May Day actions in Toronto got started with some human chess at City Hall.
workers
Defending communities means standing up to corporate bullies
We can help counter Caterpillar's corporate bullying by joining CAW picket lines and demanding that Canadian politicians hold the corporation accountable.
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Agriculture workers take part in Toronto's annual Labour Day parade
Agriculture workers take part in Toronto's annual Labour Day parade. Photo: Meagan Perry
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Finance minister's office occupied by Ontario Federation of Labour president over private pensions scheme
WHITBY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 17, 2010) -- Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan, unions and community members have just occupied Jim Flaherty's office, 701 Rossland Road East, Unit 204, Whitby, stunned by his last-minute betrayal of Canadians' retirement security.
On the eve of the Kananaskis provincial finance ministers' meeting, Flaherty has dumped the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and put all Canadians at the mercy of the banks, mutual fund and insurance industries.
Just 15,000 families win 'The American Dream'
Most Americans do not know it. When they hear it, many people do not believe it. Since the early 1980s, in the U.S., most income gains have gone to the top one per cent of income earners. From 2002-07, two-thirds of new income went to one per cent of Americans.
Going back further to measure the period from 1993 to 2008 and comparing, one-half of new income had gone to one per cent of Americans -- with 99 per cent of U.S. residents getting the same increase in income as the top one per cent (defined as those earning over $308,000 in 2008).
Immigrant workers fight back
Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants
(Fernwood Publishing,
2009;
$17.02)
"A lot of Filipinos and others are silent in their jobs....They are scared that if they do something for change, they will be deported....They feel held at the blade between life and death."
The Time We All Went Marching spins tales from On to Ottawa
The Time We All Went Marching
(Goose Lane Editions,
2011;
$19.95)
The last spike was driven in the transcontinental railway in 1885, satisfying a commitment made to British Columbia by the Canadian federal government. The railway would unite the Confederation, open up new lands for colonization, and provide greater access for industry and trade. Fifty years later, in June 1935, hundreds of unemployed men took to those same rails in what was dubbed the On to Ottawa Trek.
Trans Film Screening Series: "Paper Dolls"
May 28 2012 - 6:30pm
May 28 2012 - 8:30pm
Location
William Doo Auditorium
45 Willcocks st.
Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Canada
Phone:
416 978 8201
43° 39' 40.4856" N, 79° 24' 3.2256" W
See map: Google Maps
==>Trans Film Night: "Paper Dolls"
==>Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!
The Trans Film Screening Series hosts a FREE screening of:
"PAPER DOLLS"
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
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Trans Film Screening Series
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