CANADIAN LABOUR-TORONTO:

RALLY IN SUPPORT OF STRIKING TORONTO CITY WORKERS:

While the garbage piles up, and the city fathers refuse to budge on negotiations city workers of Toronto and their supporters held a strike support rally yesterday. Here's the story from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

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Rally for CUPE 79 and 416:
Local community and labour supporters joined striking Toronto municipal workers at the Ted Reeve Arena temporary garbage drop off site in Toronto's East End, for a support line and rally Saturday, July 4th.

A similar rally was held at Christie Pits in the city's West End. The rallies were organized by the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, and John Cartwright, the Council's president, led the line at Ted Reeve Arena.

CUPE 416 and CUPE 79 members walked off the job June 22 to defend their collective agreements from concession demands from the City.