Jul 4, 2024 | Oral History Project, Video
David Kidd is a long-time labour and community activist who was interviewed on July 4, 2024. He was a member and elected steward with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79 which represents inside workers with the City of Toronto. In the interview, he...
Apr 24, 2024 | Events & Presentations
Join Us In honour of Asian Heritage Month, TWHP is proud to co-sponsor Labour Council’s movie screening of: Big Fight in Little Chinatown To register or for more information, contact Jennifer Huang at...
Apr 17, 2024 | Events & Presentations
REMEMBERING THE HOGG’S HOLLOW TUNNEL TRAGEDY (1960) Tuesday April 16 at 7 pm on Zoom On March 17, 1960, five men working on a watermain under the Don River died when a fire broke out in the tunnel. They were all recent immigrants from Italy, part of the huge of wave...
Apr 12, 2024 | Oral History Project, Video
Michael Lyons began his union involvement at Northern Electric in Bramalea, where he was active in the United Auto Workers (now part of Unifor). In the early 1970s, he was a staff member of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and in 1977 was hired by the Labour...
