You're amazing!
The May 1st mobilizations across Ontario were amazing. And you made it happen.
Thousands of people in more than 20 cities across Ontario took action for decent work and a workers’ first agenda. And even with the rain, nothing could dampen the determination of our movement to demand better from our elected representatives.
On May 1st – International Workers’ Day – you were among the thousands of people who helped send a strong message to all provincial election candidates that we want: a $20 minimum wage; at least 10 paid sick days; equal pay for part-time, contract and temp agency workers; an end to misclassification and real protections for gig workers; safer working conditions; better laws and better enforcement.
Our communities depend on high-quality public services: from health care and education, to child care and public transit. We need truly affordable housing and livable income support. We’ve also learned from the pandemic that nobody can survive on less than $500 per week, whether that comes from wages, pensions, social assistance, Employment Insurance, or workers’ compensation.
By coming together on May 1st across the province, we’ve shown the depth of support for a workers’ first agenda. But that doesn’t mean all provincial candidates are ready to endorse our vision. That’s why we must keep organizing throughout the election so that no matter who wins on June 2, we’ll be ready to keep fighting for justice for workers.
Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join us on May 10 at 7:00 pm for the next Justice for Workers organizing meeting. At this meeting, we will debrief about all our amazing work in the lead up to the May 1 day of action. We will also launch our Decent Work Toolkit, giving you everything you’ll need to spread the word and elect decent work champions.
Can we count on you to be at the May 10 meeting?
Don’t miss Heather McGhee!
Wednesday, May 4 | 8:00 pm EDT
The Ontario Federation of Labour and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Canada are pleased to present: Building the Solidarity Dividend: A Conversation with Heather McGee.
A renowned expert on the American economy, Heather McGhee is one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers exploring inequality today. Both her viral TED talk and her instant New York Times bestseller The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together reveal the devastating true cost of racism—not just for people of colour, but for everyone. Deeply stirring, intelligent, and compassionate, McGhee’s vision offers an actionable roadmap during one of the most critical—and most troubled—periods in history.
BREAKING: Workers’ Action Centre releases new report
A new report From the frontlines: An urgent agenda for decent work is out now. Please take a moment to share it and amplify the recommendations brought forward by frontline workers who experience precarious employment every day.
From the Frontlines is based on 189 surveys and 27 in-depth interviews with workers in low-wage and precarious work. It dives into the challenges facing workers across Ontario and lays out the employment and labour law changes needed to ensure decent work for all. Since the provincial election campaign officially starts tomorrow, the timing couldn’t be better for this crucial report and call to action.
Click here to read and share the report
Click here for sharable content and key messages
Graphics and draft text for your posts and emails
You're amazing!
The May 1st mobilizations across Ontario were amazing. And you made it happen.
Thousands of people in more than 20 cities across Ontario took action for decent work and a workers’ first agenda. And even with the rain, nothing could dampen the determination of our movement to demand better from our elected representatives.
On May 1st – International Workers’ Day – you were among the thousands of people who helped send a strong message to all provincial election candidates that we want: a $20 minimum wage; at least 10 paid sick days; equal pay for part-time, contract and temp agency workers; an end to misclassification and real protections for gig workers; safer working conditions; better laws and better enforcement.
Our communities depend on high-quality public services: from health care and education, to child care and public transit. We need truly affordable housing and livable income support. We’ve also learned from the pandemic that nobody can survive on less than $500 per week, whether that comes from wages, pensions, social assistance, Employment Insurance, or workers’ compensation.
By coming together on May 1st across the province, we’ve shown the depth of support for a workers’ first agenda. But that doesn’t mean all provincial candidates are ready to endorse our vision. That’s why we must keep organizing throughout the election so that no matter who wins on June 2, we’ll be ready to keep fighting for justice for workers.
Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join us on May 10 at 7:00 pm for the next Justice for Workers organizing meeting. At this meeting, we will debrief about all our amazing work in the lead up to the May 1 day of action. We will also launch our Decent Work Toolkit, giving you everything you’ll need to spread the word and elect decent work champions.
Can we count on you to be at the May 10 meeting?
Don’t miss Heather McGhee!
Wednesday, May 4 | 8:00 pm EDT
The Ontario Federation of Labour and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Canada are pleased to present: Building the Solidarity Dividend: A Conversation with Heather McGee.
A renowned expert on the American economy, Heather McGhee is one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers exploring inequality today. Both her viral TED talk and her instant New York Times bestseller The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together reveal the devastating true cost of racism—not just for people of colour, but for everyone. Deeply stirring, intelligent, and compassionate, McGhee’s vision offers an actionable roadmap during one of the most critical—and most troubled—periods in history.
BREAKING: Workers’ Action Centre releases new report
A new report From the frontlines: An urgent agenda for decent work is out now. Please take a moment to share it and amplify the recommendations brought forward by frontline workers who experience precarious employment every day.
From the Frontlines is based on 189 surveys and 27 in-depth interviews with workers in low-wage and precarious work. It dives into the challenges facing workers across Ontario and lays out the employment and labour law changes needed to ensure decent work for all. Since the provincial election campaign officially starts tomorrow, the timing couldn’t be better for this crucial report and call to action.
Click here to read and share the report
Click here for sharable content and key messages
Graphics and draft text for your posts and emails
ALL OUT FOR MAY 1 - Will you be there?
Momentum is growing for the May 1 Day of Action with events in more than 20 cities across Ontario. This day will set the terms of debate for the provincial election on June 2. The larger the turnout the greater the impact.
Will you be there?
We only have three more days to spread the word.
Here’s what we need you to do:
- Let us know which event you’ll attend
- Put up a poster or hand out a flyer. (Posters, leaflets, or shareables for your area are included in each event registration page and also available on the resources page of the Justice for Workers website)
- Join an upcoming outreach action
- Amplify on social media. Please use the hashtags: #May1ON #Justice4Workers #ONPoli
- Call your friends, family and co-workers and ask them to join you on May 1 and to vote for decent work candidates on June 2
Tuesday, May 10 | 7:00 pm
ONTARIO: Justice for Workers organizing meeting
At the meeting we will be launching the Decent Work Election Toolkit to give you all the tools to fight for fair wages, decent hours, paid sick days, equal pay, and labour laws that protect everyone. With only three weeks before Election Day on June 2nd, let's crank up our election organizing so we can send as many decent work champions to Queen’s Park as possible.
Wednesday, May 4 | 8:00 pm EDT
Canada-wide: Building the solidarity dividend
The Ontario Federation of Labour and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Canada are pleased to present: Building the Solidarity Dividend: A Conversation with Heather McGee.
A renowned expert on the American economy, Heather McGhee is one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers exploring inequality today. Both her viral TED talk and her instant New York Times bestseller The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together reveal the devastating true cost of racism—not just for people of colour, but for everyone. Deeply stirring, intelligent, and compassionate, McGhee’s vision offers an actionable roadmap during one of the most critical—and most troubled—periods in history.
Wednesday, June 1
ONTARIO: Justice for Injured Workers Day
Save the date for this important mobilization to demand justice for injured workers. This year’s action will be particularly important as we head to the ballot box on June 2. Let’s make sure we elect candidates who support justice for injured workers.
For more information:
ALL OUT MAY 1! Let's demand decent work for all!
Momentum is growing for the May 1 provincial day of action, with communities across Ontario planning local events and organizing feeder marches for larger rallies. May 1 will be an important day to kick off the provincial election: the larger the turnout on May 1, the more likely our issues will shape the June 2 provincial election.
Will you join us on Sunday, May 1 and amplify our decent work demands in your community?
Please visit our Resources page to download Justice for Workers May 1 posters and leaflets, customized for local actions.
