IAMAW Local 905

Event Details
Venue: Allan Gardens (at the corner of Carleton and Sherbourne Streets)
City: Toronto
Starting: Friday, June 25, 2010 (2:30 pm)
From June 25th and 27th, 2010, the world’s twenty richest countries (the G8 and G20) will send their ruling elite, along with heads of the IMF and World Bank, to meet in Huntsville and then in Toronto, to talk exploitation, wealth, and greed.
These ‘leaders’ have shredded the public sector and social spending, criminalized the poor, immigrants and racialized communities, continued to plunder Indigenous lands and trash the environment, deported our families and friends, gutted the unions, and closed hospitals and schools while they grant tax cuts to the rich and corporations and boost police and military budgets. Read the rest of this entry →

People First! We Deserve Better!

Saturday, 19 June 2010, 10:00 – 16:30
Location:  University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle, Medical
Sciences Building, Room 2158

Moderator:  Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President, CLC

As part of the People’s Summit activities scheduled for the G8/G20
Summits in Ontario, this open forum will explore the global financial &
economic crisis and highlight Decent Work and the ILO Jobs Pact as the
pillars of labour’s response. Through the analysis and perspectives of
Canadian and international speakers, participants will better understand
how we got here and how we can start to move forward.
Morning Panel:  “The Economic Crisis: How we got there? Who Pays?”
The morning session will examine the global financial & economic crisis
and its impact on workers and jobs in Canada: how it has affected our
communities and social programs (including pensions and employment
insurance) and the effectiveness of measures put in place by the Harper
government. We will also explore what this crisis has meant for working
women and men Read the rest of this entry →

The 2010 People’s Summit is happening from June 18th to 20th, 2010, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On Friday June 18th, from 6.30-10pm, the opening night launch, “Stories and Solutions from North and South” is at the Carlu, 444 Yonge Street.

On Saturday, June 19th, and Sunday June 20th there will be two full days of workshops, panels, lectures, discussions, performances, film screenings, and open-space plenaries on global justice issues.

Most Summit events are taking place at Ryerson University, with some Allied Events in other locations around the city, including the University of Toronto. A complete program and schedule will be online by the first week of June.

Check in starts at 9am, with sessions beginning at 10am.

Access to the Summit is based on a sliding scale – no one will be turned away for lack of funds, but donations to Summit organizing are appreciated. Read the rest of this entry →

Event:           G8/G20 PUBLIC RALLY AND MARCH

Location:     Queen’s Park, Toronto (March ends at Trinity Bellwoods Park)
Date/time:    Saturday, June 26 at 1:00 pm

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) will be providing buses from various locations to and from the event.

Oshawa will have buses provided as we have sufficient numbers.

We expect that buses will leave Oshawa (CAW Local 222 Hall) around 11:00 am and the return trip will be leaving Toronto around 3:00 pm.

Seats on the bus must be reserved now in order to provide numbers to the CLC and ensure that we will have the transportation they are offering.

To reserve your seats please e-mail the Labour Council office indicating the number of seats you will need, names if possible at this time, and your union.  Durham Region Labour Council e-mail address: durhamlc@durhamlabour.ca

We will confirm details as soon as we have the numbers needed and you will be contacted.

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You can also view old pages on http://www.iamaw905.ca/old