OCTOBER 2012
October 1, 2012 - No. 1
Militant Actions Against
Government Attacks on Teachers and Education Workers
• Spirited Demonstration at Ontario
Liberal Party Annual Meeting
• Students Demonstrate at Queen's
Park
This Week
• Hamilton Information Picket to
Oppose Attacks on Public Sector Workers
• Windsor and Essex County Students
Call Board-Wide Walkout
In the Legislature
• Condemn Government Attacks on
Rights of Public Sector Workers
• Proposed Legislation Strips Public
Sector Collective Bargaining Rights - Jim Nugent
Schemes to Pay the Rich Through
Infrastructure Projects
• More Neo-Liberal Retrogression
- David Greig
• Privatized GO Transit Project
Announced
• TTC Workers Oppose Privatization
of Maintenance Work
Note to Our Readers
• Ontario Political Forum's One
Year Anniversary!
October 10, 2012 - No. 2
In the Legislature
• More Anti-Worker Legislation
Campaign to Repeal Putting Students
First Act!
• Teachers, Education Workers and
Students Persist in Their Fight
• Petitions Launched to Repeal
Legislation
• Strike Votes Continue to Show
Opposition to Government Dictate
• School Board Motion Opposes the
Act
• Thousands of Students Demand
Liberals "Kill the Bill"
The Pension Fight Must Be Won!
• Public Sector Workers Denounce
Government's Attack on Pensions and Fraudulent Accounting
• Phony Consultations Used to Clear
Way for Anti-Public Sector Pension Legislation
• Public Sector Pension Super-Fund
Scheme
International Day for the Eradication
of Poverty
• Jane-Finch Community Action
- Pritilata Waddedar
• Coming Events
Sisters in Spirit Vigils
• Toronto and Ottawa Vigils Break
the Silence on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
October 18, 2012 - No. 3
McGuinty Prorogues Legislature
and Resigns as Premier
• Step Up the Work to Demand Bill
115 Be Repealed! Oppose Secret Deal-Making! Austerity No! Public Right,
Yes!
• Illegitimacy of the Fall Economic
Statement and Austerity Agenda - Dan Cerri
Campaign to Repeal the Putting Students
First Act
• Unions Launch Legal Challenge
• Unions Publish Open Letter to
People of Ontario
Public Right, Yes! Monopoly Right, No!
• Attacking the Public Sector to Pay
the Rich
• McGuinty Gas Power Plant Scandal
• Energy Workers Speak Out
• Privatization of Bruce Nuclear --
Thievery on a Grand Scale - Jim Nugent
• Initial Approvals for $20 Billion
Darlington New Nuclear Project
• Coming Events
October 24, 2012 - No. 4
Significance of McGuinty's
Prorogation of Legislature
• Liberals and Conservatives Move
Anti-Worker Scheming to Back Room - Jim Nugent
• Liberal Party Announces Leadership
Convention - Dan Cerri
Continued Opposition to the Putting
Students First Act
• Elementary Teachers Request
Conciliation
• Teachers and Education Workers
Continue Actions
• Overwhelming Public Support
• Ongoing Attempts to Incite the
Public Against Teachers Bound to Fail - Enver Villamizar
Community College Faculty Negotiations
• The Fantasy of a Freely Negotiated
Contract in the Colleges - Christine Nugent
Opposition to Privatization of Public
Transit
• Toronto Executive Committee
Prepares Tax Increases to Pay for Transit
• Consultation Farce on Public
Transit Funding Options
• First Toronto Light Rail Transit
Contract Goes to Contractor with Yellow Union
October 31, 2012 - No. 5
Significance of McGuinty's
Prorogation of the Legislature
• Reject the Austerity Agenda! Build
the Independent Politics of the Working Class! - Dan Cerri
• Anti-Worker Instrument to Pressure
Teachers and Education Workers' Unions
Continued Opposition to the Putting
Students First Act
• It Is in the Interest of Teachers
and Education Workers to Step Up Demand to Repeal Putting Students
First Act - Enver Villamizar
• Secondary School Teachers to Begin
Strike Action November 7
• School Boards Call for Repeal of
Bill 115
• November 2 Actions in Greater
Toronto Area to Oppose Bill 115
NOVEMBER 2012
November 1, 2012 - No. 6
Significance of McGuinty's Prorogation of the Legislature
• Government to Renege on Public
Sector Pension Obligations
• Leadership Race Won't End Liberal
Party's Crisis of Legitimacy
Widespread Opposition to Austerity
• Province Wide Campaign in Defence
of Workers' Rights - Christine Nugent
• Anti-Poverty Actions Oppose
Government Cuts
• Health Professionals Demand
Ontario Provide Health Care for Refugees
Governments Must Defend Public Right,
Not Monopoly Right
• Kingston Town Hall Meeting Opposes
Privatization of Health Care - Rob Woodhouse
• Brookfield Captures Important
Civic Infrastructure in Toronto - Jim Nugent
November 8, 2012 - No. 7
Stand with Teachers and
Education Workers! Repeal Bill 115! Education Is a Right!
