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Uncovering the ‘billionaire coup against democracy’
A new report finds that governments worldwide are reshaping labour law to favour corporate power.
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Walmart workers have won a first-ever contract in North America
Unifor Local 252 in Mississauga announced that about 800 workers now have a collective agreement.
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National Coalition promises to fight Canada’s war bank
“Security comes from funding homes, food and education. Security does not come from an economy built on war.”
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Canada’s richest 1% nearly as wealthy as poorest 80%
Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada.
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Alberta forcing teachers back to work is a historic loss
Premier Danielle Smith has used the ‘notwithstanding clause’ to shield the strike-breaking bill from a court challenge.
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Capitalism and Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made
An interview with historian Bryan Palmer about his trilogy of books on the continuing legacy of colonialism in Canada.
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Air Canada flight attendants have made Labour history
After delivering an impressively strong strike mandate vote, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) flight attendants at Air Canada walked off the job on August 16. Within hours, Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu heeded the company’s call for intervention and quickly directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to issue a back-to-work order and send the parties to arbitration.
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Amazon workers in B.C. have won Union certification
In many ways, however, the fight has only begun: the union must now secure a contract.
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Uber drivers have unionized for the first time in Canada
UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.
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Carney may be better than Poilievre, but serious issues remain
A consummate technocrat like Mark Carney, committed in his bones to neoliberalism, can only exacerbate the economic pain.
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The U.S. saw just half of the number of strikes in 2024 as Canada
This past week, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University once again released the annual report of its Labor Action Tracker (LAT), which records all strikes and lockouts in the United States.
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Time to think beyond ‘worthless’ free trade agreements
“Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement?”
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Trump’s threats expose Canada’s utter dependency on the U.S.
The immediate task for Canada should be to delink from the United States and the American Empire.
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‘Sandwiched’ caregivers show need for improved welfare state
Our economy and society are heavily dependent on unpaid care work, disproportionately performed by women.
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Jewish anti-Zionists fight slander against their pro-Palestinian advocacy
Those who claim pro-Palestinian Jews are not really Jewish are “by my definition, completely unhinged.”
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The U.S. is witnessing a considerable growth in strike activity
Cornell University’s Labour Action Tracker reports have noted a 77 per cent growth in strikes since 2021.
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Sweden is giving Elon Musk a taste of union strength
Let’s hope Swedish workers win and workers in all countries where Tesla operates take note and act accordingly.
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How Canada helped whitewash the Nazi SS Galicia Division
How a 1986 commission came to be accused of whitewashing Nazi war crimes.
