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CONTENTIOUS CLC REPORT ON ATU CRISIS FALLS SHORT
By David Bush and Gerard Di Trolio
On March 27, CLC Investigator Barry Thorsteinson submitted an 11 page report to CLC President Hassan Yussuff on the ATU Local 113 crisis. His report notes that with the March 17 withdrawal of Bob Kinnear’s request for the CLC’s justification proceedings, the case ends with the filing of his report. No full investigation is to be conducted.
The Thorsteinson report makes a number of preliminary findings. The first is that Unifor stands in violation of the CLC Constitution for its interference in this dispute. The report notes that the CLC will determine what response if appropriate.
Thorsteinson’s report also notes that the ATU has failed to cooperate fully with the justification process by ceaseless attempts to discredit the CLC and calls for the process to terminate. Read more!
WHY HOUSING UNIONS SHOULD CALL FOR NEW GREEN HOUSING INVESTMENTS
By James Wilt
In recent years, many unions have started calling for a “just transition” for workers.
That tends to include pushing for direct public investments and retraining efforts for sectors including renewable energy, public transit, energy efficiency and high-speed rail. The goal is to prepare workers for the massive changes that will occur in coming decades due to catastrophic climate change and widespread environmental degradation.
Yet many unions have been strangely silent on one very obvious and related issue: the huge opportunity and need for immediate public investments in new green and affordable housing. Read more!
FOUR (MORE) ARGUMENTS AGAINST REAL-WORLD BASIC INCOME
By Michal Rozworski
With the Ontario Liberals rolling out their basic income pilot project to much fanfare last week, it is an opportune time to dive into the debates around BI once again.
1. Political aspects of unemployment
A few weeks ago I attended a debate on basic income and the left in Toronto hosted by The Leap. During the debate, the proponents of BI returned again and again to those who are outside the labour force. This focus is important. Welfare in Ontario and elsewhere is equivalent to poverty. And those outside the labour market are central to the current plans for basic income, which are more replacements for welfare rather than the kind of universal schemes argued for by some on the left. Read more!
MAYWORKS' OPENING FILM IS HELPING TO BUILD A MOVEMENT
By Maya Bhullar
In 2012, Lawrence Daquan “Day” Davis, a temporary worker, was killed on his first day at work. The film about this case, called A Day’s Work, will be screened twice at Mayworks this year as part of this year’s theme, Arts Against Precarity. It is the opening night film, screening on Friday April 28 at 6:30 p.m. in conjunction with the Worker’s Action Centre, and will screen again on Wednesday May 3, in conjunction with the Jane and Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) at Driftwood Community Centre. Dinner, childcare and TTC tokens provided at the Wednesday screening. Details are provided in the Mayworks program, click here for more. Read more!
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