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Case Study: Hotel Workers Rising!
Case Study: Hotel Workers Rising!
Hotel Workers Rising was a continent-wide campaign by the hospitality workers union UNITEHERE to raise standards in the hotel industry and secure organizing rights for new workplaces. Toronto was oneof eleven cities united in a co-ordinated bargaining strategy. [dflip id="4482"][/dflip] DOWNLOAD PDF
Read More Aug 6, 2026
Case Study: Justice and Dignity for Cleaners
Case Study: Justice and Dignity for Cleaners
The fight to defend the jobs of nearly a thousand cleaners at the City of Toronto in 2011-12 pitted the city’s labour movement against Mayor Rob Ford and his City Council majority. The campaign won against all odds by claiming the moral high ground and shifting the debate to focus on the impact o...
Read More Aug 5, 2026
Case Study: Library Warriors
Case Study: Library Warriors
The campaign by Toronto Public Library Workers to defend their own jobs and the integrity of the library system during this time was truly inspiring. It garnered support from residents in every part of the city and gained the public endorsement of many of Canada’s leading authors. CUPE Local 4948...
Read More Aug 4, 2026
August 2026 Delegates Meeting
August 2026 Delegates Meeting
Our August Delegates’ Meeting is taking place on Thursday, August 6, 2026. This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Delegates are encouraged to check their email inbox for additional details and documentation to be shared ahead of the meeting.
Read More Aug 4, 2026
Case Study: Building the Chinese Workers Network
Case Study: Building the Chinese Workers Network
The Chinese Workers Network (CWN), was founded in 2012 to address the key question of building labour power in Canada’s largest urban centre. Since Indigenous people gave this place its name Toronto, generations of immigrants and refugees have come here seeking a better life. The majority of Toro...
Read More Aug 3, 2026
Case Study: Building Community Benefits
Case Study: Building Community Benefits
The Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN) is a 100-member strong community-labour partnership created to ensure that public infrastructure and development projects provide real economic benefits to local communities. [dflip id="4477"][/dflip] DOWNLOAD PDF
Read More Aug 2, 2026
Case Study: Globalization and Your Future
Case Study: Globalization and Your Future
This is the decade when the world’s billionaires are transforming into trillionaires, and income inequality is reaching levels last seen in the epochs of emperors and kings. The global concentration of capital is relentless – every week business invests far more money into mergers and acquisition...
Read More Aug 1, 2026
Ausma Malik - Spadina-Fort York
Ausma Malik - Spadina-Fort York
Ausma Malik has spent her life building a better city and more caring, connected communities. As the local councillor for Spadina-Fort York since 2022, Ausma has worked with community members, City staff, and stakeholders to advance city-wide affordable housing, build vibrant public spaces, impr...
Read More Jul 30, 2026
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