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2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council welcomes the election of progressive voices across Toronto and York Region Councils and School Boards on October 22nd. Despite the unprecedented interference in the Toronto elections by the Ford government, voters chose to elect many candidates who are...
Read More Nov 6, 2020
A Just Recovery in Ontario
A Just Recovery in Ontario
Canadians are reeling from the news of COVID’s second wave spreading across communities and generations. As schools re-open in this province without adequate staffing, physical distancing or protective measures, parents are scrambling to place their children in a safe environment – or keep their ...
Read More Oct 16, 2020
#SafeSeptember
#SafeSeptember
Ontarians are united in our anxiety about the return to school in a year like no other. Despite hopes for a safe September, many parents and education workers expect a second COVID-19 wave this fall, particularly because provincial plans for return to school are so haphazard and inadequate. Recal...
Read More Sep 4, 2020
Fall 2020 Issue – Labour Action
Fall 2020 Issue – Labour Action
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Read More Sep 1, 2020
Don't Steal Our Subway
Don't Steal Our Subway
Breaking apart the TTC and handing over the subway to developers and the private sector will mean higher fares and less accountability. To fix our overcrowded transit system and make it more affordable, the Ontario government should provide a dedicated operating subsidy to the TTC, not break it a...
Read More Aug 5, 2020
Zero Tolerance for Racism at Work
Zero Tolerance for Racism at Work
Toronto was shocked by a racist hate crime at a construction site at Michael Garron Hospital on June 10th. Two nooses were hung at the workplace, as a sick reminder of the lynching of thousands of Black men in the United States. Local unions and the general contractor EllisDon immediately called ...
Read More Jul 10, 2020
Two Years of Turmoil
Two Years of Turmoil
Nobody was surprised that Doug Ford and his MPPs promoted an aggressive pro-business agenda after they were elected in June 2018. We knew the Conservatives – and Ford and his allies on Toronto City Council – had a bad track record. But we were shocked by the severity of their attacks: rolling bac...
Read More Jun 19, 2020
Racism on the Front Page
Racism on the Front Page
The world was shocked and outraged to see the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman carried out while onlookers pleaded for his life. The words “I can’t breathe” - which marked the dying breaths of Eric Garner in New York in 2014 - were repeated by George Floyd as the policeman’s knee...
Read More Jun 19, 2020
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