Ontario Common Front to Host Anti-Poverty Assembly from April 17-18, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015Ontario remains a wealthy province inflicted with the disease of poverty. The only way to reverse the trend towards greater inequality is through broad and diverse organizing to demand meaningful change at every level.
The Ontario Common Front and the Ontario Federation of Labour are calling on you to join students, workers, retirees and community and anti-poverty activists at an Anti-Poverty Assembly on April 17 and 18 at the University of Toronto. Together, we will draft, develop and launch a “Solidarity Against Inequality” campaign, designed to put pressure on the governments of Ontario and Canada to take meaningful and immediate action to end poverty in all of its forms.
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. on April 17 through to 6:00 p.m. on April 18, 2015
WHERE: OISE Building, 252 Bloor St. W., University of Toronto
AGENDA: click here to see the Agenda & Speakers
Scroll down to REGISTER ONLINE NOW and keep scrolling to see a lit of endorsing organizations.
Click here to download the full call-out, registration form and promotional poster.
Attendance at this assembly is FREE, so register online below to be a part of making change! Fill out this online form to register for free.
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Generous donations from the following endorsing organizations have made this event possible:
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
- Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
- ETFO Durham Occasional Teacher’s Local
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 353 (IBEW)
- Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA)
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA)
- Ontario Federation of Labour
- Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Unifor
- UNITE HERE Local 75
- Workers United Canada Council
The following organizations have added their names as signatories to this event (check back for updates):
- ACORN Canada
- Alliance of Seniors to Protect Canada’s Social Programs
- Barrie & District Labour Council
- Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario
- Canadian Peace Alliance
- Canadian Pensioners Concerned
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
- CLASSISM Leadership Group
- Collingwood & District Labour Council
- Colour of Poverty/Colour of Change Network
- Common Frontiers
- Community Action for Families
- Council of Canadians
- Council of Canadians, Peterborough and Kawarthas Chapter
- Durham Region Labour Council
- Equal Pay Coalition
- Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
- ETFO Durham Occasional Teacher’s Local
- Freedom 90 – Union of Food Bank and Emergency Meal Program Volunteers
- Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly
- Guelph & District Labour Council
- Health For All
- Health Providers Against Poverty (HPAP)
- Huron District Labour Council
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 353 (IBEW)
- Kingston & District Labour Council
- Labourers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
- London & District Labour Council
- Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
- North Bay & District Labour Council
- Older Canadians Network
- Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses
- Ontario Common Front
- Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA)
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA)
- Ontario Health Coalition
- Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)
- Ottawa & District Labour Council
- Our Space Community Centre
- Peel Regional Labour Council
- Peterborough & District Labour Council
- Peterborough Health Coalition
- Public Response
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- Put Food in the Budget (PFIB)
- Raise the Rates
- Regent Park Community Food Centre
- Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO)
- Renfrew & District Labour Council
- Sarnia & District Labour Council
- Sault Ste. Marie & District Labour Council
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- St. Thomas & District Labour Council
- UNITE HERE Local 75
- Urban Alliance on Race Relations
- Waterloo Region Alliance Against Poverty (AAP)
- Waterloo Regional Labour council
- Windsor & District Labour Council
- Workers’ Action Centre
- Workers United Canada Council
- …and many more!