Category: Labour
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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 »
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Booklaunch: Health and Health Care Inequities
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to host the Toronto launch of Health and Health Care Inequities by author and healthcare worker Arnel Borras. The book provides … Watch video »
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CUPW strike in 1981 leads to Maternity Leave
In 1981, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) engaged in a 42-day strike that resulted in significant improvements to maternity leave benefits. The strike led to the establishment of … Watch video »
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The Struggle Continues: CUPW Walking Tour (Mayworks, Toronto)
The walk takes participants by downtown Toronto sites associated with CUPW’s history, from its beginnings to present day. The walking tour passes by important Canadian Union Postal Workers (CUPW) workplaces … Watch video »
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DOGE Already Happened in Chicago: How to Resist Through Coalition Building
On April 14, members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) ratified its new contract with 97 percent approval. The nearly year-long negotiation process was steered by union president Stacy Davis … Keep reading »
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A Left Program for the Future of Labour
Raquel Cardeira Varela obtained her PhD in Political and Institutional History at ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in 2010. She is a social and labour historian, researcher and Professor at … Watch video »
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Call from Gaza Unions to US Workers: Put Your Solidarity Into Action to Stop the Genocide
To the Free Trade Unions in the United States of America and to every free worker and trade unionist fighting for justice, freedom, and human dignity. We salute you on … Keep reading »