Author: Herman Rosenfeld
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The Case for Free Public Transit: Just Mobility and Urban Planning
Toronto launch of a unique book, Free Public Transit – And Why We Don’t Pay to Ride Elevators. The launch featured a discussion about the promises, challenges and social underpinnings of free public transit. Watch video »
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Ontario Looks Right
While U.S. socialists have always challenged the myth of American exceptionalism – that the U.S. is immune to class struggle and a politics linked to it – they tend to … Keep reading »
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CAMI Strike 2017
After Another Setback Can Unifor Move On? A four-week strike at the CAMI assembly plant, that began on September 17th, ended on October 16th. Members of Unifor Local 88 voted 86% … Keep reading »
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The Crisis in the ATU: Labour Shoots Itself in the Foot
A sign of the tragic disarray of the Canadian labour movement is the extent to which its misadventures keep piling up. As the turmoil within the union representing the Ontario … Keep reading »
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Ford Unifor Agreement Ratified — Voted Down at Oakville Unit, Local 707
As bargaining between Unifor and the Canadian branches of the Detroit Three automakers came down to the last company, Ford, the signs were pointing to an emerging resistance to decades … Keep reading »
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Bargaining Over Corporate Investment: Innovation or Trap?
Ever since the sit-down strikes of the 1930s, the cycle of ‘Big Three’ auto bargaining has been a major economic and political event, an indicator of the progress of the … Keep reading »
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The Roots and Contours of Worker Rebellion in a Changing China
It is impossible to ignore the large and growing wave of worker strikes and protests now rocking China. Just last year there were over 2700 actions, double the numbers of … Keep reading »
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The NDP and the Election
At this moment, it seems that Harper’s Conservatives are losing ground, headed for possible defeat or minority status, if recent polls are to be believed. If these trends continue, it … Keep reading »
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Low Income Transit Passes: Consolidate and Struggle to Make it Free
The passing of a resolution to “develop a Policy Framework for Toronto Transit Fare Equity for consideration by the end of 2015” by Toronto City Council on July 8th, 2014 … Keep reading »
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The New Struggle for Public Transit
Lessons from the Plundering of the London Underground As we in Canada (and especially Toronto) face the painful and seemingly never-ending process of developing actual projects for public transit expansion, the … Keep reading »
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No Transit Fare Increase!
The entire Canadian urban public transit system is in serious crisis after years of neglect and underfunding from the neoliberal policies adopted by all levels of government in Canada. This … Keep reading »
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Stop Line 9 Should Be Labour’s Demand
One would have hoped that Canada’s newest and largest private sector union – UNIFOR, made up of the former Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) unions … Keep reading »