With mild weather and May 1 around the corner, April is a crucial time to step up our outreach efforts. Read on to learn about some important organizing opportunities.
Building Worker Power Organizer Training
This Saturday, April 9 in Scarborough, Justice for Workers and the Workers’ Action Centre are hosting an in-person organizer training so we can hit the streets and talk to our co-workers about decent work. Please come and invite your friends, co-workers, and fellow May 1 organizers.
Registration and snacks at 9:30 am
Morning workshops 10:00 am to 12:00 pm - choose between:
- Agenda for decent work: Why decent work is a matter of racial justice
- Building the base: Effective outreach and follow-up
- Workshops in Chinese, Spanish and Tamil
Afternoon workshops 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - choose between:
- Busting the Big Business BS
- MPP visits as an organizing strategy
- Workshops in Chinese, Spanish and Tamil
Provincial Justice for Workers Organizing Meetings
Normally, our monthly organizing meetings take place every four weeks, on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. This month, however, our monthly meeting falls on Equal Pay Day and the Equal Pay Coalition has organized an important leaders’ debate on April 12 at 7:00 pm. So rather than hosting a competing event, we are going to skip our April meeting and encourage all Justice for Workers leaders, activists and supporters to attend the Equal Pay Leaders’ Debate.
That means our next Ontario-wide decent work organizing meeting will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, May 10 at 7:00 pm. This meeting will be a great opportunity to assess the impact of the May 1 mobilization and use the momentum to make sure we elect decent work champions across Ontario.
Our June organizing meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, will be perfectly timed for us to assess the election results and plan the next phase of the fight for justice for workers.
APRIL 19: Join the Activist Assembly
On Tuesday, April 19, join Justice for Workers at the OFL’s provincial Activist Assembly. This online assembly will give everyone a chance to hear about the exciting developments in communities across Ontario, and build even more momentum for the May 1 day of action.
In this election, let's make sure decent work issues are raised alongside other crucial issues like housing, child care, public transit, health care, education, decent income support, climate justice, migrant rights, justice for injured workers, and so much more.
Can you join us on April 19 at 6:00 pm?
Help organize wherever you are
Wherever you are in the province, you can help organize and mobilize for the May 1 day of action, for the June 2 provincial election, and beyond.
Here’s how:
- Would you like to put up some posters in your community?
- Would you like to help us phone other Justice for Workers supporters so they too know about all the exciting events coming up?
- Would you like to organize an outreach event in your community, and invite others to join the campaign for decent work?
Let us know what you’d like to do, and we’ll help you do it!
Decent Work Resources
Decent Work and Health Network: New Report
The Decent Work and Health Network released a report detailing the way in which precarious, low-wage jobs dramatically increased the spread of COVID and contributed to unnecessary deaths and sickness.
Please read and consider endorsing the report recommendations.
Racial justice primer
Justice for Workers has published this Primer on why the fight for decent work is a matter of racial justice. You can download it here, pick up copies in-person at the Scarborough training on Saturday, or order copies by emailing us at [email protected].
Minimum wage leaflet and poster
These tools debunk the myth that Premier Doug Ford has “raised the minimum wage.” It explains how we fought for and won not only a minimum wage increase, but also annual cost of living adjustments. But because Doug Ford cancelled our $15 minimum wage, workers lost thousands of dollars of income. We forced him to bring it back - but it’s too little, too late. Now the government is trying to take credit for improving the minimum wage, but we know Ford’s so-called increase is really a cut.
To download the new poster, click here
To download the new leaflet, click here
You may also order copies by emailing us at [email protected].
UPCOMING EVENTS & ACTIONS
Thursday, April 7 | 5:00 pm
SCARBOROUGH: 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 at the Scarborough Town Centre.
We will be petitioning and distributing leaflets with information on our decent work campaign demands, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
Friday, April 8 | 5:30 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.
We will meet at the Northwest corner of Dufferin and Bloor.
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
Sunday, April 10 | 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.
