Sisters and brothers,

 

Please join us this SATURDAY MARCH 3^rd for the International Women’s Day Rally and March in Toronto, and to demand Justice for Tina Fontaine.

 

This year’s IWD Toronto theme is LIBERATION
Honouring Our Sisters, Celebrating Our Victories, Strengthening Our Resistance, On Indigenous Land.

 

SATURDAY MARCH 3^rd

IWD RALLY 11am.  MARCH/PARADE starts 1pm – University of Toronto OISE Building (252 Bloor Street West)

 

Look for the Unifor flags, and bring your placards and flags!

 

JUSTICE FOR TINA FONTAINE EVENT- 2pm Nathan Phillips Square (100 Queen St. West)

The IWD parade route has been changed this year to end at City Hall, so that we can come together with the Toronto: Justice For Tina Fontaine event to honour Tina Fontaine and the many missing and murdered Indigenous women whose families have yet to receive justice.  This event will be held as an action in the aftermath of the verdict released on February 22^nd, in which Raymond Cormier was found not guilty in the second-degree murder of 15 year old Tina Fontaine.   Please join us.

 

In sol,

 

Josephine

Join with us tomorrow to unite against homophobia and bullying in your workplace and community.

Take action on Wednesday, February 28.

Wear a pink shirt on February 28.  By wearing your pink shirt, and sharing that image online, you can help to show that the union is speaking out against homophobic bullying and harassment. By participating in Pink Shirt Day this year, we ask that you make the promise to stand for kindness every single day.

Share your pictures and messages of support for LGBTQ workers and students with us at communications@unifor.org or online, on Facebook or Twitter, and we will share them with the wider Unifor family. Don’t have a pink shirt? Use this shareable or take a photo with this poster.

What is Pink Shirt Day?

Unifor recognizes Pink Shirt Day to support the trailblazing work of youth who took collective action against bullying. Pink Shirt Day began in Berwick, Nova Scotia in 2007 when David Shepherd, Travis Price and a large group of students decided to defend their peer who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In a show of solidarity, they, and many students turned up to school the next day wearing pink shirts.

In solidarity,

Jerry Dias, National President