• Step Up Opposition to Austerity
and Government Dictate
• Strike Actions Put on Hold --
Government Issues More Threats
• Government’s Fraudulent Claim of
Support from Catholic Teachers
• Supervisor Explains Process for
Catholic School Board's Functioning Under
Provincial Dictate - Laura Chesnik
Widespread Opposition to Austerity
• Ongoing Actions to Repeal Bill 115
Neo-Liberal Scheme for Post-Secondary
Education
• Ontario Liberals Seek New
Arrangements - Christine Nugent
Coming Events
• Upcoming Rallies at MPPs' Offices
• Fight the Attack on Bargaining and
Arbitration - CUPE Ontario and Ontario Council of Hospital
Unions
• Windsor Forum to Repeal Bill 115
- Teachers for Global Awareness, Windsor
November 12, 2012 - No. 8
Build the Independent Politics
of the Working Class
• Resist Attempts to Sideline
Workers' Organized Opposition! Step Up the Work to Repeal the Putting
Students First Act and Defeat the Austerity Agenda!
• Teachers and Education Workers
Begin Strike Actions
• Workers Say "No to Austerity!"
Significance of McGuinty's Prorogation
of the Legislature
• Oppose Liberals' Use of
Prorogation to Silence Workers' Opposition - Dan Cerri
• McGuinty's Phony Pitch to Building
Trades - Jim Nugent
• Update on Liberal Leadership Race
- Christine Nugent
Upcoming Actions Against Bill 115
• Opposition to Putting Students
First Act Continues
November 20, 2012 - No. 9
Stand with Teachers and
Education Workers! Repeal Putting Students First Act!
• Disinformation About "Negotiated
Settlements" and "Fiscal Challenges" - Enver Villamizar
• Secondary Teachers' Federation
Announces Tentative Agreements with Six School Boards
• Ongoing Opposition to Bill 115
• Coming Events
Ontario Public Service Negotiations
• Government Pushes Concessions and
Privatization - Jim Nugent
November 27, 2012 - No. 10
No to Austerity! Repeal Putting
Students First Act!
• Oppose Use of Ministerial Veto to
Impose Austerity Agenda - Enver Villamizar
• York Region High School Teachers
to Vote on Tentative Agreement; More Elementary Teachers Commence
Strike Actions
Opposition to Putting Students First
Act Continues to Grow
• Spirited Actions Around the
Province
• Canadian Union of Public Employees
Holds Mass Membership Meetings
Liberal Schemes to Privatize Education
• McGuinty Government's Further
Moves Toward Private Delivery of Public Education - Laura
Chesnik
DECEMBER 2012
December 4, 2012 - No. 11
Important Blow Against
Government Dictate
• Teachers' Rejection of Non-Freely
Negotiated Agreements Is a Militant Defence of Rights
• Government and Opposition Parties
Rattled by Teachers' Resistance - Laura Chesnik
• Ongoing Actions to Defeat Bill 115
Governments Must Defend Public Right,
Not Monopoly Right!
• Economic Summit Advocates More
Damaging Neo-Liberal Measures - Dan Cerri
• Toronto Casino Scheme Launched
- Jim Nugent
Our Security Lies in Our Fight for the
Rights of All!
• Demonstrate to Demand Justice for
Injured Workers on December 14
• Fighting for Justice for Migrant
Workers - Philip Fernandez
December 6, 2012 - No. 12
Repeal Putting Students First
Act -- Bill 115!
• Tens of Thousands of Elementary
Teachers Vote to Lead Protest
Against Bill 115 - Laura Chesnik
• Resolute and Spirited Ottawa Rally
• No to the Criminalization of
Legitimate Strike Actions!
• Minister Wants to Decide How
Teachers and Education Workers Resist
• Teachers and Education Workers
Have a Mandate for Their Opposition
- Enver Villamizar
Letter to the Editor
• Kill Bill 115!
