Local Guy

Yeah ok

[no covid evictions. @patersonmonday]

new comic about how i can’t write comics

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

@sophiailyniak Oh literally just on the wiki for their parent company, the Fluor corporation. But just checked and they actually acquired them in '77, so I guess TECHNICALLY it wasn't Daniels but Fluor doing the work, which from what I can tell consisted mainly of building cooling towers

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

Insane that the Daniels corporation worked on the Manhattan project. I like how theres a kind of elder evil vibe lurking underneath their artsy infographic branding

[RenovictionsTO @renovictions]

More coverage of @InvestPSP involvement at 130 Gowan, where tenants are fighting an above guideline rent increase.

The public sector pension says Starlight calls the shots, but Starlight confirms their investors approve its strategy and business plan. https://t.co/BiIbFh0x1t

[no covid evictions. @patersonmonday]

One unit for our food bank might seem small compared to a plot of land or a complex of “affordable” housing.

but we didn’t buy it, we didn’t ask the state to do it for us.

we organized and we took it. just regular Parkdale people.

and we’re still here, a year later.

[Parkdale Organize @ParkdaleOrg]

Chris delivered a letter to his landlord at home with a group of supporters including members of Parkdale Organize.

Within 48 hours of the delivery he received confirmation in writing from the landlord that his eviction would no longer be pursued.

READ:https://t.co/XaBeqqFjQu

[RenovictionsTO @renovictions]

This afternoon tenants from 299 Forman visited landlords Sarah and Louis Deyong to demand all eviction notices be withdrawn. Sarah decided to call the police, but that didn’t stop tenants from sharing news of their struggle in her neighbourhood.

[Parkdale Organize @ParkdaleOrg]

After an entire building - 12 Lansdowne - received N13 eviction notices, posters started going up around the neighbourhood, putting local 'renovictors' Evan Johnsen & Neil Spiegel on notice.

Contact Evan & Neil and demand they drop the evictions: https://t.co/HBeItpXLFU

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

@patersonmonday Especially annoying, maybe

[West Lodge Tenants - No COVID Evictions! @west_lodge]

January is a hard month. Holiday donations have dried up and our neighbours are struggling.

Our tenant-run food bank is out of money and food. Help us fill our shelves! Please share and consider donating if you can.

Ways to donate at https://t.co/Qh9LslP7wE

[no covid evictions. @patersonmonday]

We've been fighting evictions and poor building conditions for nearly two years during this pandemic.

The best way for outsiders to help our organizing is supporting our tenant-run food bank by donating.

January is a hard month, help us help our struggling neighbours!

[RenovictionsTO @renovictions]

Yesterday tenants of 2419 Keele Street handed out flyers about their fight against renoviction in front of Thriving Families, a naturopathic clinic on Kingston Road.

Thriving Families is owned by Shivaune Wright, who is the wife of 2419 Keele landlord Brendan Riley.

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

Worked an event at sidewalk labs once and it was the worst vibe. Like being inside an infographic

[Matt Elliott @GraphicMatt]

307 Lake Shore Road East

2019: Toronto headquarters of a splashy new urban-focused subsidiary of a tech giant, ground zero for much-hyped new era of “smart cities” and “innovation”

2021: A Budget rent-a-car

[West Lodge Tenants - No COVID Evictions! @west_lodge]

please RT Parkdale!

West Lodge Food Bank FALL FOOD DRIVE!

Drop off to Unit 203 in 103 West Lodge Ave.

Wednesday October, 13 5-7pm
Friday October 15, 5-7pm
Saturday October 16, 9-1pm

[Dave @dsherwoodb]

⬇️ Today ⬇️

[RenovictionsTO @renovictions]

Tenants fighting renoviction at 2419 Keele Street delivered a letter to landlord Brendan Riley today, demanding he withdraw the new N13 eviction notices.

Riley refused to accept the letter directly from the group of tenants, told them he’d called the cops, then drove off.

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

Was to send out a company wide email announcing that they were reverting the wages back to $20 an hr! Goes to show how strong the workers' position is at the moment: even a hint of organization is enough to spook the bosses.

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

Minor organizing success story: my prepandemic job hired everyone back, touting that they had increased wages for the rotating supervisor position. They failed to mention that they had cut the wages for non supervisor positions from $20 to $17.50. I reached out to a few people...

[Local Guy @Local__guy]

But everyone was pretty nervous about upsetting management and thought they would only be getting supervisor shifts. After a couple weeks of trying to get people on board, me and just one other coworker decided to just shoot an email off to management. Their response...