Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly

Representatives of international capital are gearing up for their G20 meetings. The Greater Toronto Workers Assembly (GTWA) is commited to not only challenging the G20 during their weekend meeting but also to continue the task of building a sustained workers movement days, weeks, months and years after the G20 leaves town. The following is a schedule of upcoming events. Please note the events surrounding the G20, in particular the marches on June 25th and 26th, which the Workers’ Assembly has formally endorsed. Specific meeting places for Workers’ Assembly contingents at these events will be determined and sent over the listserve promptly. June 18th: "Stories and Solutions from North and South", the opening night launch of the Peoples Summit, 6:30-10pm. At the Carlu, 444 Yonge Street. http://peoplessummit2010.ca/section/32 June 19-20: Peoples Summit. Two full days of workshops, panels, lectures, discussions, performances, film screenings, and open-space plenaries on global justice issues. http://peoplessummit2010.ca/ June 19: GTWA Public Sector Worshops,OISE, 252 Bloor St. West (St. George Subway), 7th floor, Peace Room. 1. Starving Healthcare: A Forum on Health Poverty and Privitization http://www.workersassembly.ca/node/80 9:00 -11:30, Cutting the Special Diet Allowance: Health and the Defunding of Social Assistance 12:30 - 3:00, Creeping Privatization in Hospital Clinical Care: Lessons from the U.K. 2. Bargaining in an Era of Wage Restraint: Rethinking Strategies for the Public Sector. 3:30-6:30 http://www.workersassembly.ca/node/79 June 20th: GTWA Workshop: Understanding and Resisting the G-20, 10:00-12:00. Oakham Lounge, 63 Gould Street, Ryerson http://www.workersassembly.ca/node/87 June 24th: Canada Can't Hide Genocide: Indigenous Day of Action 11am, Queen's Park, March. http://www.defendersoftheland.org/dayofaction June 25th: "Justice for Our Communities" Free the Streets! March; Block Party, 2:30pm, Allan Gardens (Carlton Street between Jarvis and Sherbourne Street); http://25june.wordpress.com/ June 25th: "Shout Out For Global Justice" Forum, 6:00pm, Massey Hall: http://www.canadians.org/g20/event.html June 26th: "People's First. We Deserve Better" and "Get Off the Fence" Marches, 1:00pm Queen's Park; http://www.canadianlabour.ca/news-room/events/g8-g20-public-rally-and-ma... http://g20.torontomobilize.org/getoffthefence For a full list of Community Mobilize events:http://g20.torontomobilize.org/schedule Request from the Toronto Community Mobilization Network: If you have an extra bed, space on the floor, or a backyard we need it for folks that need a place to lay their sleeping bags down. We also need large spaces to house larger groups. Those with private residences to offer can fill in the housing form at: www.g20.torontomobilize.org/housingform Groups with larger spaces should contact the housing committee at: toronto.g20.mobilize@gmail.com July 3: Training Workshop: Chairing Assembly Meetings, 4:30-6:30pm Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W., (west of Spadina subway), Fireside Room (basement). Registration Required. http://www.workersassembly.ca/node/91 July 7: G20 Debrief, time and place to be announced July 9, International Day of Action for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israeli Apartheid. See http://www.CAIAWEB.org for details, TBA. July 16-17, Greater Toronto Workers assembly and Free and Accessible Transit forum, time and place to be announced