Significance of Rejection of Non-Freely
Negotiated Contracts
• Rejection of Government Attempts
to Divide and Conquer
• Rejection of Minister's Meddling
With Contracts
Coming Events
• Actions to Oppose Bill 115
Why Broten Wants Teachers and Education
Workers to Limit Their Resistance
to the Courts
• The BC Experience in Challenging
Anti-Labour Laws in the Courts
• Significance of Supreme Court
Ruling Against BC Government and Bill 29 - TML Daily, March
3, 2008
December 11, 2012 - No. 13
Continued Attempts to Push
Illegitimate Agenda
• Oppose the Austerity Agenda to Pay
the Rich! Build the Independent Politics
of the Working Class!
• Liberals' and PCs' "Balanced" and
"Pre-Emptive" Attacks on Rights - Mira Katz
• Education Minister's Threats
Against Toronto District School Board - Laura Chesnik
Letter to the Editor
• Going on Strike Is a Right, Not an
"Opportunity"
Ongoing Actions to Defeat Bill 115
• Teachers and Education Workers,
Students and Supporters Say "No Means No!"
Liberal Leadership Race
• Debates Deepen Liberal Crisis
December 17, 2012 - No. 14
Stand With Teachers and
Education Workers! Kill Bill 115!
• All Out to Support Elementary
Teachers' Strike Actions!
• Students Join Their Teachers to
Demand: "Kill Bill 115!"
• Ongoing Actions Against Bill 115
• Coming Events
Oppose Attempts to Usurp School Board
Powers and Impose Austerity
• Toronto District School Board
Concedes to Ministry of Education Intervention - Rob Woodhouse
Sandy Hook School Shooting in
Connecticut
• The Need to Make Sense of These
Events to Provide a Way Forward - Enver Villamizar
December 21, 2012 - No. 15
Continued Opposition to Bill 115
and Austerity Agenda -- Kill the Bill!
• Teachers and Education Workers
Continue to Say No!
• Oppose Flimsy Attempts to Divert
the Movement Against Bill 115 - Enver Villamizar
• Strike Actions Receive Broad
Support
• Elementary Teachers Call for
Government to Allow Local Collective Bargaining
• School Board Support Workers
Reject Bill 115's December 31 Deadline
Justice for Injured Workers
• Confront Government's Stepped-Up
Offensive Against Injured Workers - Jim Nugent
• Broad Working Class Support for
Injured Workers' Demands
• Labour Federation Calls for
Opposition to Liberal Legislation to Eliminate
Permanent Pensions for Injured Workers
December 24, 2012 - No. 16
On the Eve of Government's
Arbitrary December 31 Deadline
• Reject Minister's Fraudulent
Demand for Local Negotiations
• The Demand to Repeal Bill 115 Is
Inextricably Linked to Opposing the Illegitimate Austerity Agenda -
Enver Villamizar
Step Up Actions to Defeat Bill 115in
the New Year!
• Mass Political Mobilization to
Repeal Bill 115 Reaffirms Support for Teachers and Education Workers
- Dan Cerri
• High School Teachers and Thousands
of Education Workers Vote for Day of Political Protest
JANUARY 2013
January 4, 2013 - No. 17
Minister Imposes Contracts --
Then Says Bill 115 to Be Repealed
• No to the Criminalization of
Opposition to Austerity! Defeat the Liberals and Conservatives!
• Oppose Minister's 11th Hour
Blackmail Against Public Sector Workers - Mira Katz
Challenges Facing the Working Class in
2013
• Build Unity in Action to Defeat
the Austerity Agenda!
• Who Should Decide the Direction of
Public Education? - Dan Cerri and Jane Steeple
January 10, 2013 - No. 18
Step Up the Work to Reverse the
Anti-Social Offensive
• Take a Bold Stand Together to
Affirm the Rights of All!
• Public Elementary Teachers to Hold
a Day of Protest
Discussion on Liberal Shenanigans
Around Bill 115
• Premier Asks Unions to "Put the
Past Behind Them" - Laura Chesnik
• Goodwill Requires the Affirmation
of Rights - Mira Katz
• What to Make of the Repeal of Bill
115 - Dan Cerri
• Reponse of Unions and School
Boards to Repeal of Bill 115
• Upcoming Actions
January 15, 2013 - No. 19
Labour Board Declares Elementary
Teachers' Protest Illegal
• Illegitimate Ruling Based on
Illegitimate Contracts
• Unions Respond
All Out for January 26 Rally for Rights
and Democracy
• No to Austerity! Defeat the
Liberals and PCs!
