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Our Cities
Action Plan for the 2022 Municipal Election

Each election cycle, Labour Council works to support the election of progressive candidates for city councils and school boards across Toronto and York Region. Toronto City Council races have had the highest profile.

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Our Cities
The Ford Government Just Doesn’t Work for Workers

Doug Ford is trying to pull the wool over workers’ eyes. He wants to look like he’s helping workers and COVID-struck employers. But he’s actually helping workers as little as possible while rewarding bosses who injure their workers or deny their status as employees, in a desperate bid for re-election in June.

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Our Cities
TransformTO: Toronto’s Heavy Lifting for the Planet

When the world’s leaders arrived at Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26), they were greeted with a poignant image. The official COP26 banner hung from the giant 175-ton Finnieston Crane at the edge of the River Clyde, a symbol of the city’s industrial heritage. The message was clear – it is “Time for Heavy Lifting.”

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Labour Council
Climate Justice is Union Business

Climate action is heating up. Here in Canada the labour movement continues to push for climate justice, while COP 26 participants gather in Glasgow, Scotland with a key goal of “securing global net zero by 2050 and keeping 1.5 degrees of warming within reach.”

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Our Workplaces
Make Gig Work Decent Work

On most days, Doug Ford’s Conservative government does not respond well to problems, or it actively makes things worse. If an election had been called a year-and-a-half ago, Ford would have lost.

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Our Society
Voting for A Just Recovery

Two years after the last federal election, Prime Minister Trudeau has yet again dropped the writ and called for a snap federal election.

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Our Society
Déjà Vu – #SafeSeptember 2021

It has been a rough year for Ontario students, parents, teachers, and education workers. In the past 15 months, Ontario students have only been in school for approximately five months.

Man holding a Labour Council banner at the Labour Day parade.
Our Workplaces
Justice for Migrant Sex Workers

On March 16th, 2021 eight people in Atlanta, Georgia lost their lives as part of a mass shooting targeting spa and massage parlours