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March 11, 2025
Labour’s Response to Trump Tariffs
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January 9, 2025
Fight for A Better Future!
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October 3, 2024
Unite to Defeat the Right
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September 10, 2024
Breaking the Cycle: Demanding Action for Racialized Youth and Safer
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May 2, 2024
Injured Workers Bill of Rights
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April 4, 2024
Protecting the Right to Protest and Picket
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April 4, 2024
End Arms Exports to Israel
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March 7, 2024
Fund Our Schools Campaign Launch
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January 4, 2024
Enough is Enough: Applying the OFL’s Action Plan in Toronto and York Region
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November 2, 2023
Toronto and York Region Labour Council Joins the Call for an Immediate Ceasefire
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October 10, 2023
Resolutions Coming Forward Directly to Delegates
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July 6, 2023
Together We Can Build A City for Everyone
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May 5, 2023
Westray Law: If Workers Don’t Get Prevention, They Must Seek Justice
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April 7, 2023
Action Plan for the 2023 Toronto Mayoral By-Election
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March 3, 2023
This is Our Chance
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February 2, 2023
Fighting for a City Budget that Reflects the Values of Working People
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January 5, 2023
Follow the Money: Who profits from Bill 23 and Bill 39?
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November 17, 2022
Letter Opposing Bill 23 and Its Impact on the Greenbelt
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November 8, 2022
Legislation to Impose an Unfair Contract and theNotwithstanding Clause – They’re Coming For the Rest ofUs
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November 3, 2022
The Crisis in our Health Care “System”
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October 6, 2022
Why Every Vote Counts
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October 6, 2022
Education Fights This Fall – Defend Quality Publicly-Funded Education and the Workers Who Make It Happen
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Our Cities
May 5, 2022
The Real Cost of Doug Ford’s “Open For Business” Ontario
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March 8, 2022
Moving Ahead Together – Community Solidarity TO: A Response to the Rise of the Alt-Right in Canada
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February 6, 2022
Action Plan for the 2022 Municipal Election
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January 6, 2022
The Ford Government Just Doesn’t Work for Workers
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January 6, 2022
TransformTO: Toronto’s Heavy Lifting for the Planet
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October 7, 2021
Violent Camp Evictions and the Affordable Housing Crisis – Two Sides of the Same Coin
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March 4, 2021
One Year of Covid
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November 6, 2020
2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
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November 6, 2020
A Roof Over Our Head
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September 4, 2020
#SafeSeptember
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June 5, 2020
Cities Need Help
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April 6, 2018
21st Century Learning
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November 3, 2017
Action Plan for the 2018 Municipal Election
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October 6, 2017
TYRLC Submission on Divisional Strategy for Economic Development & Culture
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May 17, 2017
The Long Saga of TCHC
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December 1, 2016
City of Toronto Finances
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November 3, 2016
Special Education “Realignment”
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October 6, 2016
Those Who Care for Our Children
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September 1, 2016
Death of Abdirahman Abdi
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June 3, 2016
Toronto 2016 and Beyond
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June 5, 2015
Model of Good Governance for Toronto District School Board Submission
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February 5, 2015
Defend Democracy and Community Schools
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January 6, 2012
Transit for the Public Good
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Our Workplaces
May 6, 2022
Canada’s Labour Unions Condemn the Raiding of UNITE HERE!Local 75 Royal York Hotel Union
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October 7, 2021
Make Gig Work Decent Work
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June 3, 2021
Justice for Migrant Sex Workers
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February 4, 2021
Urgent – Legislate Paid Sick Time!
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January 1, 2021
150 Years Working for Justice
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March 5, 2020
Keep Fighting for Workers’ Rights
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February 6, 2020
Stand with Teachers and Education Workers
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October 3, 2019
Defend Public Education 2019-2020
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January 8, 2019
Open Letter on Bill 66
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February 2, 2018
Tim Hortons, $14 and Respect
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December 1, 2017
Holiday Shopping
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June 2, 2017
Keep Up the Fight for Fairness
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January 6, 2017
Protect Good Jobs for All
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October 6, 2016
A Safe School Environment for All
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April 8, 2016
Closing Gender Wage Gap
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March 5, 2015
Fix Labour Law and Employment Standards
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Our Society
March 11, 2025
Labour’s Response to Trump Tariffs
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January 9, 2025
Fight for A Better Future!