• Oppose Bogus Policy Debate Over
Better Ways to Implement Austerity - Enver Villamizar
• Teachers and Education Workers
Continue to Affirm Their Rights
Significance of K-W By-Election Results
• Continue to Hold Liberals and PCs
to Account - Mira Katz
• Poll Results Reveal Extent of
Defeat Opposition to Austerity Agenda - Dan Cerri
• Upcoming Actions
January 22, 2013 - No. 20
Fraudulent Repeal
of Bill 115
• Rescind the
Austerity Measures in Bill 115! Hold Governments to Account!
• Bill 115 -- Mechanism to Impose
Austerity - Rob Woodhouse
Protest at Liberal
Leadership Convention
• Mobilization in Full Swing
Liberal Leadership Convention
• Reject Attempts to Sweep Violation
of Rights Under the Rug - Enver Villamizar
• Who Elects the Next Premier?
-
Sylvia Etts
• Liberal "Moderates" Pushing
Austerity
- Jim Nugent
Teachers and Education
Workers Determined to Affirm Their Rights
• Militant Rally at Ministry of
Education
• Vigorous March in Barrie Affirms
Workers'
Rights
• Actions at MPPs' Offices
January 29, 2013 - No. 21
Protests at Liberal Leadership
Convention
• Workers Put All Political Parties
on Notice: We Have Rights!
• Injured Workers in Action to
Demand Justice
Attempts
to Reset
Austerity Agenda
• Kathleen Wynne Selected as Premier
• What to Make of the Selection of
Wynne
- Enver Villamizar
Labour Board Considers Ruling
Withdrawal of Extra-Curricular Activities Illegal
• Workers Have the Right to Say No!
-
Mira Katz
FEBRUARY 2013
February 5, 2013 - No. 22
New Premier: No Still Means
No!
• Oppose Use of Labour
Board to Criminalize Teachers and Education Workers -
Mira Katz
Defeat Those Peddling
Illegitimate Austerity Agenda!
• Wynne's No-Win
Scenario - Enver Villamizar
• Chamber of Commerce
Comes Calling - Dan Cerri
Hold Governments to Account to Defend
Workers'
Health and Safety
• Anniversary of
Hampstead Tragedy
• Ontario Government
Refuses to Hold Inquest into Hampstead Deaths
• Farm Worker
Organizations Denounce Coroner's Decision Not to Hold
Hampstead Inquest
February 13, 2012 - No. 23
Attempts to Reset Illegitimate
Agenda
• Build the Independent
Politics of the Working Class! - Enver Villamizar and Dan
Cerri
• Cabinet Named
• Ministers Jump
Ship
Repeal the
Austerity Measures in Bill 115!
Oppose Use of Fraudulent Non-Agreements to Criminalize
Protest!
• Oppose Blackmail
Against Teachers and Education Workers - Mira Katz
• "Right to Work"
Arguments Continue at Labour Board Hearing
• Catholic Teachers
Oppose Non-Agreements
Hold Governments
to Account to Defend Workers' Health and Safety
• Open Letter to
Premier Kathleen Wynne - Justicia for Migrant
Workers
For Your Information
• Wynne's Transition
Team
February 19, 2013 - No. 24
Wynne Takes Over Where McGuinty
Left Off
• Legislature Opens
Amidst Growing Affirmation of Rights and Opposition to
Austerity - Enver Villamizar
• Where McGuinty Left
Off and What to Expect - Dan Cerri
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Government to
Impose Transit Taxes - Rob Woodhouse
• Anti-Social Cuts
and New Arrangements in Emergency Housing Supports -
Sylvia Etts
Health Care Is a
Right!
• Province Withholds
Promised Investments to Windsor Hospital
• Rally Opposes Cuts
to Medical Services in Niagara Region - Ron Walker
• Liberals Pave the
Way for Harris' Pink Flowered Car
February 27, 2013 - No. 25
March 4 Day of Action
• Health Care Is a Right! All Out to
Oppose Health Care Cuts and Privatization!
