Philippine Women Centre of ON

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario | Advancing women's equality, human rights and development towards genuine liberation | Member of NAPWC | Member of CPFC

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

Last summer we held writing workshops to share and write about what ‘home’ meant to us as a transnational community. We’re proud to release the final product today. More info and preorder here!: https://t.co/Kmfvrfofh7 https://t.co/bCYPfqCSfB

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

The decision in a so-called democratic country to overturn protection of abortion rights gives power to abusers to continue sexual, physical, emotional & economic violence against women w/even less consequence.#RoeVsWade

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

In the spirit of equality, solidarity and internationalism, we stand firm and embrace our role as part of the broader Canadian working-class and continue to fight against racism, colonialism, capitalism & imperialism towards a socialist Canada we can truly call home. #MayDay2022

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

Happy International Workers' Day!

We see the ever-growing need for community organizing work to build political power and a community conscious of our working-class identity and rich history of resistance and progressive culture.

https://t.co/8zKuMRtumY

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

This Saturday, we will be at Sonndr Cafe at Dovercourt and Bloor to launch our book "This is Home: An anthology of Filipino Canadian writings"! Join us for an evening of poetry and stories from our community and buy a copy
https://t.co/CFjvkF5NG7
@kveyra91 @jewsticeleague

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

This Saturday, we will be at Sonndr Cafe at Dovercourt and Bloor to launch our book "This is Home: An anthology of Filipino Canadian writings"! Join us for an evening of poetry and stories from our community and buy a copy
https://t.co/CFjvkF5NG7
@kabkebkibkobkub @ukpc_fcya

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

This Saturday, we will be at Sonndr Cafe at Dovercourt and Bloor to launch our book "This is Home: An anthology of Filipino Canadian writings"! Join us for an evening of poetry and stories from our community and buy a copy
https://t.co/CFjvkF5NG7

@jesse_gutman @AVCOMilang

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

@pmdg23 ❤️❤️

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

Just posted a photo @ Sonndr Cafe https://t.co/uoYvV1DjcI

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

Happy IWD! Throwback to some favourite snaps throughout the recent years, prepandemic! The energy is always 🔥
#march8#iwd2022 @ Toronto, Ontario https://t.co/pDeCTFeACG

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

Filipinos reaffirm solidarity with Indigenous communities against colonialism in Canada amidst discovery of unmarked graves in multiple residential school sites https://t.co/hHRrD7Srms

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

Property developer Harvey Gefen must pay $28000 worth of unpaid wages & overtime pay to Filipina worker Maria Tajon, their live-in caregiver. She worked up to 85 hrs/week—their contract was 35 hrs/week. She is in the shelter system—Gefen continues his business #PayMariaTajon

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Tajon, a single mother, came to Canada about a decade ago through the live-in caregiver program. In 2017, she was hired by the couple who lived near the Bridle Path to look after their adult, non-verbal son — referred to in the ruling as “SG.”

https://t.co/BGGkJ2par4

[JFAAP @JFAAP]

#JaneFinch Community leader and worker Anna-Kay Brown speaking at a picket line in solidarity with the striking community health workers, employees of the ⁦@BlackCreekCHC⁩ who have been on strike for more than two weeks.

[Philippine Women Centre of ON @pwc_ontario]

#PayMariaTajon. Her wages as a live-in caregiver should not be considered unrecoupable. Harvey Geffen, a property developer needs to pay up! A guide to take action: https://t.co/Mh32wtLa3t via @monicakdv

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Rather than recouping her missing wages from her former boss, property developer Harvey Gefen, the government has deemed them uncollectable, Tajon’s lawyer John No says. It’s a “systemic issue” that allows employers to regularly “act with impunity."

https://t.co/BGGkJ2par4

[OntarioHealthCoal'n @OntarioHealthC]

The exploitation of #PSWs through:

▪️impossible workloads
▪️low pay
▪️refusing to provide full-time jobs
▪️systemic underfunding/understaffing
▪️turning a blind eye to frightening levels of violence, accident & injury...

is racist sexist public policy.

[Monica de Vera (she/her) @monicakdv]

Another example of how so-called Canada sees Filipino workers as disposable. This is disgusting.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

This live-in caregiver from the Philippines is owed $28,000 from her employer. She’s waited for a year and a half — while being forced into Toronto's shelter system to survive.

Story by @SaraMojtehedz
https://t.co/BGGkJ2par4

[Melissa Nakhavoly @MelNakhavoly]

A health care worker on the frontlines of the pandemic in Toronto is now facing deportation. Details of a campaign aiming to put pressure on the government to allow him to stay. @CityNews watch:

https://t.co/cz6FgehPK7

[Gabrielle C. Aquino @GClarisseAquino]

Carlo's case is a reminder of how punitive and xenophobic the Canadian immigration system is, and the harms inherent in borders drawn and re-drawn by a settler colonial state that derives its existence from ongoing dispossession, displacement and genocide.

#KeepCarloInCanada

[Monica de Vera (she/her) @monicakdv]

It’s unacceptable to impose non-essential travel on an essential community member and health worker. I hope the Liberal govt and IRCC Minister listen to the public.

Thank you @MelNakhavoly for letting @kmvdanan and I share why our campaign is about so much more than one person.