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2016 ACLA YEAR END MESSAGE
Dear ACLA members and allies, As 2016 comes to an end, we celebrate the victories that our movements have achieved and we rage against the increased injustice, xenophobia and racism that is impacting our communities the world over. Workers have fought and won significant victories across the continent. From recent labour victories to the fight…
CREAM OF THE ROTTEN CROP
CITZENS’ PRESS http://cpress.org/leftnews/news-item-1482340055.52 By Mike Yam Year after year, there is inevitably some incident in the media where an individual or group of people are publicly called out for wearing racist costumes during Halloween or other party seasons. For example, we’ve seen plenty of celebrities chastised for wearing offensive, racist, and distasteful costumes. As if on…
CALL FOR BETTER CONDITIONS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
The CARIBBEAN CAMERA http://www.thecaribbeancamera.com/business/call-for-better-conditions-for-migrant-workers/ By Chris Ramsaroop This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) which brings migrant labourers from the Caribbean and Mexico to Canada every year. Today there are about 34,000 migrant labourers in the program in Canada. They are employed in every province except Newfoundland. Migrant workers are hired…
“STOP BREAKING OUR HEARTS” – MIGRANT WORKERS TO IMMIGRATION MINISTER
INDO CARIBBEAN WORLD http://www.indocaribbeanworld.com/archives/2016/february_17_2016/greater_toronto.htm By Chris Ramsaroop On Friday February 12th, dozens of migrant workers and community activists converged on the office of John McCallum, Minister of Citizenship, Refugees and Immigration to call for changes to Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (CSAWP). The action planned by Justicia for Migrant Workers was organized to coincide with…
IF I HAD MY WAY: THIS IS HOW A UNION WOULD COMBAT RACISM
OUR TIMES – Canada’s Independent Labour Magazine http://ourtimes.ca/Features/article_449.php By Winnie Ng …………………………………………………… The following article is based on the talk Winne Ng gave at CUPE Ontario’s (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Racial Justice Conference in Toronto on January 25, 2016. …………………………………………………… If I had my way, when unions do anti-racism work we would always begin…
2015 ACLA Year End Message
As 2015 comes to an end, the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance would like to take this moment to reflect on the work that was undertaken over the last twelve months. 2015 can be summed by the following words: sadness, anger, outrage, hope and resilience. Earlier this year, ACLA was saddened by the passing of our…
OUR TIMES: Out of the Workplace, into Community by Jennifer Huang
http://ourtimes.ca/Talking/article_438.php I recently read an article by Justin Kong entitled “The New Chinese Working Class and the Canadian Left” that reinvigorated a passion of mine — organizing immigrant workers. As a child-immigrant myself, I grew up in Toronto and witnessed the incredible extensiveness of Toronto’s ethnic enclaves and the many immigrant communities that live and…