Canada-Mexico Labour Solidarity Project
Toronto, Canada
Joined March 2012
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My new book has arrived: Public Education, Neoliberalism & Teachers! I assess changes to teachers work in New York, Mexico City & Toronto. Published by University of Toronto @utpress utorontopress.com/ca/public-… Thanks everyone interviewed & @hstevenson10 Nina Bascia & @wsteventufts
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BREAKING: Starbucks Workers United has authorized a strike.
The corporate giant hasn't moved on economic issues in negotiations, and now 98% of @SBWorkersUnited has voted to call a work stoppage “if necessary.”
The union has 10,000 workers at 500 stores.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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On housing, the Fall Economic Statement repeats facile supply-and-demand arguments, again avoiding the regulations needed to curb profiteering & financialization. Unwillingness to confront the real estate industry has been a trademark of this gov, from beginning to end #canpoli
.@SteelworkersCA in Solidarity with the @LosMineros_Mx and the Mexican labour movement, against workers' rights violations by Canadian-owned multinational corporations in Mexico!
This complaint calls for an independent panel to investigate and address violations of workers’ rights at the Camino Rojo gold and silver mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, which is owned by Vancouver-based Orla Mining Ltd.
Read the media release: usw.ca/cusma-complaint-orla-…
A spectacular victory for community organizing in Toronto! Tenant unions are a big part of the answer for how we get affordable housing.
“After 16 months on rent strike, our members at 33 King & 22 John have reached an amicable settlement!
We got here because 100s of tenants organized & took action together.”
This is just the beginning but we need your help to keep going…
thestar.com/real-estate/swee…
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With strike at U Toronto (@UofTNews) to begin tomorrow, some 11,000 workers will be on strike at Ontario’s 2 largest universities. With possibility of more to come.
The systemic underfunding of post-secondary will ensure this is the new norm.
thestar.com/news/gta/about-8…
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Tenants like me have been left behind by City Hall. 50% of Torontonians are tenants but aren't represented on City Council.
Vote for me on Thursday Nov 30. Let's send a tenant champion to City Hall!
kevrup.ca/tenants
#ScarboroughSouthwest #Ward20 #TOPoli #ElxnTO #ScarbTO
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In addition to the statement made by NUPGE on the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza, the National Union has answered the call for donations to assist Oxfam’s humanitarian work in Gaza. nupge.ca/2023/nupge-donates-… #CeasefireNOW
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Yesterday, union members turned statements into action.
We responded to Palestinian trade unions’ urgent call for #CeasefireNOW in Gaza and for action to halt the arms trade to Israel.
It can no longer be business-as-usual for companies arming Israel.
#CanadaStopArmingIsrael
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Workers are stepping up to say:
#CanadaStopArmingIsrael!
BREAKING: As Israel bombards Gaza, we’re taking action with workers in Canada @LAATCanada & @PalestineLabour to block entrances to INKAS, a Toronto-based company that supplies military equipment to Israel.
#CanadaStopArmingIsrael
Update on the Canada-Mexico Labour Solidarity Project! Building cross-border connections with @SteelworkersCA, @CanadianLabour, @RMSindicalistas, @LosMinerosMx @FatFrente, @CISO_Qc, CUPE, PSAC, Comite Fronterizo de Obreras usw.ca/steelworkers-humanity…
Inspiring solidarity among Quebec's hundreds of thousands of health care workers, teachers, education workers & social service workers against austerity
thestar.com/politics/quebec-…
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In Mexico, a number of autoworkers are refusing voluntary overtime in support of the U.S. strike.
Bosses want to pit us against each other. They won’t win. inthesetimes.com/article/uaw…
Inspiring global solidarity from Mexico to Malaysia with @UAW autoworkers on strike! @inthesetimesmag inthesetimes.com/article/uaw…
Quebec's public sector workers are united in a cross-union "common front" to negotiate with their provincial gov't, & now hold a strong strike mandate. Wish we had this in Ontario & elsewhere in English Canada montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-p…
Powerful video from the new United Autoworkers @UAW, fighting to regain the lost ground of recent decades, and win "social and economic justice for the working class". Strike deadline against the super profitable Big 3 US car corporations is at midnight!
Thanks @MexSolidarity for covering the work of the Canada-Mexico Labour Solidarity Project/Proyecto de Solidaridad Obrera Intersindical en México!
We spoke with @BockingPaul, of the Canada-Mexico Labour Solidarity Project.
(Click on the link for the interview, and to sign up for our weekly bulletin!)
mexicosolidarityproject.org/…
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Just a reminder: Ontario is down 50 fire crews this season because MNRF @ONresources can’t retain experienced fire rangers to lead them. That’s the real-world impact of short-term contracts and Ford government cuts to funding & wages #Bill124
Toronto’s air quality is among the worst in the world — again — due to wildfire smoke trib.al/nMMkkyE
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Olivia Chow is Toronto’s Mayor. She’s the first progressive mayor in 13 years, first woman in the role since amalgamation, and first non-white leader in Toronto history. Here’s what you need to know about where she won, and how the other candidates fared. thelocal.to/olivia-chow-mayo…
