URGENT: We need child care action NOW!
With just days left to sign a deal, Ontario is at risk of losing more than a billion dollars in federal funding for a child care program. It’s a scandal that Ontario remains the only jurisdiction that hasn’t signed a deal to deliver high-quality, $10 a day child care.
Can you join us on Wednesday, March 23 at 12:00 noon for an emergency phone zap? Tell Premier Doug Ford, Education Minister Stephen Lecce, and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould to get a deal done! We need high-quality care for our children and that means decent work and wages for early childhood educators and all child care workers.
Even with more than a billion dollars on the table, Premier Doug Ford claims Ontario can’t afford to fund a child care program -- but nothing could further than the truth. Experience from Quebec and other jurisdictions shows that high-quality, affordable child care actually pays for itself by creating high-quality jobs and allowing more women to enter the workforce.
We need to turn up the heat on this government to ensure it not only delivers high quality, affordable child care but also ensures the staff who care for and educate our children have a livable wage, reliable hours, and safe working conditions. After all, the working conditions of early childhood educators are also the learning and nurturing conditions of our children.
Please join us on Wednesday at noon – there’s no time to lose.
Building Worker Power Organizer Trainings
Justice for Workers and the Workers' Action Centre have been hosting a series of training sessions to help us all become better organizers! With the May 1 day of action less than two months away, and the Ontario election less than three months away, there's not a moment to lose! We need to hone our organizing skills to build the biggest possible movement for May 1 so we can elect decent work champions in every riding in the province.
This is an important opportunity to meet new people, build relationships, as well as learn and share new skills.
Select workshops will also be conducted in Bengali, Chinese, Punjabi, Spanish, and Tamil.
Please come and invite your friends, co-workers, and fellow May 1 organizers!
REGISTER NOW!
Morning workshops - choose between:
- Agenda for decent work: Why decent work is a matter of racial justice
- Building the base: Effective outreach and follow-up
- Select workshops in different languages
Afternoon workshops - choose between:
- Busting the Big Business BS
- MPP visits as an organizing strategy
- Select workshops in different languages
WHY DECENT WORK IS A MATTER OF RACIAL JUSTICE
This new Justice for Workers Primer is essential reading and excellent preparation for the workshops. You can also pick up copies in-person at our workshops.
Please scroll down for upcoming actions and events near you.
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Friday, March 25 | 6:00 pm
TORONTO: Davenport Outreach blitz
The provincial election is quickly approaching, and we want to make workers’ demands heard! If you are interested in fighting for a $20 minimum wage, paid sick days, better working conditions, equal pay, an end to misclassification and protections for gig workers, join us for this outreach blitz in the Davenport neighbourhood.
We will be petitioning and distributing leaflets with information on our Decent Work campaign demands, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.
Meet us at the Northwest corner of Dufferin and Bloor
RSVP here to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook here
Tuesday, March 29 | 7:00 pm
OTTAWA: Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join us as we discuss strategies for organizing in our community, plan future events, and discuss possible actions for the upcoming May 1st Workers Day of Action! This meeting will also be an opportunity for you to sign up for local actions.
RSVP here for the Zoom link
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook here
Sunday, April 3 | 2:00 pm
GUELPH: Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join us as we discuss strategies for organizing in our community, plan future events, and discuss possible actions for the upcoming May 1st Workers Day of Action! This meeting will also be an opportunity for you to sign up for local actions.
RSVP here for the Zoom link
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook here
Sunday, April 24 | 11:00 am
BRAMPTON: Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Please join us on Sunday, April 24th for a meeting to talk about working conditions in Ontario, and how we can fight for better laws such as paid sick days, a higher minimum wage, and much more. We will discuss:
- How we can fight back against bad employers
- How we can reach more workers to let them know about their rights
- How we can lobby our MPPs to create better laws for workers
Important notes: Translation will be provided in Punjabi and Spanish. Everyone will be given an N95 mask. Children are welcome.
RSVP here to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email
Sunday, April 17 | 2:00 pm
GUELPH: Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join us as we discuss strategies for organizing in our community, plan future events, and discuss possible actions for the upcoming May 1st Workers Day of Action! This meeting will also be an opportunity for you to sign up for local actions.
RSVP here for the Zoom link
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook here
Tuesday, April 26 | 7:00 pm
OTTAWA: Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join us as we discuss strategies for organizing in our community, plan future events, and discuss possible actions for the upcoming May 1st Workers Day of Action! This meeting will also be an opportunity for you to sign up for local actions.
RSVP here for the Zoom link
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook here
Sunday, May 1 | ALL DAY
ONTARIO DAY OF ACTION!
We all deserve better. We deserve to have decent wages, adequate hours and safe working conditions. We deserve affordable housing, proper health care and education, all the services we rely on. Every single one of us deserves enough income to live on, whether we are: working or in-between jobs; injured or disabled; retired or just starting out; sick or on parental leave. It’s our future, our fight -- let’s make it happen!
Save the date and RSVP here to let us know you’re coming
Tuesday, May 10 | 7:00 pm
ONTARIO: Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Join us for our online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in building our fight for decent work.
Thursday, June 2 | ALL DAY
ONTARIO ELECTION!
Let’s elect decent work champions in every riding!
