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HARVESTING FREEDOM: FARMWORKERS MARCH TO OTTAWA
By CJ Chanco
Farmworkers and migrant rights activists have reached the midpoint of a month-long caravan they call Harvesting Freedom. Calling for permanent legal status for the tens of thousands of farmworkers across the country, they began their march in Windsor and Leamington, aiming to reach Ottawa by October.
At the heart of the campaign is Justicia or Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW), a volunteer-run and truly transnational collective of activists from Mexico, the Philippines, the Caribbean, and Latin America. For over a decade, Justicia’s small team of organizers have made migrant farmworkers, primarily in Ontario and BC, a focus of their efforts. Read more!
OSHAWA AUTOWORKERS: WE'RE READY TO FIGHT
Will there be a strike at General Motors in Canada? GM has made no guarantees of a product at the GM Oshawa assembly plant past 2017. Is the corporation planning on leaving Canada and putting thousands out of work?
GM Oshawa workers speak up and speak out. They’re ready to fight. Make sure to follow the #GMOshawaMatters fight at GMOshawaMatters.ca
Read more!
BUSTIN' SCABS IN GUELPH
By Tiffany Balducci
Who ya gonna call? Scab-busters!
That was just one of the many chants on Thursday’s picket line at Hematite Manufacturing with members of Workers United Canada Council Local 2508.
Over 60 workers from Workers United Local 2508 in Guelph, Ontario are currently on lockout after refusing employer concessions during the latest round of bargaining, including cuts to vacation time, break times, wages and benefits. Read more!
STRIKING FOR $15 IN MONTREAL
Bill Hopwood interviews a Montreal Old Port worker, Jacques Fontaine, who has been on strike since May of this year.
Q: Tell me the main points of the strike and why you are on strike.
A: Some 280 workers of the Old Port of Montreal have been on strike since May 27. Our main goal is to fill the wage gap that has been created between what we earn in the Old Port and what others doing similar jobs earn. Read more!
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