Labour May Day Committee

Part of our responsibility in the labour movement is to learn, support, defend and show up to the struggles of our brothers and sisters. Here's an event this Saturday we encourage everyone to attend - organized by Skyler Williams, a land defender at 1492 Land Back Lane and one of our speakers on May Day.

Workers are dying because of this government putting profits before measures to save human lives. Enough is enough!

May Day Rally 2021! (ONLINE) Join the biggest international workers day rally online across Canada, with over 50+ endorsers representing hundreds of thousands of workers! #mayday #cdnpoli #canlab Link to online event on Zoom and livestream will be posted here:... Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/161830665737605 Main page: Labour May Day Committee See more

Shout out to our latest endorser, PSAC Ontario Region!

1492 Land Back Lane concert on April 24th, labour folks tune in and encourage your union or workplace as well. Let's raise awareness of this ongoing struggle. #cdnpoli #canlab

While the far-right organizes anti-mask rallies with a couple cops watching them, peaceful demonstrators against police brutality get harassed and arrested by hundreds of cops. Unions and the whole labour movement needs to get behind the #JusticeForEjaz movement right away!!

Our committee members are putting up hundreds of posters this weekend across downtown Toronto. If you want to put them up in your community to help get the word out about May Day, scroll below to find our leaflet JPEG or message us for details. Thanks! #mayday

Hi folks, we have now moved the rally online. Let's make this the biggest anti-capitalist online rally in Canada!

Disheartening news.. https://www.facebook.com/105623866152848/posts/3737144933000705/?sfnsn=mo

OSSTF District 12 activist Sara Vanz's work refusal is a bold example that puts her on the forefront of safety for workers and for people everywhere. So many of us face the same problems. Work refusals by her and by other teachers serve as a real inspiration for the labour movement to organize a mass response. Let's not leave them standing alone. Here the sister explains why she refused unsafe work- '...I'm a high school teacher in Toronto and I want you to know that our scho...ols are not safe. Even when we follow all the rules and we do our absolute best to follow every single safety protocol that we are given, we are still experiencing massive growth of Covid-19 in our schools, and it is impacting students and teachers, education workers and everybody else who is connected to the school system in some way, and the result is that we are literally walking into work not knowing whether we're going to get and potentially die from Covid-19 because this government has chosen not to take the steps it needs to take in order to keep our community safe, and I feel too like we are basically being given two choices: 'Either you comply and you toe the line and you walk into school and you just cross your fingers, follow all the rules, cross your fingers and you know it's not safe but you hope you get through the day and you don't get Covid-19 and nobody else does either, or else you chose not to comply. 'I chose not to comply. I invoked my legal right to refuse unsafe work, and if you don't feel safe that is something you have the legal right to do so as well'

Our committee just met this weekend to discuss some plans for the big day on May 1st 2021. We're gonna hit the ground running in the new year and we are looking for UNION representatives, socialists and/or activists across Toronto and Ontario to join the committee! Message us here on Facebook to inquire. Thanks!

Solidarity with AUPE - Alberta Union of Provincial Employees! Healthcare heroes walking the line for all of us

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Earlier this summer United Steelworkers activist Mark Austin and his partner Candice Zinkweg were attacked in their neighbourhood by men shouting racial slurs. The assault was brutal, and Candice was knocked unconscious. When the cops finally arrived they gave the racists a pass and treated Mark and Candice, an interracial couple, like they were the criminals. Trade unionists and others responded with a protest in front of the 55 Division. United Steelworkers Toronto Area Cou...ncil, the Black Action Defence Committee, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and Toronto East Anti-Hate Mobilization pulled together a good sized crowd (see article in comments). Now the attackers have been charged. This Saturday at 4:00 p.m. come join the rally to Take Back Dentonia Park. Looks like a relaxed, festive atmosphere with plenty of things to do. Labour May Day Committee activists will be there so be sure to stop by and say hi. Take a stand and make the neighbourhood a better place. Workers of the world and oppressed people unite -- sometimes it starts right in your backward

''Workers at a Starbucks drive-thru in Victoria, B.C., have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, because they believe the best way to protect their health and safety on the job is through a union. '"We're sick of being paid minimum wage to work for a multi-billion-dollar company, being understaffed during a global pandemic, and we don't like decisions that directly affect our safety being made without us," said a Victoria Starbucks worker'

