Health workers at Sarnia’s Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) stopped work on May 1, taking action against a wage freeze by the Ford government, and against an employer who refuses them paid sick leave and decent pay for their dangerous work. The 23 Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs), who work with high needs patients, have been […]

470 Nestlé workers are on strike in Toronto, as the company continues to demand a large segment of Unifor 252 members accept lower pay, precarious work, and fewer benefits, without end. The 470 workers at Nestlé’s plant near Lansdowne Station—which manufactures KitKat, Aero, Coffee Crisp and Smarties chocolates—began picketing May 1. The union says talks […]

On Feb. 1, students and faculty at Laurentian University were sent an email by university administration stating that the school had just been forced to declare insolvency—a first for a public sector university in Canada. Despite initially being told that students needn’t worry about being able to complete their degrees as expected, the university has […]

With COVID-19 tearing through the province due to the Ford government’s negligence, a new coalition has formed to demand militant action. On April 27, more than 400 workers, activists, and community members came together in a mass meeting over Zoom and livestream under the banner of the “Ontario Coalition Against Ford.” The meeting focused on […]

After widespread outrage at Ontario’s response to the third wave of the pandemic, culminating in angry reactions to the death of 13 year-old Emily Viegas last week, Doug Ford finally announced his government’s plan for paid sick days on April 28. Prior to the announcement, Ford promised that it would be “the best program anywhere […]

On April 22, Emily Victoria Viegas became one of the youngest people in Canada to die of COVID-19. At only 13 years old, this loss is heart-shattering. Her death exemplifies the worst fears of so many working class families.   Emily lived with her parents and brother in a small two-bedroom apartment in Brampton, Ontario. Her […]

As COVID-19 ravages Ontario at rates previously unseen, the Ford government and big business have let thousands of workers contract the virus in unsafe workplaces without basic protections—this cannot be allowed to continue!  In response to this a movement calling for mass work refusals has sprung up in the province. Ford won’t be talked into […]

Surprising no one, a review of the Toronto Police Service’s (TPS) handling of missing person cases found that “systemic discrimination” contributed to their failure to prevent disappearances, most infamously in the Bruce McArthur serial killing case. The report, led by former judge Gloria Epstein, detailed how the police “could have done better,” had “stereotypical ideas […]

Public anger at Premier Doug Ford has reached boiling point over his government’s gross mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. The anti-worker policies of Ford, keeping dangerous workplaces open and refusing to legislate paid sick days, directly fed the third wave and are now dragging Ontario into the abyss. Hospitals and health-care workers are overwhelmed as […]

The Ontario population is reacting with extreme anger due to the government’s failure to take necessary action to stop the third wave. This sentiment is felt in province after province. Everybody knows that essential workplaces populated by poor and racialized workers are the main location of spread – everybody except the government that is. Instead […]