Our Times

Canada's magazine about workers' rights and social justice

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For those still waiting for their copy of our Summer issue in the mail, here's a little preview of this year's women's issue with feature stories on women and non-binary activists in labour! #canlab

More at: https://t.co/vLziViGWvu

[Canadian Labour International Film Festival @labourfilms]

Happy #LabourDay2023! Today is an important day for the labour movement, and while you march, chant, and cheer, look forward to #CLiFF2023! #canlab

Go to https://t.co/hvNynUBKLR to see what films you can watch at #CLiFF15, and register to host your own screening!

[Unifor @UniforTheUnion]

“The workers, united, will never be defeated!”

#LabourDay2023 #Canlab #Unifor

[CUPE Ontario @CUPEOntario]

Workers on the march! #labourday2023 @FredHahnCUPE @MarkHancockCUPE @walton

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This #LabourDay2023, we remember the people, the struggles, and the stories, that fill the pages of Our Times every issue. Check out recent issues and see the latest stories online at: https://t.co/MKB337Lqa1

"Bread for all, and Roses, too!" #canlab

[TYR Labour Council @torontolabour]

We’re about to start the 2023 Labour Day Parade! 20,000 strong in downtown Toronto. Happy Labour Day everyone! #LabourDay #LabourDay2023 #HotLabourSummer

[OFL @OFLabour]

🎉 Celebrating Worker Power this Labour Day! Join us to honuor and celebrate unions & workers lifting everyone up!

Find local events near you and show your solidarity with workers: https://t.co/xnIdkLzA52

@clcontario

#redhotlaboursummer #onlab #canlab #LabourDay2023

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Working conditions for transit operators are a risk to workers, to the service, and to safety, writes a @UniforTheUnion member.

"These conditions are not immutable. They are not things that simply “are.” They are conditions that can be fixed." #canlab https://t.co/tWgKV9Nu5o

[Clare Yow 邱文贤 @clarewxy]

Chinese-Canadians have long organized + fought against inequities. Their tenacity is captured so eloquently in a 2020 @OurTimesMag article by Winnie Ng, titled "Early Chinese Worker Militancy in BC Excavating Narratives of Resistance": https://t.co/xjVU63Xo2d

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Along with the analysis of Ontario's automotive sector are the worker stories behind deindustrialization. Gayle Hurmuses shares her story of the end of GM's van plant in Scarborough, and powerful photographs of a working community. #canlab #ONpoli https://t.co/WSErcXPnQb

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From our Spring issue (with @deindustrialpol): Dimitry Anastakis writes that Ontario's automotive industry is "buffeted by offshore competition, automation + 'lean production'. For many workers, deindustrialization has been a stark reality for decades." https://t.co/UpiYog8iFp

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Community members are still dealing with effects of a former uranium processing plant in Serpent River First Nation.

Read about deindustrialization, trade unionism and environmental destruction in this piece from our Spring issue: https://t.co/2bj85nIMEb #canlab #ClimateJustice

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Watch out for more on this topic in our Summer issue! #canlab

[TS Jelena Vermilion - 💉FULLY VACCINATED x5 💉MPx2 @IsisIntrepid]

Thank you to Melissa Keith from @OurTimesMag for speaking with @ButterflyCSW, @CDNSWAlliance, and myself from @swaphamilton about the current constitutional challenge - which aims to decriminalize sex work in Canada and to vindicate our rights as workers #HamOnt #CDNPoli

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Read Alice Mah's "The Labour Movement Origins of 'Just Transition' in our Spring issue—dedicated to deindustrialization and trade unionism!

Mah discusses the roots of worker protections, environmental regulations, and bans on the use of toxic chemicals: https://t.co/tY02qwIPLp

[Sarah Shahid (she/her) @I_Own_The_Sky]

That's a wrap 💥 what an inspiring #EnoughIsEnoughON rally yesterday. Truly speaks to the moment we are in. Workers know that power isn't just at the ballot box, it's with the people. Proud to march with #Justice4Workers @WorkersAC @DecentWorkHlth & @ontarionurses

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"We want to call attention to the specific injustice faced by agricultural workers—a group which is disproportionately made up of temporary foreign workers and undocumented workers. These workers face dangerous working conditions on a daily basis," write @IWA4Justice + @j4mw.

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It's the 40th annual #InjuredWorkersDay, and we're thinking about the powerful words and clear recommendations to address dangers facing migrant farmworkers from a collective of workers + advocates on the #April28 #DayofMourning: https://t.co/K5yshEuzX1 #Justice4Workers #canlab

[Healthcare For All @HealthForAllNow]

BREAKING: Hundreds of health workers & organizations from ACROSS ONTARIO are at Queen’s Park right now to tell the Ontario government to immediately STOP their cruel cuts to healthcare for uninsured people...and ensure #Healthcare4all. ✊🏾 #onpoli #cdnpoli

[Justice for Workers @fairwagesnow]

It is outrageous to cut healthcare from the most vulnerable people among us.

EVERYONE deserves health care. No one should be turned away.

This move by @fordnation will result in unnecessary devastation, including in the death of so many of us.

#Justice4Workers #healthcare4all