Category: Labour
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Education Under Siege
Ontario’s higher education sector is at a breaking point. From the systematic marketization of colleges and universities to the sustained attack on labour rights, the provincial government’s strategy is clear: … Watch video »
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Devastating Consequences of War Against Iran
From February 28 to today, May 20, for 82 days, we were unable to launch the Syndicate’s online platforms, even temporarily. A devastating war completely disrupted the lives and struggles … Keep reading »
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Will the CLC Finally Break from its Support for Israel and its Histadrut Federation?
This coming week, the delegates to the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) triennial Convention in Winnipeg will have a vital opportunity to establish a new relationship of fulsome solidarity with the … Keep reading »
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The Struggle at Mama Earth and Lessons for the Labour Movement
Last month over 100 members of UFCW Local 1006A working at Mama Earth Organics in Toronto received termination notices. The company announced it would close its East York facility on … Keep reading »
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A Socialist Political Earthquake Strikes Seattle
In recent years, municipal politics has emerged as an essential and viable arena for building socialist leadership and movements. In 2013, a group of socialists built an electoral strategy and … Keep reading »
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In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts
At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for … Keep reading »
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Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Notes Toward a Digital Workers Inquiry, Common Notions, 2025, a new book full of first-hand accounts from the tech sector’s resurgent labour … Watch video »
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Booklaunch: Organizing Amazon
Amazon workers in Coventry, England have won breakthrough wage gains through years of strikes and organizing at the global giant. Now, a new book documents these achievements, and the militant, … Watch video »
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Organizing Amazon: An Interview with Amazon Worker Solidarity
Milla Vodello is the pseudonym of an organizer with the Amazon Worker Solidarity (AWS) group in Toronto. Amazon Worker Solidarity is an independent grassroots organization of trade unionists, community activists, … Keep reading »
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The Promise That Canada Broke
It’s been a month since Prime Minister Mark Carney cancelled the caregiver permanent residency program, at least for 2026. He did it on December 19th – the Friday before Christmas, … Keep reading »
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#Insorgiamo: A Factory Occupation for the Climate
Over the last two years, Italian autoworkers have built a broad and inspiring alliance for ecological transformation. Keep reading »
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The WSIB “Surplus”: A Political Slush Fund
The corporate lobby is misleading the public when it suggests that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) of Ontario is over-funded and that the money should be “returned” to … Keep reading »