workers' rights
A number is never just a number -- Gone fishin'
• 47
Percentage of Canadian workers who say they need a vacation more today than they've needed one in four years. (Source)
• 10
Number of statutory holidays Canadians are entitled to in a year. Lowest of 40 countries in an international survey of vacation time. (Source)
• 30
Number of statutory holidays citizens in Finland, Brazil and France enjoy every year. (Source)
Work it! Health and racism working group's annual symposium
Jul 6 2011 - 2:00pm
Jul 6 2011 - 7:00pm
Location
University of Toronto Mississauga Campus, Student Centre
3359 Mississauga Rd N
Mississauga, ON Canada
Phone:
905 602 4082 x 2
Fax:
905 602 5432
43° 32' 53.7648" N, 79° 39' 37.6956" W
See map: Google Maps
Speakers, dialogue, workshops, art-making, connections.
Food provided. FREE for community members (organizations encouraged to donate $10)
The Health and Racism Working Group invites community members and the workers that support them to our annual symposium, WORK IT!, on July 6th at the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus, Student Centre.
Join us for amazing speakers, engaging workshops, opportunities for dialogue, and the chance to connect with other community members and service providers. Plus, help us put together our annual expressive arts project!
Full schedule will be released very soon!
Contact name:
Anu Radha Verma
Contact email:
Garbage privatization in Toronto and why it stinks
All cities have civil workers; police, fire, paramedics as well as outside and inside public service workers. These workers, including the solid waste workers, are mandated to serve the taxpayer.
These public service workers, as a whole, form the underpinning of our community. In privatizing residential solid waste pickup, their mandate would be solely to generate profit. There would be little or no accountability back to the taxpayer. Solid waste workers serve the public, they are public servants. Privatized garbage workers serve only their senior executive and shareholders.
February 15, 2011 |
The fifth anniversary of the 'industrial homicide' of 65 Mexican workers provides the backdrop for demonstrations in Canadian cities against Mexico's violent repression of labour and human rights.
Extreme boycott: Don't get caught in a bad hotel
A flashmob infiltrates the Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco and performs an adaptation of Lady Gaga's song "Bad Romance." The event was organized to draw attention to a boycott called by the workers of the hotel who are fighting to win a fair contract and affordable healthcare. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer activists put the song and dance together as a creative way to tell the hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people from all over the country coming to San Francsico in June for Pride to stay out of the boycotted hotels.
To learn more about how to honor the boycott and support the workers visit:
The fight against precarious work
Jan 18 2010 - 7:30pm
Jan 18 2010 - 9:00pm
Location
PSAC Building
233 Gilmour
Ottawa, ON Canada
45° 24' 56.7108" N, 75° 41' 28.3164" W
See map: Google Maps
Speakers:
Denise Corbett (PSAC Local 70396 Civilization / War Museum)
Dennis Howlett (Make Poverty History)
Dale Clarke (Labour activist & former president of CUPW)
Heloise Weber (University of Queensland)
Free screening of film, Salt of the Earth
Nov 3 2009 - 6:30pm
Nov 3 2009 - 9:00pm
Location
Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 1J5Canada
43° 39' 55.5084" N, 79° 23' 56.8716" W
See map: Google Maps
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) presents a free screening of the landmark 1954 film:
Salt of the Earth
directed by Howard J. Biberman
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., film begins at 7:00 p.m.
Panel discussion to follow film: how is this film relevant to today's social, political and economic environment?
Panelists:
Dr. Nic Sammond, Associate Professor, Cinema Studies Institute, Innis College
John Humphrey, Manager, Steelworker Toronto Area Council
Sima Zerehi, Immigrant and Refugee Rights Organizer
John Cartwright, President, Toronto and York Labour Council
Moderator: Ted Montgomery, Executive Board Member, OPSEU, Region 5
Contact name:
M Park
Contact email:
Penny the beaver won't cross the picket line
Workers at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec are on strike. 'Her Majesty's Stamps' is a new exhibit at the museum, in which Penny the beaver is featured.
As a result of the strike, however, Penny is refusing to cross the picket line, and explains why in this video.