On this episode of Face to Face: Cora McGuire-Cyrette
Cora McGuire-Cyrette is the executive director of the @_ONWA_.
She says every Canadian should be outraged with the police response to the murders of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.
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THIS CRISIS IS ONGOING IN FORT CHIPEWYAN: Leaders in Fort Chipewyan held a press conference this morning to announce high levels of contaminants such as heavy metals, uranium, hydrocarbons well above legal limits around the Big Dock and shores surrounding the small community in Northern Alberta. Fort Chipewyan leaders state Transport Canada has known about these contaminants since 2017 but did not tell the community- instead they found out via a third party. “This is environmental racism. This is deadly,” said ACFN Chief Allan Adam. The source of contaminants is believed to be linked to Alberta oil sands upstream, naturally occurring bitumen & other industrial activities. Story to come with @ricochet_en
ALL OUT TOMORROW - Sept 18th at Grange Park!
Join us for #RiverRun2024 and stand with #GrassyNarrows as they fight for mercury justice
and a #FreeGrassy
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Good luck union members and have a great summer!
UNE National Rep for Indigenous Peoples, Lenora Maracle, and I were happy to meet Nunavut NDP MP @LoriIdlout at our union convention. She supported the Iqaluit Housing Authority workers during their strike and NDP work to pass anti-scab legislation @UNE_SEN@psac_afpc@PSAC20150
Inuit leaders are calling for a complete overhaul of Canada's main program to reduce hunger in Northern Canada after revelations grocers in the region are pocketing up to half of a federal subsidy meant to reduce food prices. https://t.co/Ai0Rf4Flc2
I’m proud to say that my union supports human rights and is showing this with the resolution that we passed to #searchthelandfill#une2023 I will post it on the une mainland human rights Fb page. Message us if you’d like a copy. Let’s get It to the psac convention. Please support
#SearchTheLandfill
Landfill search more likely if victims were white women, says union president
Support grew this week for a search of a Manitoba landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women, as both the national Union of Taxation Employees (UTE)
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CUPE members don’t cross picket lines, we join them. Let’s show our #solidarity with @psac_afpc members in one of the best ways we can: if you encounter a PSAC picket line at your workplace, don't cross it!
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Don't cross picket lines! Instead of crossing a PSAC picket line at work, contact your local union, and then contact your manager.
Visit https://t.co/TZVxm5RLyz to find a list of picket lines near you.