Mayworks Festival 2025 – Join the Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group for Basta! No more fear!, a production remembering the Hoggs Hollow disaster of 1960.
“On a cold, windswept field in North York, tragedy struck on 17 March 1960. Five immigrant Italian labourers died when a fire broke out in a water main tunnel they were digging under the Don River. Their horrific deaths exposed the unsafe working conditions on these construction sites, the indifference of managers, the incompetence of government inspectors, and the widespread exploitation of vulnerable newcomers like these men. This tragedy sparked a major response in the press and public, sparking a coroner’s inquiry, protests by thousands of Italian workers and a major organizing drive – and eventually long-overdue new health and safety legislation. Out of the public eye, families of the victims struggled to cope with their grief. “Basta! No More Fear!” is their story.”
Please register (free) to reserve your spot. The location is accessible.
Date & Time:
May 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30PM
May 11 at 2PM
Location
United Steelworkers Building Hall
25 Cecil St.
Toronto, ON