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“Teachers Have Your Back” – OECTA President Elect Speaks at Windsor Salt Picket Line

“Teachers Have Your Back” – OECTA President Elect Speaks at Windsor Salt Picket Line On May 31 Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) provincial President-Elect, René Jansen in de Wal, visited Windsor Salt’s picket line in Windsor, Ontario along with local leaders of OECTA where he was joined by other teacher affiliate union members who …

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June 1 Injured Workers’ Day – “I Want All of the People Who Have Been Disrespected, Ignored, and Hidden Away to Be Seen, to Be Counted, and to Be Heard!”

June 1 Injured Workers’ Day “I Want All of the People Who Have Been Disrespected, Ignored, and Hidden Away to Be Seen, to Be Counted, and to Be Heard!” – Liz Garant-Yaremcio The following presentation was made by Liz Garant-Yaremcio at the May Day 2023 Workers’ Roundtable held in Windsor, Ontario on April 30, 2023. …

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Salt Workers Strengthen their Resolve to Stand Against Union-Busting

Salt Workers Strengthen their Resolve to Stand Against Union-Busting The strike at Windsor Salt in Windsor, Ontario is now entering its 15th week with all indications that negotiations between the company and the unions — Unifor Locals 1959 and 240 — are not progressing. Windsor Salt’s owners continue to come and go as they please, …

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Windsor-Essex Teachers Step Up Their Support for Striking Salt Workers

Windsor-Essex Teachers Step Up Their Support for Striking Salt Workers Two motions were passed unanimously on May 24 at the annual meeting of the Teachers’ Bargaining Unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, District 9 (OSSTF D9) in Windsor Essex, which show the growing support for the salt workers amongst teachers, whose pension funds …

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Call to Rename Victoria Day Patriots’ Day

Rename Victoria Day Patriots’ Day – Let Us Celebrate the People’s Patriots and End the Ignominy of Monarchical-Patriotic Legends An assembly of some 6,000 Quebec patriots, the Assembly of the Six Counties, was held October 23-24, 1837 despite public assemblies being banned by the British colonial government. On May 22, 2023, the Communist Party of …

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