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.
