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December 29, 2012 - No. 47 2012 Photo Review Year of Resistance and Organization
OctoberOctober 2
Community and social service workers demand funding for women's support services be restored at BC Minister of Justice and Attorney General's constituency office, Prince George    http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42130.htm#3 October
3
Students walk out to support teachers and education workers and oppose Ontario McGuinty government's attack on rights through Bill 115, the Putting Students First Act, across Greater Essex District School Board   Belle River High School    Forster High School   Catholic Central High School  Riverside High School  Sandwich Secondary School  Walkerville High School   Leamington High School  http://cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0202.HTM#6 October
4
Elementary teachers provide union with overwhelming strike mandate in Toronto and elsewhere across the Province October
4
Sisters in Spirit vigils in memory of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada Ottawa
        October 6-7
Anti-war actions on 11th anniversary of invasion of Afghanistan Montreal
    Toronto
      Hamilton
    Edmonton     Vancouver   http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42134.htm#5 October 16 Community and social service workers rally at Premier Christy Clark's office as they begin job actions, Vancouver     http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42130.htm#3 October
17
Actions demand increase in funding of social programs and a stop to cuts in services on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Toronto
October
19
Teachers and education workers and their allies continue to demand repeal of Ontario Bill 115 after Premier McGuinty resigns and prorogues the legislature October 15 MPP
Frank Klees, Aurora
 MPP Eric Hoskins, Toronto  Century Secondary School, Windsor  Giles Campus Elementary School, Windsor  http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0204.HTM#4 October 22 Rally against Bill 115 at MPP Kevin Flynn's office in Oakville   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0204.HTM#4 October
27
Mass actions denounce anti-social EI reforms, Quebec and Maritimes Thetford Mines, QC
        October
30
Strike vote of Hospital
Employees' Union members, Richmond; rotating
strikes by community and social service workers, Victoria    http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42138.htm#3 NovemberNovember
1
Steelworkers, teachers, education and public sector workers, building trades workers and members of community organizations rally at constituency office of Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak in Beamsville      November 1 Bombardier workers strike in La Pocatière, Quebec    http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42141.htm#2 November 2 Pickets against Bill 115 outside Ontario MPPs' offices Minister of Education Laurel Broten, Etobicoke-Lakeshore      Toronto MPP and Liberal leadership candidate Kathleen Wynne, Don Valley West  Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Charles Sousa, Mississauga-South   MPP Frank Klees, Newmarket-Aurora
 http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0210.HTM#2 Hundreds of people demonstrate to oppose event organized by Israeli Zionists to honour Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Toronto     November 5 Teachers and education workers and supporters picket event in Toronto where Kathleen Wynne announces candidacy for Ontario Liberal Party leadership, Toronto   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0208.HTM#6 November 7 Rally outside Greater Essex County District School Board meeting where Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario calls on trustees to oppose Bill 115   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0207.HTM#5 November 8 Rally is organized by ETFO and OSSTF outside event where Sandra Pupatello announces she will run for Ontario Liberal Party leadership, Windsor   
November 9Teachers and education workers continue pickets at MPPs' offices Education Minister Laurel Broten, Etobicoke-Lakeshore  MPP Jeff Yurek, Elgin-Middlesex-London  MPP Tracy MacCharles, Pickering-Scarborough East  November 12 Teachers and education workers rally at Cobourg District Collegiate Institute East      November 13 Ontario teachers and education workers rally at office of MPP Bob Bailey, Sarnia-Lambton  Over 250 people meet for "community conversation" at College of New Caledonia organized by residents and civic workers, Prince George Protest at visit of Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak to Windsor 
November 15-16 Emergency demonstrations stand with Palestinian people in Gaza against Israeli military aggression Toronto (November 15)         Montreal (November 16)     http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42147.htm#6
November 16 More than 500 members of the Professional Institute of the Public Services of Canada and other workers rally on Parliament Hill to defend public services and oppose Harper government's layoffs and retrogressive cuts          Actions against Ontario Bill 115 Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten, Etobicoke-Lakeshore    MPP Jim McDonell, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry        November 17 Demonstrations in support of Palestine condemn military aggression against Gaza Rally against International Security Forum in Halifax          Ottawa    November 18 More than 1,000 people take to streets to express support for Palestinian people of Gaza facing brutal crimes of Zionists, Montreal         November 20 Teachers and education workers rally outside Liberal Party fundraiser in Toronto             November 20 Windsor public forum discusses significance of Bill 115 and importance of everyone joining fight for its repeal; similar event held next day in Hamilton  November 20-22 Canadian Union of Public Employees holds mass membership meetings as part of growing campaign against Bill 115 in Ontario Hamilton  Windsor  Peterborough November 23 Rally at constituency office of Finance Minister Dwight Duncan in Windsor November 23 Health care workers strike at North Shore Health, North Vancouver November