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook.
Saturday, April 16 | 2:00 pm
BRAMPTON: Decent Work Outreach Blitz
Join us for this outreach blitz where we will be talking to our friends and neighbours about why we need a $20 minimum wage; 10 paid sick days; equal pay for part-time, contract and temp workers; fair scheduling rules and safe working conditions for all of us. We're also gearing up for a May 1 provincial day of action for a better Ontario. That means decent work for all, as well as affordable housing; well-funded health care and education; better income support for injured and disabled workers, and those surviving on social assistance; and so much more!
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook.
Saturday, April 16 | 11:00 am
OTTAWA: Decent Work Outreach Blitz
Join us for this outreach blitz where we will be talking to our friends and neighbours about why we need a $20 minimum wage; 10 paid sick days; equal pay for part-time, contract and temp workers; fair scheduling rules and safe working conditions for all of us! We're also gearing up for a May 1 provincial day of action for a better Ontario. That means decent work for all, as well as affordable housing; well-funded health care and education; better income support for injured and disabled workers, and those surviving on social assistance; and so much more!
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook.
Tuesday, April 19 | 6:00 pm
ONTARIO: Activist Assembly for May 1
Join Justice for Workers at the OFL Provincial Activist Assembly on Tuesday, April 19 at 6:00 pm.
We can't wait to hear all the plans from across Ontario. Since we last met on March 6, the number of local events planned has grown from seven to 17, and a growing number of groups and organizations are joining forces to demand a better Ontario.
Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link, then invite your friends and co-workers to join you!
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook.
Thursday, April 21 | 5:00 pm
HAMILTON: Decent Work Organizing Meeting
Join fellow Hamilton organizers 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 and June 2nd Provincial Election. This meeting will also be an opportunity for you to sign up for local actions.
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
Saturday, April 23 | 11:00 am
OTTAWA: Decent Work Outreach Blitz
Join us for this outreach blitz where we will be talking to our friends and neighbours about why we need a $20 minimum wage; 10 paid sick days; equal pay for part-time, contract and temp workers; fair scheduling rules and safe working conditions for all of us! We're also gearing up for a May 1 provincial day of action for a better Ontario. That means decent work for all, as well as affordable housing; well-funded health care and education; better income support for injured and disabled workers, and those surviving on social assistance; and so much more!
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook.
Saturday, April 23 | 10:30 am
TORONTO: Eglinton-Lawrence outreach for public education & decent work
Join the Ontario Parent Action Network for this outreach action to demand fully-funded public education, with safe and healthy schools, quality education, small class sizes, staffed by educators and workers with decent wages, including paid sick days.
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.
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming and to receive a reminder email.
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.
Please RSVP for the Zoom link.
Please also RSVP and share on Facebook.
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 to let us know you’re coming.
Wednesday, June 1
ONTARIO: Justice for Injured Workers Day
Save the date for this important mobilization to demand justice for injured workers. This year’s action will be particularly important as we head to the ballot box on June 2. Let’s make sure we elect candidates who support justice for injured workers.
For more information:
Fairness for Injured Workers (On Facebook)
Ontario Network of Injured Workers (On Facebook)
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.
Please RSVP for the Zoom link.
Thursday, June 2 | ALL DAY
ONTARIO ELECTION!
Let’s elect decent work champions in every riding!
Let's keep the momentum for May 1st going!
Pam Frache
- For the Justice for Workers Team
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!
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
RSVP and share on Facebook
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!
MOMENTUM: Don't Miss Sunday's Activist Assembly!
We are less than three months away from the June 2 election. We need your help more than ever to organize and elect decent work champions in every riding. And no matter what happens, we must come out of June 2 with a stronger, more powerful movement.
The May 1 provincial day of action, called by the Ontario Federation of Labour, will kick off the election and help make sure workers' demands dominate the agenda.
