Since July 21, 170 safety inspectors at the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), organized with OPSEU Local 546, have been on strike. These workers are responsible for ensuring the safety of amusement park rides, elevators, boilers and pressure devices, nuclear power plants, and facilities that store and handle fuels all across the province.  These  […]

A Toronto Star article published on June 10, 2022 revealed that the City of Toronto will be spending $1 million to contract a private security company to patrol the city’s parks this summer.  The purpose of these patrols is to prevent encampments of homeless people from springing up as they did last summer. Brad Ross, […]

A report released the morning of June 6 definitively proves there’s a systemic racism problem in the Toronto Police Service (TPS). Data shows that people of colour were significantly overrepresented in the 949 use of force incidents that occured in 2020. In particular, 39 per cent of people Toronto police used force against were Black […]

Over the last four years, in response to the right-wing agenda of Doug Ford’s government in Ontario, many union leaders have put forward a perspective of “Don’t fight now, wait for the election.” Today that strategy lies in tatters after Ford’s Progressive Conservatives (PCs) sailed to a second majority government in the Jun. 2 Ontario […]

Hot dogs. A pack of cigarettes. A Macbook Pro. Foster kids. They all share one commonality: they are commodities. Such is the revelation brought forward by a recent Global News/APTN joint investigation into the state of Ontario’s child welfare system. This might come as a surprise to some. But that feeling of surprise will quickly […]

Ottawa police are investigating what they are calling a “hate-motivated crime” that occurred on Sunday, May 1 during the “Rolling Thunder” rally. Ironically, the targeted group of this “hate-motivated crime” appears to be fascists—meaning that it is illegal to oppose fascism. This is a clear example of why we cannot rely on the state to […]

After four years of Doug Ford, Ontario’s schools and hospitals languish in disrepair, public sector nurses face pay cuts, and bosses are more empowered to bust unions and block basic employment protections. Unfortunately, while the ruling class is pushing for new cuts and new attacks, none of the main parties are putting forward a clear […]

15,000 industrial construction workers, organized into the Carpenters District Council of Ontario, have joined 15,000 striking LiUNA members and 7,000 crane operators in a massive, province-wide shutdown against pay cuts. As of May 9, thousands of Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector carpenters are on strike across Ontario, after overwhelmingly rejecting an offer that did […]

As the Ontario election approaches, the provincial Liberal party are playing one of their classic tricks: announcing a flashy campaign promise that sounds appealing in order to hide their pro-corporate policies. Their latest trick is party leader Steven Del Duca’s May 2 announcement promising $1 transit fares on all transit lines in Ontario. Amidst rising […]

Over 15,000 workers from North America’s largest construction union have gone on strike in Toronto, bringing residential construction to a standstill. Bargaining units from the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 183 representing floor and tile installers, house framers, high-rise construction, and more skilled labour voted to reject proposed contracts and initiate strike […]