feel the sorrow and grief of those mothers who will never see their children again, we are reminded that...
Read More Jul 5, 2022
Recent Mass Shootings in the USA – Where Hate and Gun Violence Converge
Recent Mass Shootings in the USA – Where Hate and Gun Violence Converge
The deaths of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was shockingly the 27th school shooting in the United States in 2022. While those of us who are parents can feel the sorrow and grief of those mothers who will never see their children again, we are reminded that...
Read More Jun 7, 2022
Response to the 2022 Ontario Election
Response to the 2022 Ontario Election
At the end of election night – June 2nd, 2022 – the counting was over and the Conservatives will form a majority government, with the NDP as official opposition for the second time. The Toronto & York Region Labour Council congratulates the nine Toronto NDP MPPs who were re-elected and newly...
Read More Jun 7, 2022
Response to the 2022 Election
Response to the 2022 Election
At the end of election night – June 2nd, 2022 – the counting was over and the Conservatives will form a majority government, with the NDP as official opposition for the second time. The Toronto & York Region Labour Council congratulates the nine Toronto NDP MPPs who were re-elected and newly-...
Read More Jun 2, 2022
Summer 2022 Issue – Labour Action
Summer 2022 Issue – Labour Action
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Read More Jun 1, 2022
Statement on White Supremacy in Buffalo Shooting
Statement on White Supremacy in Buffalo Shooting
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council is horrified and dismayed by another devastating and senseless racially-motivated act of hate. We are deeply enraged that an eighteen-year-old white supremacist drove into a Black neighbourhood to target Blacks, killing 10 people and injuring 3 others...
Read More May 20, 2022
Labour Council's Statement on White Supremacy in Buffalo Shooting
Labour Council's Statement on White Supremacy in Buffalo Shooting
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council is horrified and dismayed by another devastating and senseless racially-motivated act of hate. We are deeply enraged that an eighteen-year-old white supremacist drove into a Black neighbourhood to target Blacks, killing 10 people and injuring 3 others....
Read More May 19, 2022
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