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Summer 2021 Issue – Labour Action
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Jun 1, 2021
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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
Making Good Trouble: Dismantling Systemic Racism
March 21, 2021 was the 61st anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre, when police opened fire on unarmed Black South Africans demonstrating against racist “pass” laws, killing and injuring hundreds of people. March 21st is now commemorated as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Dis...
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May 6, 2021
The Race to the Bottom
The Toronto Transit Commission is the latest example of a public sector organization incomprehensibly contracting out vital public services as an austerity measure. When Toronto Police under the leadership of Chief Julian Fantino, with Rob Ford at the City helm, sought approval to contract out cl...
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Apr 1, 2021
Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism
Since the Toronto Joint Labour Committee for Human Rights was formed, this Labour Council has fought racism and systemic discrimination in our workplaces, in our society and within our local unions. The shooting deaths of six Asian women in Atlanta, Ga. on March 16, 2021 and the increasingly atta...
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Apr 1, 2021
One Year of Covid
March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of COVID19 lockdowns in Canada, when governments declared a sudden shutdown of schools, businesses and workplaces, and we all suddenly faced this reality of essential work, social distancing and virtual meetings. It is important to acknowledge and learn f...
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Mar 4, 2021
Urgent - Legislate Paid Sick Time!
Paid sick leaves save lives. The evidence for this is so clear during the pandemic, resulting in unity among unlikely allies including public health experts and advocates, mayors, progressive business groups and the labour movement. They call for the Ontario government to implement paid sick days...
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Feb 4, 2021