Category: Labour
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The Crisis at Canada Post
With its recent announcement to ‘modernize’ Canada Post, the Mark Carney government has, for all intents and purposes, dusted off the Harper-era “Five Point Action Plan” aimed at gutting the … Keep reading »
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France’s ‘Block Everything’ Anti-Austerity Movement Could Point the Way for Europe
Before it ends up being repressed, the wind of revolt sweeping through the squares of France must be transformed into a comprehensive, alternative economic policy project. Keep reading »
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Labour Leaders Must Advance BDS, or Step Aside
In his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci invokes the “Fable of the Beaver” to critique the political failings of party leaders who compromise their obligation to represent the classes that raised … Keep reading »
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Unifor and UE Pass Resolutions for an Arms Embargo and Support for Palestinian Workers
The ground is shifting in global popular opinion against Israel’s war and genocide on Gaza. But western states, notably the US, Britain and Canada, remain complicit in arming and assisting … Keep reading »
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The Return of the Wildcat Strike?
In a Canadian tradition as old as maple syrup, governments of all stripes have long leveraged the law to curb strikes, turning what were once exceptional interventions into routine practice. … Keep reading »
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The Air Canada/CUPE Fight and the Bias of Law: And why it is righteous and effective to breach the law
In Canada, there are only two parties to a collective agreement: the employer and the union certified as a bargaining agent for some of that employer’s workers. Workers are not … Keep reading »
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Workers’ Self-Management and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism
The recent book by Marcelo Vieta, Workers’ Self-Management in Argentina: Contesting Neo-liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestion (Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2020), provides a wealth of information and … Keep reading »
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Unions in Tunisia Win a Victory for Public Energy and Worker Rights
Over the past few days, there have been a series of power outages across Tunisia. During Tunisia’s sweltering summer months, electricity demand often surges to record-breaking levels as air conditioning … Keep reading »
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CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Paramedic and CUPE Ontario executive board member Katherine Grzejszczak fights for reinstatement to her job. She was fired by York Region for an anti-war comment she made on Facebook. The … Watch video »
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Sam Gindin on “Thinking as a Class”
If what we were saying to workers in a workplace was in the 1950s and 60s, you didn’t actually have to think about anybody else. If you were an auto … Watch video »
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How Employers Have Become Part of a Persecution Campaign: The Katherine Grzejszczak case
There are many accounts and criticisms of public-private partnerships (PPP’s) which are created to attain a government’s goal. Governments have internalized a market notion that profit-seeking leads to more efficiency … Keep reading »
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City of Vaughan Attacks Free Speech: Paramedic Fired for Palestine Solidarity and Citing Documented Israeli War Crimes
Politicians Crossed the Line in Firing of York Region Paramedic CUPE Ontario is calling out City of Vaughan politicians for overreach in the firing of a long-serving York Region paramedic and … Keep reading »