Powering the Labour Movement since 1987

A project of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council in partnership with George Brown College.

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What's New?

Our "Good Jobs" page for job seekers.   Do you know of a good job?  E-mail the posting (.pdf attachment preferred) or the URL to info@laboureducation.org

Upcoming Job Fairs (click here)

Labour Education Centre on:

• June 1st - 10 am to 3:30 pm - Resume Writing Workshop at the Labour Education Centre, 15 Gervais Drive, Suite 100.    Contact ctrbovich@laboureducation.org or call (416) 537-6532 x2216 to sign up.
  

• April, 2010 Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada (.pdf)
  

• "The New Poor - In Job Market Shift, Some Workers Are Left Behind"  by Catherine Rampell, New York Times (May 12, 2010)
  

• "The Temporary Recovery" by Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
  

• Canadian Labour Congress analysis of the federal budget
  

• Canadian Labour Congress/Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Donation Page

• HOG: History of Globalization (in minutes): A game with an AIM (PDF)

• Also by Tim McCaskell: (Video) Neoliberalism as Water Balloon
  Over  20,000 hits!
  

  Neoliberalism As Water Balloon from Tim McCaskell on Vimeo.

• Radio Labour.net:  A weekly audiocast of labour news from around the world by labour educator Marc Belanger (updated every Monday!)
  

• Labour Education Centre (with funding from the Work and Learning Knowledge Centre)
  Integrating Equity, Addressing Barriers: Innovative Learning Practices by Unions
  Second Edition:  Updated and Expanded!
  Download report here (.pdf) A printed copy of this report is available for $10 per copy (plus $5 shipping and handling) - Order form is available here (.pdf)

• Toronto & York Region Labour Council "Solidarity Checklist". Click here.
  

EVENTS

May 22 - Toronto premiere screening of the award winning film "DUKOT" (Desaparecidos), a dramatization of the human rights struggle in the Phillipines where extrajudicial killings and "disappearances" have become rampant since 2001. Download poster (.jpg) here.   Download film synopsis (.pdf) here.
Nat Taylor Cinema, Ross Building (Vari Hall), York University, 100 York Blvd., Toronto
View Google map here.

July 9 -11th:   Labour Start Conference 2010  - McMaster University - Hamilton, ON
Download (.pdf) flyer here in English and here in French.


PAST EVENTS

September 21st - Judy Rebick's speech at the "Fix EI" Town Hall Meeting (click on video to play)




September 7th Labour Day Parade

For photos click here and here!

"FIX EI" Rally - June 13, 2009 (click on video to play)








onnecting Struggles and Movement Building: Confererence, New College, Toronto, June 8 - 10, 2009

A collaborative project organized by the Labour Education Centre (Toronto) and the Highlander Research & Education Centre (Tennessee) 

• Coming soon! Enjoy pictures from this historic event
• YouTube video also coming soon!

OTHER LABOUR LINKS

"Creative Unions.org"  - A site where unions from around the world can share their ideas around union communications, campaigns and design!


UNIONBOOK    Global social networking for trade unionists!
Make friends, post photos, blogs and videos, organize campaigns, build sites.   Create your account today!

The Labour Show - A labour podcast on rabble.ca

Solicomm - A search engine designed for searching union websites (available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian

• "Life After Layoff" an open letter written by members of an English upgrading class at the Steelworkers Job Action Centre in Toronto.

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) video "channel" on Youtube.com

• Health and Safety Newswire from Hazards Magazine & LabourStart

email info@laboureducation.org