Our Society
After Paris: COP21 Climate Change
In December 2015 three dozen delegates from Canada’s labour movement attended the United Nations summit on climate change (COP21) in Paris.
Yaro
November 27, 2024
Tag: Policy Statement
Our Cities
2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council welcomes the election of progressive voices across Toronto
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Cities
A Roof Over Our Head
We were already in a housing crisis when COVID exposed and increased the vulnerability of those without access to affordable housing, the dangers of under-housing, and the cruelty of homelessness. Disgracefully, it is people on the margins and intersections of society who are most negatively affected, including racially marginalized and Indigenous residents, newcomers, and women.
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Cities
#SafeSeptember
Ontarians are united in our anxiety about the return to school in a year like no other. Despite hopes for a safe September, many parents and education workers expect a second COVID-19 wave this fall, particularly because provincial plans for return to school are so haphazard and inadequate.
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Society
Zero Tolerance for Racism at Work
Toronto was shocked by a racist hate crime at a construction site at Michael Garron Hospital on June 10th. Two nooses were hung at the workplace, as a sick reminder of the lynching of thousands of Black men in the United States.
Yaro
November 26, 2024
Our Society
Two Years of Turmoil
Nobody was surprised that Doug Ford and his MPPs promoted an aggressive pro-business agenda after they were elected in June 2018. We knew the Conservatives – and Ford and his allies on Toronto City Council – had a bad track record.
Yaro
November 26, 2024
Our Society
Racism on the Front Page
The world was shocked and outraged to see the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman carried out while onlookers pleaded for his life. The words “I can’t breathe” – which marked the dying breaths of Eric Garner in New York in 2014 – were repeated by George Floyd as the policeman’s knee crushed his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.
Yaro
November 26, 2024
Our Society
Unfinished Business: Community Safety and Racism in Policing
Canadians and citizens around the world have taken to the streets to demand anti-Black racism be addressed after the brutal murder of George Floyd, and the deaths of far too many others.
Yaro
November 26, 2024
Our Cities
Cities Need Help
The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 have been overwhelming. Governments across the world have
Yaro
November 18, 2024
Our Society
Immorality and Corporate Greed
Cargill. JBS. Chartwell. Southbridge. Foodora. These are just some of the names that stand out in the profiles of corporate greed brought to stark relief by the impact of COVID19.
Yaro
November 26, 2024