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The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Canada (CBTU) has joined the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW) research project to explore the impact of climate change on racialized communities within Canada.
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists joined Sarun Balaranjan (OPIRG McMaster) https://www.opirgmcmaster.org/, Ian Borsuk (Environment Hamilton) https://www.environmenthamilton.org/ and Hasnain Kahn (McMaster Student Union) for a panel discussion on Environmental Racism as part of the MSU Anti-Racism Month workshop series. https://fb.watch/1KofffthRp/
On November 7, 2020, Patricia Chong (Asian Canadian Labour Alliance) spoke at the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario’s (ETFO) Racialized Members Conference: Identity in times of Crisis. Patricia spoke about the ACW and Coalition of Black Trade Unionists’ Environmental Racism project … Continued
On Oct. 21, 2020, Patricia Chong (Asian Canadian Labour Alliance) spoke about the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces’ Environmental Racism workshop, the impact of COVID-19 on Racialized and Indigenous peoples, and the opportunities for … Continued
CBTU calls upon Unions to take and implement anti-racist pandemic recovery plans in this moving and militant Labour Day message in Our Times Magazine. Yolanda K. McClean vows, “We will keep walking along the long road to Justice. We will not rest, … Continued
ACW, CBTU, and ACLA hosted a webinar and invited union and community activists to take action against environmental racism. In this moment of tremendous social change unions are asking themselves: how best can we act to stop racism in all … Continued
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists joined Green Jobs Oshawa’s first “Retooling Our World for the Future” Summit; a summit for community leaders, environmentalists, labour and social justice advocates all working towards the common goal of public ownership and repurposing our … Continued
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists partnered with the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion Leadership Program to deliver “Unionism 101: Let’s Talk About Unions” to young civic leaders engaged in social justice activism on campuses and workplaces. The discussion explored … Continued
CBTU Canada has joined Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Respond to Climate Change to engage community and labour activists through a research project on environmental racism. What does #BlackLivesMatter, and the unshakable moral principle that it represents, have to … Continued
Environmental groups have a diversity problem. Here are some ways we can fix it. By: Jesse Firempong A US group tracking green groups’ diversity, found 20% of staff at the largest 40 US-based environmental non-governmental organizations identified as people of … Continued
Excellent Meeting today at the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)‘s Executive Council meeting, chaired by their new President Patty Jarvis Coates. Ahmad Gaied, Secretary-Treasurer OFL, and Christopher Wilson, 1st Vice-President CBTU reported on the partnership between CBTU Ontario, Canada, and the OFL to put the pressure on governments at all levels to understand that: gentrification is environmental racism.