New Liberal Government's Speech from
the Throne
• Government Lays Out an Anti-Social
Framework - Dan Cerri
• A New Direction Is Required
- Enver Villamizar
• Attack on Workers' Rights Continues
- Jim Nugent
• Liberal Illusions About Poverty
Reduction - Pritilata Waddedar
Update on Secondary Teachers'
Negotiations
• Union's Attempt to End the Impasse
- Mira Katz
Hearings into Infrastructure
Construction for Ring of Fire
• Neskantaga First Nation Denied
Standing on Its Own Territory - Philip Fernandez
MARCH
March 5, 2013 - No. 26
Teachers and Education Workers
Stand Up to Blackmail
• What Are the
Conservatives Up To? - Enver Villamizar
• What Is the
Government Up To? - Mira Katz
• Elementary
Teachers' Union Stands Its Ground
Developments at Labour Relations
Board
• Spirited Rally
Challenges Attempts to Criminalize Protest
• Update on Hearings
Concerning Withdrawal of Extra-Curricular Activities by
Elementary Teachers
• Board Dismisses
Complaint by Catholic Teachers
March 14, 2013 - No. 27
Health Care Day of Action
• Government Put on
Notice: Removal of Billions from Health Care Is Unacceptable
• Actions Across the
Province
Interview
• Ottawa Health Care
Worker
Opposition to Cuts and
Privatization in the Name of Transformation
• Bridgepoint
Hospital P3 Project -- Paying the Rich in Health Care -
Rob Woodhouse
• "It's Not OK" to
Cut 18,500 Hospital Beds - Canadian Union of Public
Employees Ontario
March 20, 2013 - No. 28
Behind the Gas Power Plant
Scandal
• The Need to Restrict
Monopoly Right - Jim Nugent
Review of Local Electricity
Distribution
Companies
• Panel Recommends
New Arrangements to Overthrow Public Control and Serve Private
Interests - Rob Woodhouse
March 28, 2013 - No. 29
Continued Opposition to
Anti-Social Offensive
• Oppose Attempts to
Criminalize Teachers and All Those Who Fight for the Affirmation
of the Rights of All - Enver Villamizar
• Calls for Government to
Dictate Voluntary Activities - Laura Chesnik
Fight of Teachers and Education Workers
to Affirm
Their Rights
• Government
Announces Cuts to School Board Funding
• Elementary
Teachers' Union Suspends Advice on Extra-Curricular
Activities - Mira Katz
Health
Care and Social Programs Are a Right!
• 20,000 Niagara
Residents Petition Legislature to Stop Hospital Closing
• Anti-Poverty
Organizations Oppose Austerity - Pritilata
Waddedar
APRIL
April 3, 2013 - No. 30
We Are the Opposition!
• Unite in Action to
Defeat Anti-Worker Legislation!
• Oppose Use of
Labour Board to Establish Anti-Worker Precedents - Mira
Katz
• Bogus Debate Over
Illegitimate Austerity Agenda - Rob
Woodhouse
Education Is a Right! Unite
to Affirm the Rights of All!
• Secondary Teachers'
Federation and Government Reach Tentative Agreement on
Improvements to Imposed Contracts - Enver Villamizar
• Post-Secondary
Tuition Fee Increase Will Not Solve the Crisis - Dan
Cerri
• The Use of
Education Funding to Advance Private Interests
Coming Events
• National Day of
Action to Stop Genetically Modified Alfalfa
April 10, 2013 - No. 31
Teaching Conditions Are Learning
Conditions -- Education Is a Right!
• Teachers and
Education Workers Must Remain Organized to Affirm Their
Rights
• More Attempts to
Sow Confusion About Austerity Agenda - Enver
Villamizar
• Secondary Teachers'
Federation to Hold Provincial Vote on Deal with Government
• Discussion on
Memorandum of Understanding
April 15, 2013 - No. 32
No to Anti-Worker Schemes!
Uphold the Dignity of Labour!
• Oppose Turning
Political Issues Into Problems of Law and Order
• Learning from
Recent Experience
• Labour Board Rules
Organized Withdrawal of Voluntary Activities Strike Action
• For Your
Information: Order of the Labour Relations Board
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
• Workers Firmly
Reject Unacceptable Offer
Coming Events
• April 28 Day of
Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the
Job
April 24, 2013 - No. 33
Members of Secondary Teachers'
Federation Endorse Modifications
• Minister of
Education's Contemptuous Response
Governments Must Defend Public Right, Not Monopoly
Right!
• Hands Off School
Board Retirees! A Deal Is a Deal! - Enver Villamizar
• Government Orders
School Boards to Cut Benefits for Retirees Over 65
• Active and Retired
Workers in Windsor-Essex Respond to Government Attack
• Excerpts from
Education Act Concerning Retirement Benefits
Coming Events
• April 28 Day of
Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the
Job
MAY 2013
May 1, 2013 - No. 34
May Day 2013
• Salute to the Workers
of Ontario!
• LCBO Workers Demand
Their Right to a Livelihood
• Support Locked-Out
Nanticoke Steelworkers!
