Parkdale Organize

This Is Parkdale, Vol. 2, Issue 2: “Gentrification” is the Tip of the Iceberg

Posted on: December 18, 2017 /

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Download PDF here “GENTRIFICATION” IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG It seems like everyone nowadays is talking about ‘gentrification’ in the neighbourhood, especially now that two condo towers are slated to go up at King and Dufferin. Parkdale Organize agrees that gentrification is a real problem. We don’t necessarily agree with everyone about what gentrification

Victory: Food Terminal Workers Union Wins First Contract

Posted on: November 18, 2017 /

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From our neighbours who work at the Ontario Food Terminal: We have just returned from signing the contract. All of us voted yes on the proposals. Everyone is happy with what we have and we are looking forward to returning to work tomorrow, after almost two weeks on strike. For all of us, this is

This Is Parkdale: A Documentary on the Parkdale Rent Strike

Posted on: November 5, 2017 /

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About the film: In the summer of 2017, in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale, over 300 tenants living across 12 apartment buildings went on rent strike to protest a wave of rent increases that would have displaced members of their community. Through months of organizing and a series of escalating actions, working-class people took on

Victory: Collective Action Beats Evictions in Parkdale!

Posted on: October 20, 2017 /

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We are very pleased to report that Phil, Brandon, and Kelly have beaten their evictions! They will stay in their homes and continue to contribute to neighbourhood life in Parkdale. Congratulations to our neighbours! Last Friday the three tenants, along with members of Parkdale Organize, delivered a letter to their landlord at his place of

Landlord and Domino’s Owner put on Notice

Posted on: October 14, 2017 /

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Last evening our neighbours Phil, Brandon, and Kelly, along with members of Parkdale Organize, delivered a letter to their landlord Paval Kanagathurai at his Domino’s pizza franchise at 1671 Dundas West (just east of Lansdowne).We are demanding Paval stop all eviction proceedings against his tenants by Friday, October 20. (We would like to thank the workers

This Is Parkdale: a documentary on the Parkdale Rent Strike

Posted on: October 8, 2017 /

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From May to August more than 300 of our neighbours in MetCap buildings went on rent strike and won. Their rent strike forced MetCap to substantially drop the rent increases and commit to a program of rent-relief for low-income tenants. The rent strike was a turning point for Parkdale. Our neighbours showed us that when

Parkdale Rent Strike Ends in Victory!

Posted on: August 3, 2017 /

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Statement of the Rent Strikers’ Negotiating Committee Today we are pleased to announce that the Parkdale rent strike has ended in victory. The organizing of hundreds of working class people in Parkdale, including us and our neighbours, has shifted the balance of power between landlords and tenants in Parkdale in our favour. For the past

An Interview with Parkdale Organize

Posted on: June 29, 2017 /

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Parkdale Organize was recently interviewed by the UK website Novara Media. Full text is below. The original publication can be found online here. // No to Gentrification, Yes to Rent Strikes: An Interview With Toronto’s Parkdale Organize by William Neumeister Recent events have made it tragically clear how dangerous it can be when tenants’ concerns

Negotiations with MetCap Have Begun – Rent Strike Continues July 1

Posted on: June 25, 2017 /

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On June 21 fourteen tenants representing rent strikers from six buildings sat down across the table from eight high ranking AIMCo and MetCap executives to put forward the demands of the Parkdale rent strike. Rent strikers secured an agreement from MetCap to stop all evictions as long as negotiations are ongoing. Negotiations resume next week.

Parkdale Rent Strikers Demand Repairs for Neighbours

Posted on: June 16, 2017 /

Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today rent strikers delivered a letter to Darren Shaw, MetCap property manager, to demand that the necessary repairs be completed in their neighbour’s unit. Rather than deal with his tenants Darren chose to run away. When tenants followed him down Tyndall Avenue asking when they could expect the work to be completed he refused to

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