8 reasons why Filipino youth should join the Ontario $14 minimum wage campaign

Follow Anakbayan-Toronto on twitter: @anakbayanto 1. Ontario minimum wage has been frozen for three years The province’s minimum wage had previously been frozen at $10.25 an hour since 2010. Before that, minimum wage had increased annually since 2004, when it was $6.85 an hour. 2. $14 is indexed to cost of living, $11 is not … Continue reading 8 reasons why Filipino youth should join the Ontario $14 minimum wage campaign

Anakbayan-Toronto Statement on International Women’s Day

On this day, Anakbayan-Toronto rises with all our sisters around the world! We are committed to work for the welfare of Filipinos wherever they are. Above all, we work for the rights and welfare of women and youth who have been denied justice and betrayed by the Philippine government! We reject the misleading Global Gender … Continue reading Anakbayan-Toronto Statement on International Women’s Day

Community supports Kenneth Aldovino’s Right to Stay

By: Lesley Valiente and Sarah Salise Kenneth Aldovino received a letter in the mail asking him to leave the country before the end of January. Aldovino has been in Canada for 6 months, initially arriving just in time to see his mother, Edna Aldovino, for the last time before she passed away of cancer in … Continue reading Community supports Kenneth Aldovino’s Right to Stay

Toronto Filipino progressive groups meet with head of the Philippine Consulate in Toronto

On November 15th 2013- Toronto Filipino progressive groups Anakbayan Toronto (AB-TO) Migrante Canada and Migrante Sectoral Partylist (MSP) met with Consul General Junever Mahilum West appealing to the Philippine government to get its act together when it comes to the relief efforts following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The current Philippine government have failed to … Continue reading Toronto Filipino progressive groups meet with head of the Philippine Consulate in Toronto