In the Legislature
• All Out to Defeat
Anti-Worker Agenda! - Jim Nugent
• Disagreement on How
Best to Implement Anti-Worker Reforms of Arbitration System
- Rob Woodhouse
• Arbitration Panel
Member Denounces Government Interference
Budget to be Released May 2
• What to Expect
May 10, 2013 - No. 35
Whose Economy? Our Economy! Who
Decides? We Decide!
• Budget and Budget
Process Underscore the Need for the Independent Politics of the
Working Class
• There Is An
Alternative! No to Austerity!
Discussion on the Budget
• Unacceptable
Government-Organized Attack on Collective Bargaining
• Workers' Demands
Ignored During Pre-Budget Consultations
• Opposition to
Austerity -- The Starting Point for Solving Youth
Unemployment
• Liberal Youth Job
Strategy
• Wynne's First
Budget -- More Austerity and Deeper Poverty - Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty
May 16, 2013 - No. 36
Oppose "Right to Be Slave Labour Bills"! Uphold the Dignity of Labour!
• Conservatives Table
New Bills Which Undermine Workers' Rights - Mira
Katz
• Oppose Preparations
for Electoral Coup - Enver Villamizar
Support Liquor Board Workers' Just
Demands!
• Workers Step Up
Actions to Affirm Their Rights - Christine Nugent
What the Workers Have to Say
• Toronto Liquor
Board Worker
• Union Activist
May 22, 2013 - No. 37
The Budget
• Agreement Reached to
Impose Austerity
• Accountability Is
the Order of the Day - Enver Villamizar
Liquor Board Negotiations
• Tentative Agreement
Reached
• Workers' Bargaining
Committee Releases Information on Tentative Agreement
• There Is An
Alternative! No to Austerity! - Christine Nugent
Opposition to Fraudulent Austerity
Agenda Broadens
• Social Planning
Network Opposes Direction of Budget
• Community Support
Workers Speak Out
• Doctors Organize
Forum to Oppose Cuts to Rural Hospitals - Rob
Woodhouse
• Medical Association
President Speaks Out
May 29, 2013 - No. 38
June 1 Injured Workers' Day
• Justice for
Injured Workers! All Out for Queen's Park Rally!
• Oppose
Stepped Up Attacks on Injured Workers - Jim Nugent
• Nurses Oppose
Being Made Collateral Damage of Austerity
• Unions Call
on Members to Participate
Unite in Action to Oppose Anti-Worker
Legislation!
• Conservatives
Target Construction Workers - Rob Woodhouse
Coming Events
• Weekly Picket
of Premier Wynne's Constituency Office
JUNE 2013
June 5, 2013 - No. 39
Legislature to Rise for Summer
• Budget to Pass --
By-Elections in London and Windsor
• Build the Workers'
Opposition - Enver Villamizar
Injured Workers' Day
• Injured Workers and
Their Allies Demand Justice - Jim Nugent
• Overnight Vigil
Symbol of Injured Workers' Sleepless Nights
• Who Said What
• Third Issue of
Justice for Injured Workers
Nine Month Anniversary of Passage of Bill
115
• Windsor-Essex
Teachers and Education Workers To Hold "Mark-In"
June 12, 2013 - No. 40
Budget Passes
• Governments Must Be
Established Which Defend Public Right Not Monopoly Right
LCBO Workers Accept Collective Agreement
• Advance Made by
Defending Public Right
Nine Month Anniversary of Bill 115
• Ongoing Chaotic
Results of Bogus Repeal - Mira Katz
• Illegitimate Local
Bargaining from Illegitimate Non-Agreements
• Secondary Teachers'
Federation Opposes Government Assault on Retirees
• Elementary
Teachers' Union Continues Discussions with Government
Growing Opposition to Austerity and For
Rights
• College Faculty and
Staff Seek Ways to Affirm Their Rights
• Petition Opposes
Parking Fee Increase at Sheridan College
• Action Calls for
Accountability of Children's Aid Society
• Children's
Services Workers Oppose Government Cuts
• Ottawa Forum
Against Austerity and Privatization in Health Care
June 18, 2013 - No. 41
Significance of the Fight for
Rights
• What a Difference a
Year Makes - Rob Woodhouse
• Lessons Learned and
How to Move Forward - Dan Cerri
Teaching
Conditions Are Learning Conditions -- Education Is a Right!
