Rare Books: Workers at University of Toronto Press and Bookstore set scene for a strike in Canada’s book publishing industry

Solidarity, University

TORONTO, ON – The clock has been set for a potentially historic moment – a possible strike in the book publishing industry. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3261 who work at the University of Toronto Press and Bookstore requested a “no board” report from the Ontario Labour Relations Board yesterday evening.…

Community and social services workers welcome the return of the legislature with demands for long-overdue justice from Ford Conservatives for Bill 124

Social Services, Solidarity

TORONTO – More than 600 days since Bill 124 was repealed, tens of thousands of community and social services workers are still waiting for the wages that were stolen from them. With the return of the Ontario Legislature, workers are calling on Doug Ford’s Conservative government to finally deliver justice. Bill 124, passed in 2019,…