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Canada’s Labour Unions Condemn the Raiding of UNITE HERE!Local 75 Royal York Hotel Union
Canada’s Labour Unions Condemn the Raiding of UNITE HERE!Local 75 Royal York Hotel Union
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), and the Toronto & York Region Labour Council (TYRLC) wholeheartedly condemn raiding and call on the labour movement to stand together for the benefit of all working people. “At a time when workers rights are under att...
Read More May 6, 2022
The Real Cost of Doug Ford's "Open For Business" Ontario
The Real Cost of Doug Ford's "Open For Business" Ontario
To see why the Conservatives deserve to be decisively voted out of office on June 2nd, take a look at what Labour Council Delegates have said about this government during its four years in power. Each statement accurately predicted the results of Ford’s decisions – the real costs. July 2018 – Our...
Read More May 5, 2022
Mr. Ford Gets It Wrong Again: Workers Vote for Good Jobs and Public Services, Not Free Licensing Stickers
Mr. Ford Gets It Wrong Again: Workers Vote for Good Jobs and Public Services, Not Free Licensing Stickers
In March 2022, the Ford government quietly scrapped equity hiring targets in arrangements for the $28.5 billion subway program (consisting of the Ontario Line, Yonge North Subway Extension, Scarborough Subway Extension, and Eglinton West LRT), undoing years of progress to bring women, people of c...
Read More Apr 7, 2022
Spring 2022 Issue – Labour Action
Spring 2022 Issue – Labour Action
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Read More Apr 1, 2022
We Can't Afford to Shut Up About White Supremacy
We Can't Afford to Shut Up About White Supremacy
By: Andria Babbington, Faduma Mohamed, and Neethan Shan On the first weekend of the Ottawa Convoy occupation, many Canadians were shocked to see swastikas, Confederate flags, and other racial hate symbols flying freely in public spaces—unchallenged by either police or fellow protesters. But for t...
Read More Mar 21, 2022
Moving Ahead Together – Community Solidarity TO: A Response to the Rise of the Alt-Right in Canada
Moving Ahead Together – Community Solidarity TO: A Response to the Rise of the Alt-Right in Canada
It has been two years since Canada declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2020. Twenty-four months of social distancing requirements, restrictions on travel and entertainment. And, twenty-four months of frontline worker exhaustion, fear, illness and loss. COVID-19 fatigue is real, and it is impacting...
Read More Mar 8, 2022
Action Plan for the 2022 Municipal Election
Action Plan for the 2022 Municipal Election
Each election cycle, Labour Council works to support the election of progressive candidates for city councils and school boards across Toronto and York Region. Toronto City Council races have had the highest profile. In previous municipal elections, Labour Council has been successful in growing s...
Read More Feb 6, 2022
Winter 2022 Issue – Labour Action
Winter 2022 Issue – Labour Action
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Read More Feb 1, 2022
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