• Defending Rights
Opens a Path for Progress
• Elementary Teachers
to Vote on Tentative Agreement
• Wynne Government
Tries to Hide Theft and Violation of Rights
Discussion on Elementary Teachers'
Memorandum of Understanding
• An Overview
- Laura Chesnik
• Attempts at
Blackmail Bound to Fail
• Wynne Government's
Two Per Cent Dose of "Fairness" - Mira Katz
June 26, 2013 - No. 42
The Independent Voice of the Working Class Is
Decisive
• Steelworkers Celebrate 10
Years of Discussion and Action to Defend the Rights of All
Elementary Teachers Vote to Accept Agreement-- Broten Resigns
• Teachers and Education
Workers Emerge United -- Government's Legitimacy Crisis
Deepens - Laura Chesnik
• Oppose Attempts to
Normalize Violations of Collective Bargaining Rights
- Mira Katz
• Wynne Government's
Delusional "All's Well That Ends Well" - Enver
Villamizar
Bill 74 Targeting Construction Workers
• Liberals and PCs Pass
Legislation at Second Reading - Rob Woodhouse
• Who Said What On Bill
74
Justice for Workers Injured or Killed on the Job!
• Demand Justice for Ned
Peart at Human Rights Tribunal
• Justice for Injured
Workers Newspaper Distributed in Kitchener-Waterloo
Defend the Rights of
Families of Workers Killed on the Job - Jim Nugent
• Note to Readers
JULY 2013
July 10, 2013 - Vol. 2 No. 43
By-Elections
Underway
Say No to Austerity! Defeat the Liberals
and PCs!
By-Elections
Underway
• Vote Against the Liberals and PCs
to Show
Opposition to Anti-People Neo-Liberal Austerity Agenda! Vote to Oppose
Liberal and Conservative Cynicism and Corruption!
• General Information
Issues in the
By-Elections
• Phony Lockouts Used to Extort
Concessions
and Destroy Manufacturing
• Minority Government Used to Bring
in New
Anti-Worker Arrangements - Dan Cerri and Enver Villamizar
• Liberals and PCs Compete to Push
Anti-Worker Agenda
July 16, 2013 - Vol. 2 No. 44
August 1 By-Elections
• Defeat the Liberals and PCs! Make
Every Vote Count! Join the 5 for 3 Campaign!
• Windsor-Tecumseh and London West
• Ottawa South
• Etobicoke-Lakeshore and
Scarborough-Guildwood
Discussion
• The Cynicism and Opportunism of
the Liberals
and PCs - Laura Chesnik
• Bill 115 Was Not an Aberration
-
Enver Villamizar
• Using Transit Expansion to Justify
Cuts to
Social Programs - Rob Woodhouse
• The Other Ford Scandal -
David
Greig
Health
Care Is a Right!
• Shadow Summit and
Rally at Council of Federation
Meeting
July 23, 2013 - Vol. 2 No. 45
Workers Affirm
Their Rights in August 1st By-Elections
• No to the Liberal and PC Austerity
Agenda! Make Every Vote Count! - Rob Woodhouse
• Public Service Alliance of Canada
Calls on Members to Defeat Liberals and PCs
• Windsor-Tecumseh
• London West
• Etobicoke-Lakeshore and
Scarborough-Guildwood
Health Care Is a Right!
• Vote Against Austerity in Health
Care!
Concerns of the
Working People
• U.S. Steel's Underhanded Attempt
to Mislead Workers and Destroy Their Union
• Migrant Farm Workers Demand Justice
• Unemployment and Economic
Stagnation
- Jim Nugent
For Your Information
• By-Election Candidates and Parties
July 31, 2013 - Vol. 2 No. 46
August
1 By-Elections
• No Means No! All Out to Express
Opposition to
the Austerity Agenda Championed by the Liberals and PCs!
• Building the Independent Politics
of Workers
Is a Stand for Empowerment - Dan Cerri
• Concerns About Voter Turnout
• What the Working People Can Expect
On and
After Voting Day - Enver Villamizar
Opposition to
Liberals' "Balanced" Attacks on Workers' Rights
• Liberals Defend Harris Era
Anti-Labour Laws - Jim Nugent
• Variations on Takeover of Local
Bargaining
Rights - Mira Katz
Workers in Action
• Health Care Is a Right!
• Injured Workers Affirm Their
Rights in London
West
• Retirees Demand Governments Defend
Their
Interests
• Ottawa Social Service Workers
Oppose
Undermining Public Services and Attacking Workers' Rights in the Name
of Efficiency - Christine Nugent
AUGUST 2013
August 7, 2013 - Vol. 2 No.