That's why hundreds of us are coming to the Activist Assembly this Sunday, March 6 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Together, we will strategize and coordinate our organizing efforts for May 1. We are counting on leaders like you to be there too. We want to make sure our decent work demands have a high profile in every community on May 1 and beyond.
Can you join us on Sunday?
Whether you can make it or not, please help us promote the Activist Assembly by sharing this inspiring video.
You can also plug into a number of events coming up over the next two weeks that will help us get more organized for May 1.
Wednesday, March 9 | 6:30 pm
Building Worker Power: MPP / MP visits as an organizing strategy
Join us for this session of our Justice for Workers organizer training series. We’ll be talking about how we can build our power locally from rallies to phone zaps and from petitions to MPP/MP visits.
Saturday, March 12
Building Worker Power Organizer Trainings
10:00 am: Getting Started: Reviewing the Agenda for Decent Work
- Why decent work is a matter of racial justice
- Where our demands come from and why they matter to our communities
- Why must we build power and not simply rely on elected representatives to do it for us?
Saturday, March 12
12:30 pm: Busting the Big Business BS
- Dealing with difficult questions from the minimum wage to how we make change
- Who creates wealth and how do we close the wealth equity gap?
- Common myths about raising the minimum wage
12:30 pm: MPP visits as an organizing strategy
- Demonstrating our power from rallies to phone zaps and from petitions to MPP visits
- How do we show our power when we meet with MPPs?
- Know Your Rights workshops as organizing strategies to build workers’ confidence in the workplace
Tuesday, March 15 | 7:00 pm
ONTARIO Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Join us for our online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in the fight for decent work.
At this meeting, we are hosting a Climate Justice and Decent Work breakout room as well as a Solidarity with Gig Workers breakout room. Of course, we'll be hosting our usual breakouts on paid sick days; fighting for a $20 minimum wage, equal pay and fair scheduling; Injured workers and workplace health and safety; and federal issues like Employment Insurance, full immigration status for migrant workers, and Indigenous solidarity.
For more listings, you can check out our website with upcoming local meetings and actions or visit our Facebook events page here.
We hope to see you at an upcoming event soon!
Urgent action to stop the legalization of wage theft
Join us tonight (Tuesday) at 6:30 pm for an emergency phone action to stop Premier Doug Ford from passing legislation that will make it legal for Uber and other corporate tech giants to pay workers less than the hours they work, and deny them basic labour rights.
Can you join this emergency action tonight?
Too many gig workers are misclassified by the likes of Uber as “self-employed” to avoid paying their workers minimum wage, holiday, vacation and overtime pay. UberEats' wage theft was exposed at the Ministry of Labour just last week when an Employment Standards Officer ruled in favour of a courier who filed a complaint against the tech giant on precisely these grounds.
On Monday, Premier Doug Ford claimed he was standing up for gig workers by announcing legislation that will "give" gig workers a $15 gig worker minimum wage. But workers should already be getting the $15 minimum wage. That so many gig workers are not reflects the failure of this government to address illegal misclassification.
In practice, Ford's Bill will cut gig workers wages in half, while still denying them their rights as employees such as holiday, vacation and overtime pay.
Ford's legislation only ensures gig workers are paid for the time they are making the delivery–not when they are returning from or waiting for a delivery. So instead of standing up for workers, Doug Ford is again standing up for corporations by legalizing wage theft.
To make matters worse, the Bill also introduces two new carve-outs where more workers can legally be denied full protection under the Act.
Even without this bill, only about one-quarter of Ontario workers are fully protected by the Employment Standards Act (ESA) because so many corporations have lobbied for – and won – exemptions to the rules. Far from strengthening the Employment Standards Act, Doug Ford is punching even more holes into it.
If you can't join us tonight for the emergency phone action, read on for two meetings where you can support gig workers and the fight for decent work.
Sunday, March 6 | 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
ACTIVIST ASSEMBLY
Justice for Workers is excited to be mobilizing for the May 1 Day of Action called by the Ontario Federation of Labour. We want to demand a workers’ first agenda that includes our decent work demands, as well as housing, health care, child care, education and more.