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September 10, 2024
Breaking the Cycle: Demanding Action for Racialized Youth and Safer
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May 2, 2024
Injured Workers Bill of Rights
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June 2, 2022
Response to the 2022 Election
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May 19, 2022
Labour Council’s Statement on White Supremacy in Buffalo Shooting
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April 7, 2022
Mr. Ford Gets It Wrong Again: Workers Vote for Good Jobs and Public Services, Not Free Licensing Stickers
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September 2, 2021
Voting for A Just Recovery
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July 6, 2021
Déjà Vu – #SafeSeptember 2021
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June 10, 2021
Labour Council Statement on Hate Attack in London, Ontario
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June 3, 2021
Rise Up for A Just Recovery
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May 6, 2021
Making Good Trouble: Dismantling Systemic Racism
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May 6, 2021
Democracy is the Essence of Our Movement
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April 1, 2021
Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism
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April 1, 2021
The Race to the Bottom
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February 4, 2021
Take Profit Out of Long-Term Care
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January 8, 2021
Ontario Disgraced
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January 1, 2021
After Paris: COP21 Climate Change
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October 16, 2020
A Just Recovery in Ontario
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July 10, 2020
Zero Tolerance for Racism at Work
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June 19, 2020
Two Years of Turmoil
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June 19, 2020
Racism on the Front Page
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June 12, 2020
Unfinished Business: Community Safety and Racism in Policing
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May 8, 2020
Immorality and Corporate Greed
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April 10, 2020
Responses to COVID-19 and Beyond
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March 5, 2020
Labour Council Stands in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation
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December 6, 2019
Defend Good Jobs
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August 1, 2019
The Climate Emergency
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July 5, 2019
Let’s Win Pharmacare for Call
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June 7, 2019
Labour’s Commitment to Reproductive Justice
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May 2, 2019
Lessons of Year One – Organize, Educate, Resist!
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November 2, 2018
Work for Justice
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November 2, 2018
The 1% Agenda
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October 5, 2018
Playing From The Handbook
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August 3, 2018
The Abuse of Power Begins
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July 6, 2018
Moving to A State of Readiness
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June 27, 2018
The Next Four Years in Ontario
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May 4, 2018
Toronto Tragedy and Our Shared Humanity
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December 8, 2017
After #MeToo: Labour’s Role in Addressing Gender-based Violence
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October 6, 2017
Floods, Fires, and 2 Degrees of Climate Chage
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September 8, 2017
Tax Fairness Matters
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September 1, 2017
Charlottesville and Hate
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July 7, 2017
Challenging Racism and Discrimination
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April 27, 2017
Step Up and Speak Out
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March 3, 2017
We Own It – Let’s Keep It
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February 3, 2017
Our Shared Humanity
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January 6, 2017
End Violence Against Sex Workers
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September 2, 2016
Toronto & York Region Labour Council Submission to the Hearings on an Anti-Racism Directorate
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August 5, 2016
War and Consequences
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July 1, 2016
Make Every Vote Count
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April 1, 2016
145 Years of Working Together for Justice
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March 27, 2016
Ontario Budget 2016
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February 27, 2016
Keep Toronto Hydro Public
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November 5, 2015
Canada With A Liberal Majority
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August 7, 2015
Democracy and Elections
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June 5, 2015
Jobs, Justice, Climate
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May 7, 2015
Stop Hydro Privatization
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March 6, 2015
Crown and Corporate Greed in Canada
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February 6, 2015
We Are All Canadian
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July 4, 2014
After the 2014 Ontario Election
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July 4, 2014
Two Years After Danzig
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June 5, 2014
Ontario Election 2014
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January 3, 2014
Make 2014 A Year of Justice
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September 6, 2013
Five Years After the Ground Shook
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September 5, 2013
Police Conduct and Accountability
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July 5, 2013
Together Fairness Works
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June 4, 2013
EI + FTWP = Bad Policy
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January 4, 2013
Community Benefits Agreement
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September 6, 2012
Labour Rights and Civil Rights
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August 3, 2012
Good Jobs, Strong Services, and Respect: Recommendations for Violence Prevention
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Labour Council
November 4, 2021
Climate Justice is Union Business
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May 6, 2021
Democracy is the Essence of Our Movement
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January 1, 2021
150 Years Working for Justice
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November 8, 2019
Strategic Plan 2020-2022
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October 3, 2019
Collective Bargaining, Political Bargaining
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April 5, 2019
Taking on Big Fights in 2019
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