Summer on Strike

The City of Toronto strike is affecting many groups of youth. From the Centre Island summer staff who cannot get to their jobs because the Island ferry service is not currently running, to city summer camp staff not working because camps have been cancelled. This strike is affecting the finances and futures of youth throughout the city.

If teens are not playing on the city basketball courts because they are temporary dump sites...then what are the kids doing? Where are the teens hanging out then?!

The unions are doing what they feel needs to be done. The city is doing what they feel needs to be done. However, lost in the middle are the youth who need these jobs to pay for tuition and safe areas to socialize in.

If you know a teen who has been affected by the strike:

encourage them to do some of their volunteer hours

encourage them to participate in an organized sport

encourage them to look elsewhere for a summer job

encourage them to start their own small summer business