We hope you can join labour and community allies to fight for decent work, build solidarity with gig workers, and make sure we elect decent work champions in the June 2 provincial election.
Tuesday, March 15 | 7:00 pm
ONTARIO Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Join us for our online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in the fight for decent work. We’ll be having a breakout room specifically dedicated to solidarity with gig workers, as well as other breakout groups addressing everything from paid sick days to the $20 minimum wage.
Thank you for all you do in the fight for decent work. Hope to see you soon!
Family Day Weekend: Take action to support gig workers!
About 150 people attended and we agreed to take a number of important actions in the fight for decent work. Scroll down for more information.
In the meantime, don’t forget to mark your calendars for our upcoming organizing meetings. We meet every four weeks on Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST, as follows: March 15, April 12, May 10, and June 7.
Here's a quick summary of the key actions arising from last Tuesday’s meeting.
Family Day Weekend: Support Gig Workers
We can help Gig Workers United connect more app-based workers to the fight for decent work. On Family Day weekend, many of us will splurge on supper or snacks using an app-based delivery service.
Let’s take advantage of this opportunity to have organizing conversations with the frontline workers who deliver our orders.
At the Justice for Workers organizing meeting, Jennifer Scott from Gig Workers United reminded us that corporate lobbyists like Uber have been working with the Conservative government to pass legislation that would roll back our rights.
If they get away with it, such legislation would make it legal to misclassify gig workers as “independent contractors”. Doing so paves the way for companies like Uber and Skip the Dishes to pay their workers less than minimum wage and deny workers their basic employment rights.
This is dangerous for all of us. Other employers will use this opening to pay us less for the work we do. Now is the time for us to protect ourselves by supporting gig workers who are under attack. Please help spread the solidarity this weekend by sharing this link.
March 6: Activist Assembly
We’re organizing for the provincial day of action called by the Ontario Federation of Labour for Sunday, May 1st. That day kicks off the provincial election campaign and we want to make sure that Decent Work demands like a $20 minimum wage, 10 paid sick days, and equal pay for part-time, contract and temp agency workers are front and centre.
To get organized, we are attending the OFL Activist Assembly on Sunday, March 6th from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. The Activist Assembly will be the place to get inspired and share ideas for what our big action on May 1 can look like in our communities.
Will you be at the Activist Assembly?
Building Worker Power Workshops
Throughout February and March, Justice for Workers is hosting a series of organizer trainings called Building Worker Power. As we approach the June 2 election, we need an army of leaders like you who have the skills, confidence and information necessary to organize in every workplace and community in Ontario.
Scroll down to RSVP for these upcoming sessions. You can also check out the full schedule here to find a date and time that works best for you.
Wednesday, February 23 | 6:30 pm EST
Getting Started: Reviewing the Agenda for Decent Work
- Why decent work is a matter of racial justice
- Where our demands come from and why they matter to our communities
- Why must we build power and not simply rely on elected representatives to do it for us?
Saturday, February 26 | 10 am (EST)
Getting Started: Reviewing the Agenda for Decent Work
- Why decent work is a matter of racial justice
- Where our demands come from and why they matter to our communities
- Why must we build power and not simply rely on elected representatives to do it for us?
Saturday, February 26 | 12:30 pm (EST)
MPP Visits as an Organizing Strategy
- Demonstrating our power from rallies to phone zaps to MPP visits
- How do we show our power before and while we meet with MPPs?
- How do you prepare for tricky MPP conversations?
Saturday, February 26 | 12:30 pm (EST)
- Dealing with difficult questions from the minimum wage to how we can win change
- Who creates wealth and how do we close the wealth equity gap?
- Common myths about raising the minimum wage
Upcoming local actions and events
Are you ready to join an event in your community? Keep reading to find upcoming events near you. New events come online every day, so please also visit our meetings and events page here or on Facebook here.
