The national president of CUPE walks out of a House Committee meeting on public transit after Tory MPs bait him.
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January 16, 2012 |
The City of Toronto’s hasty decision to declare an impasse in bargaining is the “latest step in the Ford administration’s campaign against public services.
January 11, 2012 |
The end of 2011 was marked by an unprecedented attack against the pension plans of hundreds of thousands of Quebec workers.
December 19, 2011 |
Are provincial and territorial finance ministers going to follow the federal governments lead and continue with an option that only benefit banks and the finance industry?
December 14, 2011 |
There is no evidence the average pay of public sector workers in Canada is consistently higher than comparable occupations in the private sector, reports a new study released today by CUPE.
November 18, 2011 |
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed internationally on November 20 in memory of transgender and transsexual persons who have been the victims of transphobic violence.
November 7, 2011 |
Federal arbitrator Elizabeth MacPherson released a decision on the arbitration between Air Canada and its flight attendants. Paul Moist, national president of CUPE, calls it profoundly disappointing.
Day School: Understanding and Fighting Austerity
Nov 12 2011 - 10:30am
Nov 12 2011 - 5:00pm
Location
Ryerson Student Union
63 Gould Street
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 29.3004" N, 79° 22' 41.7324" W
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What are some of the forces that are driving the current crisis? How is it pushing forward the agenda of business and governments to get working people and our organizations to tighten our belts and accept their calls for austerity? What forms is resistance taking around the world? What are the strengths and limitations of that resistance and what can we learn from it? With the Ford administration's plans to cut social services, dramatically increase privatization and attack the rights of municipal workers, what do we have to do to resist? How must we change the way we have been doing things in our communities and unions in order to prevent our isolation and loss of our livelihoods and key services?
Contact name:
Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
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