This week has been very busy.
The Brant Roundtable on Poverty held two events.
1) The Community Garden. (If you like growing your own things and need land, its free and they have secured a beautiful location at Mohawk and Birketts.
2) The Temporary Employment Agency Workers forum. I was pleased to participate as one of the guest speakers. It was a room full of knowledge and many questions regarding Agency practices where highlighted and addressed.
The Brantford District Labour Council is in full gear organizing the Journey For Jobs. The dates for the Caravan is set in stone, and the bands, the food, and routes are planned. Its going to be alot of fun, to lighten us up under some very difficult circumstances. June 22nd with an overnight at Brant Park then out to the streets and a number of stops around the city before trekking to Simcoe and then to Hamilton for another BBQ and a stop at Confederation Park.
Most of the events, food, and overnights will be free. This is an event for everyone to get out and make some noise and have a good time. Even find a job in the process.
The BrantNDP hosted a free BBQ at Mohawk Park for everyone who showed up to meet the new Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. She is focused on getting people organized to help make their lives better. The more that help, the better off we will be. It was a great time and alot of fun.
And... then.... the USW VS MNP Case at the Labour Relation Board. The case was heard for two days. I had time for Wednesdays opening statements...and there was a group of us that went down to observe.
The USW will be holding an Information Session in Hamilton later this month or first week in July. Updates to follow..
Links
Visitors
Other Labour Market Resources
Labour Market Report
Career Planning and Job Search Assistance
- A Commitment to Training and Employment for Women (ACTEW)
- Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC)
- Ontario WorkinfoNet
- Young Entrepreneurs
- Internationally Trained Professionals and
- The Edge
- And Finally I Did Get a Job
- You and the Job Market
- Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects (ONESTEP)
- Career Gateway
- JobConnect
- TVOntario CareerMATTERS
- Ontario Prospects
- Ontario Job Futures
2 comments:
I'm glad to see that there are organizations that are doing useful things around Brantford. Phil McColeman just sent me a letter about competing with flags for the most patriotic riding in Canada. At a time when people are losing jobs and lining up at food banks, we have an MP wasting tax dollars to compete with his fellow wasters. This comes on the wake of the ehealth ceo being fired for pandering contracts and then being rewarded with a 300 grand severance. In the private sector she would be sued to recover the 5 million that she handed to her friends. I still get discusted when I see the money on my hydro bill that goes to retiring the debt part of which was again huge severance packages for fired hydro ceos. I'm pissed...........
by the way Brian, what's your email these days. (I'm pissed about freenet closing as well)
later...............dave
Hello Dave....
send an email to
genfastajustmentcenter@bellnet.ca
and I will send you my private email address.
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