MESSAGE FROM LABOUR COUNCIL
Communications

SPECIAL DELEGATES MEETING

THURSDAY MAY 3rd  7:30pm

MONTREAL + WISCONSIN COMING TO LABOUR COUNCIL

A quarter million people jammed the streets of Montreal on Earth Day, April 22nd, demanding social justice and climate justice. What led to such a mass mobilization? Come to the Labour Council meeting on Thursday May 3rd to hear leaders of the Montreal Labour Council explain the huge popular upsurge in Quebec. President Michel Ducharme, Secretary Danielle Casara, and Fonds de Solidarite's Daniel Champagne will be here to help build an ongoing relationship between labour in Toronto and Montreal. They will be attending the Bromley Armstrong Dinner on Friday night and the Workers of Colour/Aboriginal Workers Conference on Saturday May 5th.

The special Labour Council meeting will also hear from Paul Booth, Executive Assistant to the President of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union at the centre of the mass fightback against Republican Governers in U.S. States such as Wisconsin and Ohio. Paul was overseeing all of those tough campaigns that united the entire labour movement to defend public services and public sector workers. He is in town along with a number of Wisconsin union activists for the world premier of the film "We Are Wisconsin"

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WE ARE WISCONSIN – INSPIRING!

The crowd gave a standing ovation for the film "We Are Wisconsin" at the labour screening on Wednesday night. Kudos to director Amie Williams! She and a number of the Wisconsin activists in the film joined the panel for a lively Q+A session afterward. It is a truly inspiring documentary – you can still see it at HotDocs screenings Friday 4:00 pm at the Cumberland or Sunday 3:30 p.m. at the ROM.  Check it out at http://wearewisconsinthefilm.com  or www.hotdocs.ca

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FINAL CALL FOR Workers of Colour Conference

There is still time to register for the 10th annual Workers of Colour/Aboriginal Workers conference this Saturday, May 5th .  Keynote speakers Olivia Chow will be accepting a recognition award for the legacy of the late Jack Layton, as well as describing the immense attack on workers and equity by the Harper government.  Workshops will engage participants in analysing the current austerity agenda being imposed by all levels of government, and plan how to counter that with a labour agenda.   Download the registration at www.labourcouncil.ca or for more information contact Ana Fonseca at 416.441.3663 ext. 221 or to afonseca@labourcouncil.ca