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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.