Saturday 15 July 2023

 

Fair Hotels to be included in the TorontotheBetter directory


We are pleased to announce that we will be adding Fair Hotels to the TorontotheBetter directory. Fair Hotel is a project of international union Unite Here supporitng sustainable jobs for workers in Toronto's hospitality sector.Each Unite Here unionized hotel will be listed as a Fair Hotel in the directory. For updtes to the TorontotheBetter directory check New Listings at www.TorontotheBetter.net








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Thursday 13 July 2023

 

Cashless/heartless

If the imges above seem a little strange it is likely because more and more stores in Toronto are not accepting them and becoming cashless wiithout a word of explanation or apology, just a fact  that they require their users to adapt to. And for those with credit and debit cards  adapt they will. But for others (the poor) without cards adapt they can't. Another sign that the corporate world of futuristic technology is a war on the poor, whose finance base is coins. It all adds up to another example of what in healthcare are termed the "social determinants of health.". Any form of currency is healtthier than none - it huirts to be poor at all times - but you will llive even shorter and more desperate lives if stores refuse the one form of currency you  sometimes have is coins. To cashless stores TorontotheBtter says, "HAVE A HEART." Make goods free or accept coins as pay,memt.



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Monday 10 July 2023

 

Brother can you spare a credit card? Corporate cash technology targets Toronto's poorest

"Brother, can you spare a dime" went a song from 20th century's "great depression". But any number of dimes won't get you anything in Toronto's growing number of credit/debit card only stores.  Class war continues as corporate Canada makes life harder and harder for the poor in Canada's largest city, once known as the most "livable" in North America. In 2023 it's not livable at all if you live on the streets and coins are your only currency. And if no-cash stores were not bad enough self-checkout machines are replacing counter workers, meaning precarious work is even more precarious for those at the bottom of the employment ladder. What can we do about it? Plenty.Tell corporate Canada we don't like your technology by boycotting it. TorontotheBetter calls on coin-positive supporters to donate cash to the street needy, walk out of stores that refuse cash, and avoid using self-checkout machines designed only to reduce employment and boost corporate profits.To  help you we have cards to leave in stores that engage in this war on the poor.Our cards say: NO COINS ACCEPTED? -> NO SALE and are free from TorontotheBetter. To get your cards email us at postmaster@torontothebetter.net with YES TO COINS in the subject line or call us at 416-707-3509. Alternatively check this blog for times when you can pick up your cards in person.            


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