In this episode, we sit down with John Clark of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) to discuss the organization’s years of militancy and how it built a coalition of organizers from varying left tendencies and developed a basis of unity.
The Ontario NDP must reinstate Sarah Jama immediately. Anything short of her reinstatement is an attack on Palestinians, supporters, and workers everywhere.
On July 8, dozens attended a barbecue hosted by members of CUPE 3224 to show their solidarity with the workers, who are in collective bargaining with their employer.
Racialized workers have always fought against an economic future that offers us nothing.
On June 3, we march—inspired by hope and courage, not bitterness and despair. Brick-by-brick, we are building a multi-racial working-class movement with the struggle against oppression at its core.
Ford’s stunning reversal on Bill 28 shows when the working class unites and fights back it has the power to take on the Conservatives and win.
By pulling money away from the public education system, the Conservative’s catch-up payment scheme paves the way for privatization and pits the public against education workers fighting for better working and learning conditions.
CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions represents 55,000 education workers in Ontario. They are fighting for higher wages and better working conditions. Currently members are in the midst of a strike vote. Spring recently spoke with Laura Walton, the President of OSBCU – CSCSO, about how education workers are organizing to fight for decent wages and a fair contract.
One of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s first actions in his first term was to cut paid sick days, which fuelled the spread of COVID-19. Ford then promised “the best paid sick days in North America” but only provided three temporary days. Now one of his first actions during his second term is to let these days expire at the end of this month, which amounts to cutting paid sick days a second time.
Do you remember the Berenstain Bears series? When I was in kindergarten, the teacher was reading one of the beloved fables, The Berenstain Bears and…
Ontarians have been waiting with baited breath for more than a year for Ford to finally sign off on a deal with the federal government…
With less than a month to go before the June 2 election Ford is leading in the polls. To change this we need to build strong movements that raise people’s expectations, put workers and racialized communities’ needs front and centre and aim to shift the political terrain to the left.
The pandemic has supersized inequality and inequity in Ontario. In the May Day tradition of fighting for a better world, we should aim to use this May Day to fight for a better Ontario for all, to boost the confidence of all those wanting to fight back against the bosses and the politicians who are fomenting racism and putting profits before people.
