All are invited to participate in Solidarity is Strength, an organizing event reflecting on a defining chapter of Ontario's history and what lessons we can carry forward to fight today’s austerity agenda. The event will include a conversation with Paul Kellogg, author of Austerity and Resistance: the Ontario Days of Action, 1995-1998, as well other labour leaders, rank and file education workers, and prominent activists.
A big fight is brewing over public education thanks to dedicated workers who’ve been reviving deep organizing methods. Education Workers’ see that their power and leverage is as a province-wide, strategically situated and coordinated group providing a highly valued public service.
Broad solidarity from across sectors, unions, and locals, can make this fight unstoppable. In the process of defending our public schools and kids’ futures—a foundational issue for the entire working class— we also build a crucial wedge and the blueprint for a very different Ontario.
We need a majority coalition the likes of which we haven’t seen since labour and social movements jointly organized general strikes and massive actions across the province during the Days of Action of the 1990’s. This organizing event will provide attendees with concrete skills needed to make the most of this opportunity before us, one which could alter the course of our province for years to come.
EVENT DETAILS
When: Saturday September 26
Time: 10am-4pm, check-in at 9:30am.
Where: College Street United Church, 454 College Street, Toronto ON.
How: Please preregister online
Who: All those who want to support education workers and build a better Ontario!
Lunch and on-site childcare to be provided.
This event is being organized in solidarity with public education workers by an ad-hoc team of rank and file workers, local union leaders, and left organizers, in collaboration with the Socialist Project.
