Friday's rally in Toronto was organized as a pre-budget showdown in response to the Drummond report.
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Eviction of Low Income Families Together
Human Rights award-winner Josephine Grey of Low Income Families Together (LIFT) speaks about being evicted from City of Toronto property that LIFT has been in since 1988.
Community READ-IN: because the cuts leave us out
Nov 27 2011 - 3:00pm
Nov 27 2011 - 5:00pm
Location
Bloor-Gladstone Library
1101 Bloor St West
Toronto, ON M6H 1M6Canada
43° 39' 36.0468" N, 79° 26' 2.5764" W
See map: Google Maps
Join us for an afternoon to celebrate public services and protest Ford's cuts!
Mayor Rob Ford and his supporters at City Hall plan to make serious cuts to all aspects of city services and the workers who provide them. Already every City department (except the Police) has been ordered to cut their 2012 budget by 10%. Community centres are now charging fees for previously free programs like family swim. The TTC has been forced to reduce service frequency on already packed routes. Libraries are planning to reduce hours. Ford is so determined to destroy good, public jobs that as early as January, we could see a lock out of city workers. And that is only a small sample of what's to come, unless we work together to Stop the Cuts!
Contact name:
Davenport Committee
Contact email:
Downtown East rally for housing and public services
Nov 26 2011 - 12:00pm
Nov 26 2011 - 2:30pm
Location
Moss Park
Queen St. E and Sherbourne St.
Toronto , ON Canada
43° 39' 16.3044" N, 79° 22' 9.9948" W
See map: Google Maps
Rob Ford and his cronies are set on destroying all of our public services at a time when we need more! On November 28th, Ford and his supporters on council plan to bring forward a budget that will see devastating cuts to services like libraries, childcare, shelters, programs at community centres, and more!
Contact name:
Toronto Stop the Cuts
Contact email:
November 16, 2011 |
This is not about public safety or other inconveniences but rather about the inconvenient message the occupiers are championing.
Toronto Stop the Cuts - Please come out September 10th!
Sep 10 2011 - 12:00pm
Sep 10 2011 - 5:00pm
Location
Dufferin Grove Park
Dufferin Grove Park
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 23.598" N, 79° 25' 57.9504" W
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first we gather, to talk, to plan..
SEP 10, 12NOON, DUFFERIN GROVE
(traducción al español está disponible)
then we deliver an ultimatum
SEP 19, CITY HALL
then we make them listen
SEP 26-27, TORONTO CITY HALL
Downtown East March to stop Ford's cuts
Aug 25 2011 - 5:30pm
Aug 25 2011 - 7:30pm
Location
Allan Gardens
Sherbourne & Carlton
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 12.6864" N, 79° 23' 2.0652" W
See map: Google Maps
Join us for a free community meal, followed by a lively tour of Rob Ford's proposed path of destruction in the Downtown East!
Rob Ford's cuts would devastate our community. Daycares, community centres, public housing, libraries, parks, and shelters for the homeless - this and more is at risk!
Join fellow community members and workers as we gather to march through our neighbourhood, stopping at public services to celebrate what is ours and send a clear message to the Mayor and his friends on Bay Street that our community will come together to Stop the Cuts!!
Auto labour costs and auto industry recovery
I was recently invited to speak to the annual management briefing conference sponsored in Michigan by the Center for Automotive Research, a fine outfit which does the best research work in the continent on auto employment, workers, and skills. My slides are available here.
My panel was addressing the current UAW negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers -- the first big contract talks since the meltdown and bailouts of 2009. I was diplomatic enough as a visitor to the U.S. not to make any direct comment on the UAW talks (the "host" union), but rather addressed the broader economic issue about the North American auto industry's painful recovery, and what role -- if any -- labour costs have played.
