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May 3, 2026 - HOT CARGO Townhall

When: May 3rd, 1pm

Join us in-person on Sunday May 3 for a Hot Cargo-focused townhall and strategic planning workshops with fellow L4P GTA members from different union and sector caucuses.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about what Hot Cargo means and how it applies to their worksites, industries, and sectors; explore practical ways to build Hot Cargo commitments with coworkers in their locals and bargaining units; and strategize for the May 9 Hot Cargo Day of Action.

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May 2, 2026 - International Workers' Day

When: May 2nd, 7pm
Where: United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St

Resisting Imperialism - Workers for solidarity, sovereignty, and peace!

This May 2nd, the United May Day Committee will celebrate the tradition of International Worker's Day with a night of music, dance, and speeches to complement annual rallies happening across the globe!

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May 1, 2026 - FilmSocial: Bread and Roses

When: May 1st, 7pm
Where: College St. United Church, 502 Bathurst St

The Leo Panitch School, along with the Socialist Project, is pleased to be co-hosting a special May 1 screening of Bread and Roses with our friends in the Greater Toronto Area Industrial Workers of the World.

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May 1, 2026 - Mayworks

When: May 1 to May 31
Where: Various locations

The artists of this year's festival engage with our world as it is. They bring us into the lives of workers, both local and international: a truck driver in Brampton, a health care worker in Thunder Bay, an activist in Montreal, a miner in Morocco, a sugar cane worker in the Dominican Republic, a guide in Palestine, and a contract worker in Mozambique.

Their works raise issues such as wage theft, labour misclassification, technological displacement, union busting, and incarceration as public policy. They also demonstrate how such issues are interwoven into a network of global supply chains, and how communities are organizing as agents of change.

Presented throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, the diversity of works include live theatre, film, animation, installation, music, and pastry making.

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May 1, 2026 - BBQ and Party: May Day 2026

When: Friday May 1st, 5pm
Where: Christie Pits Park, 750 Bloor St. W. (near the firepit/basketball courts)

Let's come together on May 1st to celebrate International Workers' Day 2026!

Did you know that internationally the 1st of May is a national public holiday, and is known as "International Workers' Day"?! The government of Canada made the first Monday in September "Labour Day," but let's also keep the more radical May Day spirit alive!

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