47
Results
of
August
1
By-Elections
• Working People Re-Affirm Their Opposition
to the Neo-Liberal Austerity Agenda
• Teachers and Education Workers Take a Stand
• Results of By-Elections
Discussion
• How Will the Government Respond? -
Enver Villamizar
• Deepening Crisis
of Legitimacy - Rob Woodhouse
• The Necessity for Democratic Renewal
- Dan Cerri
• Program of the Harper Government in Ontario
Police Shooting of
Toronto Youth
• The Killings by Toronto Police Must Stop!
SEPTEMBER 2013
September 5, 2013 - No. 48
One Year Anniversary of
Kitchener-Waterloo By-Election
• Expression Given to
Collective Will of the People Against Austerity
Legislature Opens September 9
• Liberals and PCs
Set to Carry on in the Face of Growing Opposition to Attacks on
Workers' Rights - Dan Cerri
• Status of
Anti-Worker Legislation
Opening of New School Year
• Teachers and
Education Workers Re-Affirm: Negotiate Don't Dictate!
- Enver Villamizar
• Update on
Negotiations - Mira Katz
• New Management
Model Imposed On Windsor-Essex Catholic School Board
- Laura Chesnik
September 13, 2013 - No. 49
Anniversary of Bill 115's
Passage
• One Year of Affirming
Rights and Resistance to Neo-Liberal Wrecking
- Enver Villamizar
• Rights Require a
Constitutional Guarantee, Not "Reasonable Limits"
• Teachers and
Education Workers Begin Year on Firm Footing
Photo Review
• A Year of Mass
Opposition to Bill 115
PC Convention in London and Liberal
Provincial Council in Hamilton
• Keep the Initiative
in the Hands of the Working People! Step Up Actions to Defeat
Austerity Agenda! - Rob Woodhouse
• Consultation on
Poverty Reduction -- Hamilton, September 13 - Local 1005
USW
• PC Policy
Convention -- London, September 20-22
• Liberal Provincial
Council -- Hamilton, September 27-29
University of Windsor Workers on Strike
• Oppose Cuts and
Privatization of Post-Secondary Education!
September 19, 2013 - No. 50
Opening of the Legislature
• Liberals and PCs
Continue to Ignore the Will of the Working People - Dan
Cerri
Champions of Austerity Adjust After
By-Election Setbacks
• PCs Do Damage
Control Heading into Convention
• Liberals Make
Changes to Campaign Team
Government Consultations on Poverty
Reduction
• Anti-Poverty
Organizations Picket Consultations to Demand Concrete Action
• Interview with
Anti-Poverty Activist Julian Ichim
• Community Groups
Say It's Time for Premier Wynne to Act - Poverty Free
Ontario
Take Back the Night!
• No to Violence
Against Women! Demand a World Without Violence! Our Security Lies
in the Fight for the Rights of All!
Toronto Event
• The Role of Women
in the Cuban Revolution and the Case of the Cuban Five
September 26, 2013 - No. 51
Our Anniversary!
• Ontario Political
Forum Enters Third Year of Publication
In the Legislature
• Oppose Attempts to
Incite Passions Against Quebec to Divert from Violations of
Rights at Home!
• PMLQ Welcomes the
Discussion on Quebec Values - Statement of the
Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec
Working People in Action Against
Austerity
• Spirited Action at
PC Convention Demands Justice for Injured Workers
• Oppose the
Austerity Agenda! Picket Liberal Provincial Council in Hamilton
September 28
Wynne Government's Refusal to Affirm
Workers' Rights
• Minister of Labour
Must Certify Part-Time College Workers' Union!
- Christine Nugent
• Harper Sides with
Ontario Government Against Workers
• Labour Board
Hearing Concerning Withdrawal of Voluntary and Extracurricular
Activities Resumes - Mira Katz
Oppose Federal Government's Anti-Immigrant and
Refugee Campaign
• Support Striking
Immigration Detainees in Lindsay!
OCTOBER 2013
October 3, 2013 - Vol. 2 No. 52
Build the Workers' Opposition!
• Picket at Liberal Council Meeting Opposes Austerity and Anti-Worker Attacks
• PC Policy Convention Reveals Crisis of Hudak Conservatives - Rob Woodhouse
Opposition to Bill 74 and Attacks on Construction Workers
• Oppose Liberal and PC Support for EllisDon's Union Busting - Jim Nugent
• Demand Pro-Social Solutions Not Neo-Liberal Wrecking - Enver Villamizar
• Bill 74 Swims in Corruption
• Electricians Call for Opposition to Bill 74
