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Justice for Workers Ottawa Summer Camp!
August 24 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Free
Struggling to get your workplace organized? What makes a good organizer? What strategies have been proven to win time and time again?
Want to learn how to make your efforts unstoppable?
Skip the sunburn Saturday August 24th and join Justice for Workers Ottawa’s ‘Summer Camp’ at 233 Gilmour St. from 9:30am-3pm for a day full of workshops specific to worker organizing! Learn about building a fighting labour movement, practical strategies, writing resolutions, effective outreach and follow-up, and much more!!
Program:
9:30am-10:00am:
Welcome and registration
10:00am-11:00am:
How do we build a fighting labour movement?
In order to win demands we need a strong multi-racial working class movement that unites union AND non-union workers. How do we get there?
11:00am-12:00pm
Rise together!: Transnational labour solidarity
Workers’ lives don’t end when they leave the workplace. Sometimes workers deem it necessary to take collective action outside the workplace. What are practical steps workers can take towards this?
12:00pm-1:00pm
LUNCH
1:00pm-2:00pm
Dotmocracy: Justice 4 Workers Demands
Learn about the 10 demands that guide Justice4Workers in fighting for decent work for unionized and non-unionized workers.
2:00pm-3:00pm
Building capacity: Effective outreach & follow-up
If movements don’t grow they can’t successfully leverage collective power to win their demands. Outreach and follow-up are critical in bringing people into the movement. What are the practical steps we can take to bring people into the fight for decent work?