Ontario ACORN’s “Let us Work!” ODSP/OW Action
Posted August 26, 2016
Ontario ACORN members took action today to to demand an increase in the amount of employment income and assets ODSP/OW recipients can keep before the government claws it back.
Posted August 26, 2016
Ontario ACORN members took action today in Ottawa and Toronto to demand an increase in the amount of employment income and assets ODSP/OW recipients can keep before the government claws it back.
Ottawa ACORN members had an AWESOME petition rally outside of MPP Bob Chiarelli’s office (2249 Carling Ave). Thank you to our dedicated members who fought off the heat to gather signatures for our official petition to the legislature, our union allies from OPSEU and PSAC who joined us and Toronto ACORN for their solidarity action!
In Toronto, a dozen determined ACORN members descended on the North York employment services. Members petitioned outside and distributed flier to OW and ODSP clients as they entered the office.
At the end of the action – after we got the letter delivered and the point across – Toronto ACORN members committed to forming a Disability Rights Group to Work with Ottawa ACORN’s Disabilty Rights Committee.
Read more about the action and ACORN’s demands by checking out our press coverage below:
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Les membres d’ACORN Ottawa ont eu un rallie-pétition IMPRESSIONNANT vendredi le 26 août devant le bureau du MPP Bob Chiarelli (2249 Carling Ave) pour exiger une hausse des limites de revenu d’emploi et de l’avoir que peuvent garder les bénéficiaires de POSPH/OT avant la récupération par le gouvernement. Merci à nos membres dévoués qui ont enduré la chaleur et ont recueilli des signatures pour notre pétition officielle à la législature de l’Ontario; merci à nos alliés syndicaux SEFPO et AFPC qui se sont joints à nous; et merci à ACORN Ontario pour leur action solidaire!
Lire plus sur cette action et les demandes d’ACORN en consultant la couverture médiatique ci-dessous;
Orleans Star: ACORN calling for change in welfare, disability program
