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informariori call us at 905 6952202 or visit our website wwwduocomca poverty the focus of workers parade many families living on less than 30000 a year union leader says by mitchell brown staff writer deciding how to spend the last long weekend of the summer is hardly ever a problem for gerry harrison im sure my wife and my family would have something lined up for me he said chuck ling but instead of kicking back at the cottage or back deck the president of the ontario sec ondary school teachers federa tion district 16 and some of his local members will spend tomorrow taking part in the annual labour day parade in toronto i think its a celebration of the labour movement in canada and its an awareness that there are still a lot of issues that labour believes in he said from his newmarket office labour does a lot of good things in this community and this is a time to get together not to say whats wrong with govern ment but to celebrate labour the theme of this years march which will take partici pants from queen street and university avenue to the cne gates at dufferin street is a mil lion reasons to take action a reference john cartwright said to the 1 million torontoarea workers earning less than 29800 a year the lowincome cut off rate for a family of four profits are now at the highest level in canadian history but we have a million gta workers in key sectors of the economy whose work is undervalued and underpaid the toronto york labour does a lot of good things in this community and this is a time to get together not to say whats wrong with government but to celebrate labour gerry harrison president osstf district 16 region labour council presi dent said adding 85 per cent of these workers are fulltime these people are contribut ing to society yet their work is not rewarding them with the wages and benefits they need for a decent quality of life its up to all of us governments employ ers and unions to ensure that working families can keep their head above water along with addressing wages mr cartwright said the parade will also highlight the need for employment insurance reform the federal deal for cities and the need for the province to restore labour laws rescinded by previ ous governments it was unions that put a stop to the sweatshops of the past now in the toronto region today we have upwards to a million workers earning well below the lowincome cutoff for a family offourhesaid building strong unions has always been the key to raising the standard of living for their families and their communities but we cant do that under cur rent labour laws about 30 per cent of canadi ans belong to a union today down from 40 per cent in 1983 attendance at the parade is expected to number in the thou sands which shouldnt surprise anyone acquainted with the his tory of the labour movement in the toronto area in fact theres strong evidence to suggest labour day itself had its roots in the 19thcentury working men and women of this region the toronto trades assembly organized the first north ameri can workingmans demonstra tion on april 15 1872 an event at which 10000 torontonians turned out to see the parade and listen to speeches calling for the abolition of laws against trade unions in july 1882 the toronto trades and labour council the ttas successor organized the first of its annual parades including visiting american peter mcguire among its invited speakers mr mcguire who was cofounder of the american fed eration of labor returned to the united states to argue the need for an annual holiday to honour workers there since then the day has been seen as a time to celebrate the economic and social achieve ments of the labour movement but more often as the unofficial end of summer one last chance for to get in some summertime fun before heading back to work or school tuesday this years labour day parade will start at 10 am at queen street and university avenue near queens park new windows transform oakville residence ah mr and mrs 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