News & Updates
ACTION ALERT: CUPW Solidarity October 25th
On October 25th, join CUPW members to deliver door-to-door notices to defend the public post office!
Rally: No To Hate; Everyone Belongs
On October 25th at 11:30 am, join a unity rally to say: IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE, NO TO HATE AND SCAPEGOATING!
US, Mexico & Canada: How Do We Resist a War on Good Jobs?
All around the world, workers & communities are under attack from Trump’s trade war. What have we got in
common? What can we learn from each other about the attacks and how we can fight to defend ourselves?
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 one
of eleven cities united in a co-ordinated bargaining strategy.
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 of poverty jobs in society.
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.
OPSEU/SEFPO College Workers – Solidarity & Strike Support Materials
OPSEU/SEFPO college workers are preparing for a province-wide strike beginning at 12:01 a.m.
this Thursday, September 11, in a last-ditch effort to protect Ontario’s public colleges.
Support CUPW – Picket Line Locations
Support CUPW – Picket Line Locations:
CUPW currently has hundreds of picket lines across the country, in all provinces and territories.
Media Advisory: Oct 1st Rally to Save the Post Office
Oct 1st Rally to Save the Post Office, 11am, Constituency Office of MP Julie Dabrusin, 1028 Queen St E, Toronto
Elect Neethan Shan In Scarborough-Rouge Park!
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council, a trade union federation representing over 200,000 workers from diverse sectors across the Toronto region, is proud to endorse Neethan Shan in the coming September 29th Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election!
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