The slogans of Labour Day 2020 in Montreal: Down with capitalism! For militant trade unionism! For a class struggle against racism

***English will follow the French*** Manifestation syndicale pour la Fête du travail - 7 septembre 2020 Nous sommes devant la pire crise économique depuis la Gr...ande Dépression. Déjà, la CAQ et son gouvernement de patrons ont montré leur intention de nous faire payer pour la crise. Il est temps que le mouvement syndical québécois fasse revivre sa riche tradition combative et se prépare à la lutte. C’est dans cette perspective que le STTIC-CSN et La Riposte syndicale lançons l’initiative d’un large rassemblement pour la Fête du travail. Nous espérons en faire une tradition annuelle. Tous les syndicats et organisations qui souhaitent raviver les traditions combatives de notre mouvement sont invités à endosser la manifestation et à y assister en grand nombre! La manifestation a lieu sous trois slogans : CONTRE LE CAPITALISME! Le capitalisme, c’est le profit d’une minorité devant les besoins de la majorité. Ce sont les patrons à l’abri en télétravail pendant que les travailleurs et travailleuses risquent leur vie au front face à la COVID-19. C’est l’austérité pour une majorité alors que la minorité cache sa richesse dans des paradis fiscaux. Le mouvement syndical doit s’opposer à ce système. POUR UN SYNDICALISME DE COMBAT! Historiquement, le mouvement syndical a fait des gains lorsqu’il a mené une lutte combative contre le patronat et ses gouvernements. Nous sommes entrés en grève, avons fait des grèves générales, avons défié les lois spéciales injustes par le passé. Sans combat, aucun gain n’est possible. Il faut faire revivre cette tradition. POUR UNE LUTTE DE CLASSE CONTRE LE RACISME! Le racisme est un poison dans notre société. Aucun travailleur, aucune travailleuse ne gagne quoi que ce soit quand un collègue est opprimé. Nous devons utiliser les méthodes de notre classe pour combattre le racisme - les manifestations, les débrayages, les grèves de solidarité avec les victimes du racisme. Joignez-vous à cette manifestation! Quand? Lundi 7 septembre 2020, 17h Où? Point de départ au Square Dorchester Contactez les organisateurs si vous, votre syndicat ou organisation souhaitez endosser la manifestation ou encore participer à son organisation afin d’en faire un succès. Organisations qui appuient la manifestation : STTIC - CSN La Riposte syndicale Iww Montréal CUPW STTP MAC Montreal Hoodstock TRAC Sétue Uqam ************************************************************* Manifestation syndicale pour la Fête du travail - 7 septembre 2020 We are faced with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Already, the CAQ, this government of the bosses has demonstrated their intentions to make us pay for the crisis. It is time for the labour movement in Quebec to revive its rich combative traditions and prepare for the struggle. It is with this perspective in mind that we have taken the initiative to organize a big rally for Labour Day. We hope to make this an annual tradition. All unions and organizations that wish to revive the combative traditions of our movement are invited to endorse the demonstration and to attend in large numbers! The demonstration will be held under three slogans: DOWN WITH CAPITALISM! Capitalism is the profits of a minority before the needs of the majority. The bosses shelter themselves at home while the workers risk their lives on the front lines against COVID-19. It's austerity for the majority while the minority hides their wealth in tax havens. The union movement must oppose this system. FOR MILITANT TRADE UNIONISM! Historically, the labour movement has made gains when it has led a combative struggle against employers and their governments. We have gone on strike, have held general strikes and have defied unjust back-to-work legislation in the past. Without a fight, no gains are possible. This tradition must be revived. FOR A CLASS STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM! Racism is a poison in our society. No worker earns anything when a co-worker is oppressed. We must use the methods of our class to fight racism - demonstrations, walkouts, strikes in solidarity with the victims of racism. Join the demonstration! When? Monday, September 7, 2020, 5pm Where? Dorchester Square Contact us if your union or organisation would like to endorse the event or help us make it a success! Organizations that support the event : STTIC - CSN La Riposte syndicale Iww Montréal CUPW STTP MAC Montreal Hoodstock TRAC Sétue Uqam

Congrats to our sisters and brothers over at UNITE HERE Local 75