24-25
Actions support Palestinian people's struggle for recognition of their national rights Ottawa
    Toronto  Quebec City (November 25)  http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42151.htm#3 November 25 Monterey Place health care workers, locked out by company in June, persist in defence of their rights and dignity, Calgary   http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2012/D42152.htm#5 DecemberDecember 1 Teachers and education workers picket outside Ontario Liberal leadership debate in Ingersoll   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0212.HTM#1 December 4 Nine hundred teachers and education workers hold spirited rally outside Ontario Liberal Party fundraiser in Ottawa     http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0212.HTM#2 December 4 First Nations demonstrate on Parliament Hill against omnibus Budget Bill C-45's attack on rights   Bombardier workers force company to meet many of their demands and bring end to strike, La Pocatière, Quebec            December 7 Pickets at Ontario MPPs' offices against Bill 115 Education Minister Laurel Broten, Etobicoke-Lakeshore          MPP Norm Miller, Parry Sound-Muskoka   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0213.HTM#5 December 7 Rally against austerity at Ontario Opposition Leader Tim Hudak's office in Beamsville            December 9 Teachers and education workers rally at Liberal leadership debate in Thunder Bay  http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0213.HTM#5 December 10 Ontario students walk out against Bill 115 London (left) and Hamilton   Wallaceburg  Toronto  December 10 National day of action organized by Idle No More to oppose colonial legislation and in defence of First Nations' rights  Vancouver    Edmonton                      Calgary              Blood Nation   Saskatoon    Regina   North Battleford  Winnipeg   Thunder Bay    Toronto      Kenora    Happy Valley-Goose Bay   December 10-12 Elementary teachers initiate rotating one-day strikes in New Liskeard, Timmins, St. Catharines and Ottawa (left to right/top to bottom)     http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0214.HTM#3 December 11 Education workers joined by steelworkers and others in action at Opposition Leader Tim Hudak's office, Beamsville      http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0214.HTM#3 December 13 Students from across Toronto walk out of classes and rally at Queen's Park to demand repeal of Bill 115 and support teachers and education workers in fight for rights                                   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0214.HTM#2 December 14 Injured workers and supporters hold annual Christmas demonstration at Ministry of Labour offices to demand stop to cuts in workers' compensation, Toronto                 December 17-19 One-day strike actions by elementary teachers to oppose Bill 115 and Ontario government’s threats to impose contracts under the legislation continue in rest of school boards across the province Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (December 17), pickets at Prince of Wales Elementary School(top); middle: G.R. Allen Elementary School    Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin's office in Waterdown (December 17)    Rainbow District School Board (December 17)      Ontario Ministry of Education (December 18)      Toronto District School Board (December 18)      Etobicoke (December 18)     Scarborough (December 18)   Durham (December 18)     Oshawa (December 18)  Peel Region District School Board     Waterloo Region District School Board (December 18)     Grand Erie District School Board (December 18)     Lambton-Kent District School Board          Halton District School Board (December 19)   Algoma District School Board (December 19)   http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0215.HTM#3 December 18 Teachers and education workers rally outside Ontario Liberal leadership debate in Ottawa      http://www.cpcml.ca/OPF2012/OP0215.HTM#3 December 21-23 Actions in defence of First Nations' rights are held in nearly 100 communities across Canada, and including a march of 4,000 people on Parliament Hill, as part of the Idle No More campaign, a response to the Harper government’s attacks on First Nations. The actions also support Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation who started a hunger strike December 11, demanding a meeting with the Prime Minister and a representative of Queen Elizabeth II to renew and protect their treaty and to end their marginalization and assimilation and the theft of their resources. Ottawa     Vancouver   Victoria  Lilooet, BC   Prince Rupert; Kamloops, BC   Edmonton          Calgary   Whitefish Lake First Nation, AB  Grand Prairie, AB  High Level, AB  Yellownife   Regina     Saskatoon  Broadview, SK  Prince Alberta, SK  Laronge, SK  Winnipeg          North Caribou Lake First Nation, ON  Webequie, ON  Midland, ON   Toronto  London, ON      Sarnia, ON  Sudbury, ON  Attawapiskat, ON  Kashechewan, ON   Montreal    Senneterre, QC  Halifax  Millbrook First Nation, NS  (Idle No More photos above: TML, Idle No More, I. Doucet/Mediacoop, E. Zee, T. Herman, K. Coles, T. Riley, T. John, D. Parnell, R. Ignace, S. Ferreira, R. Wells, J. Smith, J. Belcourt, L. Loulou, D. Lerat Ferguson, M. Lacerte, K. Okanik, G.L. Taypotat, E. Michell, H. King, M.G. Kosta, M. Martin, J. Bluecoat, D. Koosees, S. Wynne, K. Koostachin, S. Lynn, A. Scott, L. Fraser, Thien V., C.M. Mclaren, Y. Rude)
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