The Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA) is a grassroots collective of community and labour activists.
Thank you to the following unions for sponsoring ACLA's 20th Anniversary Projects and Celebrations
Watch the livestream here. Solidarity Rally Against Anti-Asian RacismStatement of Unity This rally takes place in what we come to call as the City of Toronto in the Dish With One Spoon Territory. We recognize our colonial histories and present-day implications to honour, protect, and sustain this land. We are outraged and heartbroken by the…
Dear ACLA Members and Allies, This year marks ACLA’s 20th anniversary. For two decades ACLA has played an integral role in demanding racial justice for Workers of Colour in our communities and our workplaces. We are also celebrating the rejuvenation of ACLA BC and pledge our support to ensure our chapters remain vibrant. Racialized workers have played…
RSVP: https://asiansfighting4justice.eventbrite.ca/ Given the COVID-19 pandemic, rise in white supremacy, and the current political climate where the rich become wealthier while working people continue to suffer, there is an immediate need for Asian workers to come together in a multi-racial struggle towards liberatory justice. What are Asian workers doing to organize their workplaces, unions, and…
The Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA) stands in solidarity with the 1492 Land Back Lane Land Defenders and allies currently resisting attempts by the Canadian colonial state to forcefully take land that rightfully belongs to the Haudenosaunee people. The Haudenosaunee Land Defenders and their ancestors have lived in this territory since time immemorial and have…
August 27, 2020 from 4:30-6:00 PM EDT. Register here. ***NOTE: This is a focused webinar discussion organized for community members who self-identify as East and Southeast Asian. Are We Complicit? Join us for a conversation where we’ll be discussing anti-Blackness among East and South East Asian communities and how this can perpetuate anti-Black racism in…
What Can Unions Do To Stop Environmental Racism? Learn more by joining this webinar. Register at ACWinfo@yorku.ca
June 29, 2020 from 4:30-6:00 PM EDT. Watch the entire webinar here. To learn more about this issue, check out our resources list here. Anti-Asian and anti-Black racism and oppression are pieces of Canada’s concealed histories, which continue on today. At this pivotal time, solidarity, particularly among racialized groups, is needed more than ever. With…
May 28, 2020 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. EDT. Watch the entire webinar here. To learn more about this issue, check out our reading list here. Featuring: Tony Wong, Columnist, Toronto Star Jennifer Mak, Workplace Human Rights Investigator Elene Lam, Executive Director, Butterfly – Asian & Migrant Sex Workers’ Network Justin Kong, Executive Director, Chinese Canadian National…
The Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA) stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en peoples and allies currently resisting the attempts by the Canadian colonial state to extract natural resources and to infringe on the aspirations and desires of the Wet’suwet’en people’s on their unceded territory by poisoning their land, their water and destroying their way of…
A version of this article was published in Our Times Magazine The scene today is eerily reminiscent of the one nearly 20 years ago: Toronto’s Chinatowns were virtual ghost towns. Food aficionados and shoppers steered clear. Mass hysteria, xenophobia and racism levelled near-catastrophic losses for local businesses because the clientele stayed away, fearful of catching…