ATU Strike Picket
---- All are Welcome!---- Where: 1) LTC. main offices 450 Highbury Ave 2) Wonderland Rd. south at Wharncliffe. Picket Line Times and Locations 7am - 7pm, 24 hrs/day Map to New Facillity Map to Main Offices |
On The Agenda
(Items of interest at the next general meeting)
1) Call for delegates to the OFL convention. 2) Report on the pension seminar. |
Municipal Election Kick Off conference
September 12 and 13, 2009 “Excellent” was the most used descriptor of the CLC/Labour Council Municipal Election Strategy kick off conference in Toronto on the weekend of September 12 and 13. There were 50 participants representing 35 Labour Councils from across the province. CLC President Ken Georgetti and Hamilton Centre NDP MP David Christopherson started off the conference with President Georgetti reaffirming the Canadian Labour Congress’ commitment to coordinate and fund the municipal program. MP Christopherson reminded participants that we can all do this as he told his own story of going from the plant floor to Hamilton City Hall, Queen’s Park and now the House of Commons. Two different techniques to engage participants were used at the conference – World Cafe and Open Space technology. World Cafe posed two questions, “What is it that you could do to make your community hungry for progressive change and How would you know you were successful? The responses are below. The second technique was Open Space discussions. This followed presentations by a 5-member panel made up of the following individuals: London Controller and Imagine London member Gina Barber who spoke about her work with community members of Imagine London to change the ward boundaries in the city, even going in front of the OMB and winning; Toronto District Board of Education Trustee Chris Bolton who spoke about his ongoing working relationship with the Toronto and York Region Labour Council and the community group - Friends of Community Schools; Thunder Bay Councillor Andrew Foulds who talked about his relationship with the Thunder Bay and District Labour Council and called on labour to keep the lines of communications open with their endorsed councillors; Columbia Institute’s Ontario Co-ordinator Sean Meagher spoke about the Columbia Institute’s ongoing program to provide networking opportunities for progressive municipal politicians once they are elected; and Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Deputy Reeve Mary Smith who spoke to the rural component of Ontario’s municipal structure. She called on labour to not overlook the second tier municipalities – regional or county councils – as that is often where the social services, economic development and planning happen. Instead of a question and answer session, the 5 panelists each sat in a circle of chairs and participants moved from panel member to panel member asking one on one questions and engaging in discussions. No panel member was ever alone. Saturday wrapped up with a very cordial dinner. The second day of the conference featured three workshops that were well received. The workshops were: Connecting with communities in your Hood: Municipal voting and reaching out to communities with instructor Karl Flecker, The relevance of online social networking in elections with instructors Denise Doyle and Caitlin MacLennan and The ongoing search for success (candidate recruitment) with instructor Stephanie Levesque Below are some of the responses to the evaluation question, What aspect of the weekend interested you the most?
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***Coming Events***
Council General Meeting ---- All are Welcome!---- When: September 9th, 2009 Time: 7pm. Where: Tolpuddle Common Room (380 Adelaide St. London) Map to Meeting ***Education***
Health & Safety Training Level II Law Offered by the London District Labour Council & Workers Health 8 Safety Centre The Level II Law training will equip participants with an understanding of health and safety law and its inadequacies, and enable them to use their legislated rights and develop strategies to press for workplace improvements. Program Modules: - Law and the Workplace - Occupational Health and Safety Legislation - How Law is Made and Read - Duties of Individuals Under the Act and Regs - Joint Health and Safety Committees - Duties of Inspectors, Orders and Appeals - Regulations - Changes and Interpretations - Other Legislation Date: September 24 - November 26, 2009 (10 consecutive Thursdays) Location: London Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) 2-797 York St, London (519-433-4156) info@losh.on.ca Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Cost: $30.00 - Cheques made payable to the London and District Labour Council Register: To register please contact LOSH at 519-433-4156 or info@losh.on.ca. ***Coming Events***
CLC Pension / Political Action Training Session ---- All are Welcome!---- When: Monday, September 28th, 2009 Time: 7pm. Where: Tolpuddle Common Room (380 Adelaide St. London) Map to Meeting |