UofT Flying Squad
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@UofTFlyingSquad
autonomous activist wing of @cupe3902 at #UofT, supporting community social justice projects through direct/creative action. DM us to join! #WeAreUofT #CanLab
#Justice4Workers means racial justice. Racism in the labour market means Indigenous, Black, migrant and other workers of colour are forced into the worst jobs, with the least protections, lowest wages, and highest precarity. #Onpoli nowtoronto.com/news/op-ed-a-s…
To effectively challenge unfettered global capitalism, we need a powerful global working class movement. Each country organizing against the same bosses, then uniting across borders. Our courses are taught twice a day to accommodate the world, in 12 languages. Kick off is May 10.
THIS WEEK: --> Thousands of grad student workers are on strike in Chicago and Indiana --> A mob union files for an election at Amazon in NJ, while the Amazon Labor Union preps for their second election --> Apple Store workers in NYC move to unionize whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly65?s=w
The $600k @CdnHeritage grant was for community support/anti-racism initiatives, @PrideToronto promised to showcase Indigenous artists. Behind the scenes Pride demanded legal ownership of the artwork. Taking assets is settler colonialism and violates the terms of the grant.
“I never thought of myself as an organizer. No, those people were legit. You got to be a dope person to be an organizer.” —Cassio Mendoza @Lfelizleon spoke to the @AmazonLabor workers who took on Amazon and won. prospect.org/labor/rank-and…
