EVENTS & MEETINGS:
1) Saturday, December 14: Monthly Action to Raise the Minimum Wage
2) Monday, January 6: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
3) Monday, January 13: Meeting of the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury
NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) Send your MPP a message of support for striking Personal Support Workers!
2) "The Battle at Canada Post and the Future of our Public Services" by David Bush
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Saturday, December 14: Monthly Action to Raise the Minimum Wage
Time: 12 noon
Location: Gather at the New Sudbury Shopping mall by the bus stop on Barrydowne near the Shopper's Drug Mart entrance
Across Ontario, communities are organizing actions on the 14th of every month to call for a $14 minimum wage. On Saturday December 14th, our actions will have a holiday theme! In Sudbury we are gathering at 12noon at the New Sudbury Shopping mall by the bus stop on Barrydowne near the Shopper's Drug Mart entrance to the mall. Hope to see you there! If you need a lift from downtown call the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty at 249-878-7227.
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Monday, January 6: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209
upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native
Friendship Centre)
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request.
S-CAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We provide direct-action support work assisting individuals in their struggles with welfare and ODSP, housing, employers, and others who deny people what they are entitled to in order to meet their needs. In addition, we mount campaigns against and support educational work about regressive government policies as they effect working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. We believe in the power of resistance!
La coalition contre la pauvreté de Sudbury (S-CAP) est un organisme d’action directe luttant contre la pauvreté. Elle se trouve à Sudbury en Ontario.
Le travail de la coalition se base dans l’action directe et consiste à apporter de l’aide aux individus dans leurs luttes pour l’assistance sociale, l’invalidité, le logement, l’emploi et à les aider à faire face aux gens qui leur refusent ce à quoi ils ont droit pour rencontrer leurs besoins. De plus, la coalition fait des compagnes de sensibilisation et de dénonciation par rapport aux politiques gouvernementales régressives quant à leurs effets sur les travailleurs et travailleuses et les personnes vivant dans la pauvreté.
La coalition croit au pouvoir des personnes de s’organiser elles-mêmes; elle croit au pouvoir de la résistance!
Please call us (249-878-7227)
Email us at sudburyCAP@gmail.com
S-CAP on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/
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Monday, January 13: Meeting of the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch Street, 3rd floor)
This is the next general meeting of the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury.
Please note that the location is not wheelchair accessible -- if this is a barrier for you to attend, please let us know and we will find an alternate location.
NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:
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Send your MPP a message of support for striking Personal Support Workers!
To send this message to your MPP, go here: http://justice4psws.ca/index.html
You can show your support for PSWs by sending a message to your MPP at Queen’s Park. To send an automatic message, enter your postal code below with your name. The following message will be sent on your behalf:
"I support Personal Support Workers in their fight for justice and for a fair collective agreement. They deserve to be paid a decent, living wage and to be recognized for their essential role in providing care to the most vulnerable members of society.
I also call on the Government of Ontario to ensure that funding for homecare is spent on front-line care for clients, rather than being diverted to company profits, executive bonuses and wasteful bureaucracy."
Or, you can write and send your own personalized message of support. Find your MPP’s email address by entering your postal code below.
To send this message to your MPP, go here: http://justice4psws.ca/index.html
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"The Battle at Canada Post and the Future of our Public Services"
by David Bush
(Originally from Rankandfile.ca: http://rankandfile.ca/2013/12/11/the-battle-at-canada-post-and-the-futur...)
The site for the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op has been archived and will no longer be updated. Please visit the main Media Co-op website to learn more about the organization.
The Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op was formed to create independent media in the North, to speak to our issues and outlooks on our communities as well as the world around us. Independent media provides an avenue for people who are wishing to gain critical perspective on the issues that matter most to us, and to give a voice to those people and stories that you won't find in the mainstream media.
The Sudbury working-group site is no longer being updated and has been archived.