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May Day 2023: Powerful Workers’ Movement in Windsor-Essex Stands as One

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May Day 2023: Powerful Workers’ Movement in Windsor-Essex Stands as One From April 28 to May 1, workers in Windsor-Essex, Ontario participated alongside workers across the country and throughout the world, organizing events to speak for themselves and express their demands for a society in which their rights are affirmed second to none. The events …

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When It Comes to More Electricity, the Aim Needs to be Discussed

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When It Comes to More Electricity, the Aim Needs to be Discussed The move to increase electrical production in Windsor, Ontario is presented as good for the community. Increasing electrical production in Ontario is part of the overall direction to do whatever it takes to serve the massive companies that are transitioning their production to …

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Ontario Federation of Labour Launches Enough is Enough Campaign

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Ontario Federation of Labour Launches Enough is Enough Campaign On January 28, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) held an online meeting to launch the Enough is Enough campaign. Some 500 activists, workers and trade union representatives attended and heard about the aims of the campaign and joined in actions to spread the word in …

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Documentary: Black History in Southwestern Ontario

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Documentary: Black History in Southwestern Ontario CPAC, the Canadian Public Affairs Channel is airing a documentary about important and historic sites in Southwestern Ontario that show the ways in which freedom seekers organized to liberate themselves from the transatlantic slave trade using the Underground Railroad.. The documentary includes interviews with the descendants of those freedom …

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Ontario Workers Stand Against Government Dictate

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Ontario Workers Stand Against Government Dictate On November 1 thousands of people marched throughout the streets of Toronto to Queen’s Park demanding the PC government withdraw its Bill 28 the Keeping Kids in School Act. If passed the legislation would not only dictates a contract for 55,000 education workers in the province but “is declared …

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Who Said What – Ontario’s Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act

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Who Said What on Ontario’s Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act Ontario Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce “Students are finally back in class catching up, following two years of pandemic disruptions. We are disappointed that CUPE is refusing to compromise on their demand for a nearly 50 per cent increase in compensation, representing …

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Ontario Government Attempts to Legislate Contract Onto Education Workers

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Ontario Government Attempts to Legislate Contract Onto Education Workers The Ontario government tabled legislation which seeks to impose a 4-year contract on education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees – Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) today. The government is preparing to use its majority, that it gained from 18% of …

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Support the Just Demands of Education Workers and Teachers!

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Support the Just Demands of Education Workers and Teachers! Education workers’ and teachers’ demands for proper wages and working conditions, for class size caps and overall investments in education will contribute to solving the problems that the pandemic gave rise to. Inflation and the stress of the pandemic are causing a serious crisis in the …

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