Sunday, February 20 | 2:00 pm
GUELPH: Know Your Rights at Work - Workshop
Employers take advantage when workers don’t have rights, don’t know what they are, or don’t know how to enforce them. Do you have questions about income support during the Omicron crisis? Do you have all the protection you need to stay safe at work? Have you been paid for all your hours? Do you have the paid sick days you need to care for yourself and your family?
Jared Ong, an organizer for the Workers' Action Centre, will walk us through our rights at work and how to use them. Co-sponsored by the Guelph and District Labour Council. For more information please email [email protected].
RSVP for the Zoom link
RSVP and share on Facebook
Tuesday, February 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 own workplaces and communities.
Friday, February 25 | 7:00 pm
MOVIE NIGHT: The Gig is Up Documentary
Join Justice for Workers and the Workers' Action Centre for a screening of The Gig Is Up: A Very Human Tech Doc. The documentary is directed by Shannon Walsh who looks at the lives of gig workers from around the world at app-based companies like Amazon and Uber. We will discuss the costs of the digital platform economy, what's at stake in Ontario and why all workers need to fight back.
Sunday, February 27 | 11:00 am
BRAMPTON Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Warehouse Workers Centre
224 Rutherford Road South, Brampton (South of Clarence Rd.)
Join us for this online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in building our fight for decent work in Brampton.
RSVP for a reminder
RSVP and share on Facebook
Tuesday, March 1 | 7:00 pm
OTTAWA Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Join us for this online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in building our fight for decent work in Ottawa.
RSVP here for the Zoom link
RSVP and share on Facebook
Tuesday, March 1 | 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 own workplaces and communities.
Sunday, March 6 | 9:30 am
ONTARIO Activist Assembly
Don’t miss the Ontario activist assembly where we will share our ideas and inspiration for the May 1 day of action to demand Justice for Workers and a Workers’ First Agenda. No matter where you are in the province on May 1, we’ll be counting on you to bring your passion for decent work to the forefront. See you there!
Tuesday, March 8 | 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 own workplaces and communities.
Tuesday, March 15 | 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.
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 own workplaces and communities.
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.
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 out; whether we are sick or on parental leave. It’s our future, our fight -- let’s make it happen.
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 across Ontario!
Thank you so much for everything you do in the fight for decent work. We are building a movement strong enough to beat back the big business lobby -- and that wouldn’t be possible without you.
Jared Ong on behalf of Justice for Workers
It's Go Time
Our next Decent Work Organizing Meeting is this Tuesday, February 15 at 7 pm EST. ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be available. We hope you can join us!
With the Ontario legislative assembly resuming on February 22, we must ensure our elected representatives stand up for us - not the big corporations who profit off our labour.
In this meeting, we'll organize for action in the following breakout groups:
- Paid Sick Days
To date, no level of government has implemented meaningful sick day legislation. Join this group led by health providers in the Decent Work and Health Network to organize next steps in the fight for at least 10 permanent, employer-paid sick days for all.
- Workplace health and safety, Justice for injured workers
For too long, injured workers have been denied justice. Instead, we have to fight the very government bodies that are supposed to protect us. At the same time, public and private sector workers continue to face working conditions that fail to protect us from COVID. Join this group to plan next steps to demand safe and healthy work for all of us and to ensure injured workers are treated fairly.
- Early Childhood Education
Without adequate staffing, wages and safe working conditions, our children won’t get the care and learning resources they deserve. Meanwhile, Ontario is the only province that has not signed a $10/day child care agreement with the federal government. Join this breakout group to take action toward making real changes in Ontario’s childcare.
- Protection for Gig Workers and an end to misclassification
Corporate lobbyists are working hand-in-hand with Ontario's Conservative government to pass legislation to make it legal for companies to misclassify us and take away our basic entitlements such as minimum wage and Employment Insurance. Join this breakout group to fight to end misclassification and stop the exploitation of gig workers.
