Thank you to everyone who helped make our Black History in Canada webinar a success. Over 250 participants had the pleasure of hearing El Jones perform this spoken word piece as part of the event's opening February 3, 2021. Please enjoy this video from the event, and join us for the remainder of our webinar series throughout February and March!
For African Liberation and Black History Month we are joining
the OFL to launch the third annual Legacies of Labour and Community Activism poster series.
This year’s poster honours CBTU's own Megan Whitfield, who left us way too soon. We love you sistren.
Dear members,
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Canadian Chapter is celebrating Black History Month by holding a series of webinars in February and March - commemorating both Black History and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Dear members,
Please read the attached letter from our CBTU Canadian Chapter Board.
The CBTU Canada Chapter calls on Tropicana management to end wage freezes and return to the bargaining table now! Please add your name to THIS LETTER to share your support.
Dear members,
Sister and CBTU Chapter Member Sharon Paris is requesting our help.
Sharon has been living with kidney disease for most of her life and has put forward a request to our Membership to help if they can.
Greetings CBTU Members,
You are invited to take part tonight – July 31, 2020 at 10:45 pm – VIRTUALLY - in our Annual Freedom Train Ride via the following link:
CBTU continues to be a proud sponsor of the Emancipation Day March. For five years now, our Chapter has participated and we will not be deterred by the current pandemic; however, socially distant participation is strongly encouraged for all to feel safe!
“I can't breathe” …yet again are the words heard around the world. Words which bellowed out of the mouths of George Floyd and Eric Garner, both of whom were Black victims of extrajudicial killing at the hands of police. Words that originate deep in the soul of the Black experience. “I can't breathe” is the response uttered far too often by those who live at the intersection of being Black and being policed, or being Black and policed while suffering from a mental health crisis. In the case of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police while sleeping in her bed, she never had the chance to even utter the words.
