By Popular Demand - Don't miss these organizer trainings!
Justice for Workers and the Workers' Action Centre are hosting a series of training sessions to help us all become stronger organizers. With the May 1 provincial day of action for a workers-first agenda less than two months away and the Ontario election less than three months away, there's no time to lose to build a movement to elect decent work champions all across Ontario.
Building Worker Power: Online organizer training
Please come and invite your friends, co-workers, and fellow organizers.
ONLINE WORKSHOPS - Saturday, March 12
If you’re outside the GTA don’t miss this Saturday’s training opportunities!
- 10:00 am to 12:00 noon - Agenda for Decent Work
- 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm - Busting the Big Business BS
- 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm - MPP visits as an organizing strategy
IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS - By popular demand!
In addition to English, simultaneous workshops will be conducted in Bengali, Chinese, Punjabi, Spanish, and Tamil.
- March 19 in Toronto
- March 27 in Brampton
- April 2 in Scarborough
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.
Justice for Workers March Organizing Meeting
Tuesday, March 15 | 7:00 pm
Every four weeks, the OFL and Justice for Workers co-host an online organizing meeting where we plan our actions for the month ahead. Organizing for May 1 and the June 2 Ontario election will be a central issue this meeting. ASL and live captions will be provided in English.
We’re excited to host the following breakout sessions:
- Ending misclassification and solidarity with gig workers
- Justice for injured workers and workplace health and safety
- Paid sick days for all
- Early childhood educators
- Winning a $20 minimum wage & equal pay for equal work
- Employment insurance and migrant justice
- Climate justice and decent work
UPCOMING EVENTS
Read on to find an upcoming event in your community. Events are added regularly, so please check out our our website events calendar and our Facebook event page. On March 20, Migrant workers are organizing a number of events to call for full immigration status for all and to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, and details have been included below. If you would like to organize an action in your community in solidarity, please visit the Migrant Rights Network.
Saturday, March 12 | 11:00 am
BRAMPTON: Temp agency worker outreach blitz
We are hearing from many temp agency workers in Peel that temp agencies are consistently violating the rights of their workers by paying them less than they are legally entitled to and illegally deducting their wages.
Workers are scared to speak up because they are unsure of their rights. Join us on March 12 to speak with temp agency workers to let them know about their rights and put up posters in the area.
Call 289-544-9292 for more information or if you have any questions.
We will meet in front of Unit 239, Indian Sweet Master Express.
RSVP to let us know you’re coming
Sunday, March 13 | 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.
Saturday, March 19 | 11:00 am
OTTAWA: 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, protections for gig workers, join us for an hour of outreach at Lansdowne Park.
We will be petitioning and distributing leaflets with information on our Decent Work campaign demands, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.
We will meet in front of Whole Foods on Bank St. at 11 a.m.
RSVP to let us know you’re coming
Sunday, March 20 | 2:00 pm
TORONTO: Unite Against Racism! Status for All
Whether it's hate speech mixed in with the “Freedom Convoy”; or Black and people of colour refugees and migrants fleeing Ukraine facing abuse – racism is rising. We know that racism is a strategy to divide us to push an anti-people agenda that hurts our climate and our communities in the interests of the richest few. Rising racism means that it is racialized migrants that are scapegoated and excluded. We must take action now.
Join Migrant Rights Network - Ontario on March 20 for a 1.6 km march to support the call for full and permanent immigration status for all 1.6 million mostly racialized working-class migrants. Status for All is necessary for migrants to have the power to protect ourselves from exploitation and scapegoating.
We’re meeting at City Hall at 2:00 pm at 100 Queen Street West as we join with groups across the country to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
RSVP to let us know you’re coming
Sunday, March 20 | 2:00 pm
NIAGARA: Unite Against Racism! Status for All
Join us on March 20 to support the call for full and permanent immigration status for all 1.6 million mostly racialized working-class migrants. Status for All is necessary for migrants to have the power to protect ourselves from exploitation and scapegoating.
We’ll be meeting at Niagara-on-the-Lake Town Hall at 1593 Four Mile Creek Road in Virgil, Ontario (L0S 1T0)
RSVP here to let us know you’re coming
Sunday, March 20 | 2:00 pm
GUELPH: Unite Against Racism! Status for All
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Sunday, March 20 | 12:30 pm
OTTAWA: Unite Against Racism! Status for All
Join us on March 20 to support the call for full and permanent immigration status for all 1.6 million mostly racialized working-class migrants. Status for All is necessary for migrants to have the power to protect ourselves from exploitation and scapegoating.
Meet at the Canadian Tribute Human Rights Monument at 220 Elgin Street, as we join with groups across the country to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
RSVP to let us know you’re coming
Sunday, March 20 | 11:30 am
SAULT STE. MARIE: Unite Against Racism! Status for All
Join us on March 20 to support the call for full and permanent immigration status for all 1.6 million mostly racialized working-class migrants. Status for All is necessary for migrants to have the power to protect ourselves from exploitation and scapegoating.
Meet at Paroisse Sainte-Marie-Du-Sault, 847 Trunk Road as we join with groups across the country to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
RSVP here to let us know you’re coming
Tuesday, March 22 | 6:00 pm
HAMILTON: Secrets of a Successful Organizer Book Club
Join us as we read and discuss the ‘Secrets of a Successful Organizer’ handbook. Each week we will read and discuss two lessons and complete the accompanying worksheets and handouts. Together we will learn how to organize and inspire our workplaces and communities.
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.
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.
Tuesday, April 12 | 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.
RSVP for the Zoom link
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
Translation will be provided in Punjabi and Spanish. Everyone will be given an N95 mask. Children are welcome.
RSVP to let us know you’re coming
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.
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; whether we are injured or disabled; whether we are retired or just starting; whether we are sick or on parental leave. It’s our future, our fight -- let’s make it happen.
RSVP 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!