- Federal Issues
With parliament back in session and a federal budget around the corner, it’s time to turn up the heat on our federal members of parliament. Join this group to plan the next steps in the fight for decent federal income support, to fix Employment Insurance, for full immigration status for all, and for solidarity with Indigenous communities.
- Decent Work and Wages
The decent work agenda means organizing to win a $20 minimum wage; adequate and predictable hours of work; real protections for temp agency workers; protections from wrongful dismissal and more. Join this breakout group to plan local outreach and follow-ups, build our local networks, and meet with MPPs.
We really need you! Can you join one of the breakout groups at Tuesday's Decent Work organizing meeting? Please RSVP now and bring a friend.
Building Worker Power: Online organizer training
Throughout February and March, Justice for Workers is hosting a series of online training sessions to help us all become better organizers. From understanding decent work as a matter of racial justice to busting big business BS, and from best practices for outreach to tips for meeting with our MPPs, there's something to learn or share for everyone!
The next workshops are coming this Sunday - so please RSVP in the links below (scroll down) for the session you want to attend. And if you can't make it this weekend, check out the full schedule of upcoming organizer trainings to find a date and time that work best for you.
Sunday, February 13 | Building Worker Power sessions
Choose two of the following three workshops
10:00 am: Getting Started: Reviewing the Agenda for Decent Work
- Why decent work is a matter of racial justice
- Where our demands come from and why they matter to our communities
- Why must we build power and not simply rely on elected representatives to do it for us?
12:30 pm: Busting the Big Business BS
- Dealing with difficult questions from the minimum wage to how we can win change
- Who creates wealth and how do we close the wealth equity gap?
- Common myths about raising the minimum wage
12:30 pm: MPP visits as an Organizing Strategy
- Demonstrating our power from rallies to phone zaps to MPP visits
- How do we show our power before and while we meet with MPPs?
- How do you prepare for tricky MPP conversations?
Whether you’re a seasoned activist with experience to share, or a first time fighter - we hope you can join one of our upcoming sessions! The full schedule of trainings is here. 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Are you ready to join an event in your community? Keep reading to find upcoming events near you. New events come online every day, so please also visit our meetings and events page here or on Facebook here.
Sunday, February 20 | 2:00 pm
GUELPH Know your rights at work - Workshop
Employers take advantage when workers don’t have rights, don’t know what they are, or don’t know how to enforce them. Do you have questions about income support during the Omicron crisis? Do you have all the protections you need to stay safe at work? Have you been paid for all your hours? Do you have the paid sick days you need to care for yourself and your family?
Jared Ong, an organizer for the Workers' Action Centre, will walk us through our rights at work and how to use them. Co-sponsored by the Guelph and District Labour Council. For more information please email [email protected].
Tuesday, February 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 own workplaces and communities.
Sunday, February 27 | 11:00 am
BRAMPTON Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Join us for this online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in building our fight for decent work in Brampton.
Tuesday, March 1 | 7:00 pm
OTTAWA Justice for Workers organizing meeting
Join us for this online organizing meeting where we’ll discuss the next steps in building our fight for decent work in Ottawa.
Tuesday, March 1 | 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 own workplaces and communities.
Sunday, March 6 | 9:30 am
ONTARIO Activist Assembly
Don’t miss the Ontario activist assembly where we will share our ideas and inspiration for the May 1 day of action to demand Justice for Workers and a Workers’ First Agenda. No matter where you are in the province on May 1, we’ll be counting on you to bring your passion for decent work to the forefront. See you there!
Tuesday, March 8 | 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 own workplaces and communities.
Tuesday, March 15 | 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.
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 own workplaces and communities.
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.
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 out; whether we are sick or on parental leave. It’s our future, our fight -- let’s make it happen.
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 across Ontario!
Thanks so much for all you do!
See you soon - and hopefully on February 15 at the next big organizing meeting!
