Fighting the TPP: Niagara Labour Organizes
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1320 .... October 27, 2016
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Fighting the TPP: Niagara Labour Organizes
From a Townhall Presentation on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on October 22 by Bruce Allen, organized by the Niagara Regional Labour Council, for which Bruce is Vice-President.
Bruce Allen
I want to take this opportunity to present a short overview of local activity in Niagara in response to the TPP. It will emphasize in particular the leading role which the Niagara Regional Labour Council (NRLC) has played in this activity.
The first actions to show opposition to the TPP were initiated last autumn. They essentially came from outside of the labour movement. They were initiated largely by former members of the Occupy group which existed in Niagara in the wake of the global economic meltdown of 2008. Their efforts were... supported by members of the Council of Canadians, some local labour leaders and other concerned citizens. These actions consisted of information pickets about the TPP staged on consecutive Saturdays at the Homer Bridge crossing the Welland Canal next to Lock 2.
They were followed by a public forum organized last November 27 by the Niagara Workers Activist Group which is now collaborating with the NRLC in supporting the Fight for $15 and Fairness. The event was well attended. It featured presentations by Bill Gillespie of the Trade Justice Network and Unifor economist Jim Stanford.
