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Parkdale Rent Strikers to Michael Lax: Your Eviction Notices Don’t Intimidate Us

Posted on: February 13, 2018 /

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Michael Lax, landlord and director of Nuspor Investments, has sent eviction notices to the rent strikers at 1251 King. On Sunday night rent strikers met and unanimously agreed to continue to withhold their rent until Michael Lax drops his application for a rent increase above the guideline at the building. The rent strikers are not

New Video: Parkdale Rent Strike – Round 2

Posted on: February 6, 2018 /

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In press coverage of our struggle, you’ll often see that predatory landlords, poor living conditions and hardship are the focus. Reporters interview talking heads from government-funded organizations that have nothing to do with our organizing. In this and other videos from Sub.Media you will see what the story of Parkdale is really about. This is

1251 King Rent Strikers Hold Firm at Tribunal

Posted on: February 2, 2018 /

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Tenants from 1251 King held firm on their demand that Nuspor drop an above guideline rent increase that aims to pass off the costs of a $296,935 lobby renovation, as well as over $35,000 of other costs, on to the tenants. A trial date will be set as a result. Today was in no way

Parkdale Teachers Support Rent Strike!

Posted on: January 30, 2018 /

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Teachers at Queen Victoria Public School in Parkdale will protest in support of rent strikers at 1251 King on Thursday morning. Many students at Queen Vic live at 1251 King. Their teachers support them and their parents on rent strike. Teachers demand Nuspor drop the above guideline rent increase and do the repairs now! What: Parkdale Teachers’ Protest

February 1 Rent Strike at 1251 King

Posted on: January 24, 2018 /

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Nuspor Investments: Drop the rent increase now! Tonight, at a meeting called by the building committee at 1251 King, tenants committed in numbers to going on rent strike February 1. The tenants demand their landlord, Nuspor Investments, drop the above guideline rent increase at the building now. In an attempt to intimidate tenants, Nuspor hired

Tenants at 1251 King Visit Nuspor Investments

Posted on: January 17, 2018 /

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This morning a group of our neighbours from 1251 King, along with members of Parkdale Organize, travelled together from Parkdale to the uptown offices of the landlord, Nuspor Investments. We came to demand Nuspor drop the above guideline rent increase at the building. We also brought a stack of requests for repairs that have gone

Tenants Organize Against Rent Increase at 1251 King West

Posted on: December 21, 2017 /

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Our neighbours at 1251 King are beginning to organize against an above guideline rent increase at their building. Their landlord, Nuspor Investments, is trying to raise the rent way above the guideline to make tenants pay for cosmetic renovations to the lobby and hallways. Meanwhile, the landlord ignores problems in units and expects our neighbours

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

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