Category: Labour
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The Canadian Labour Movement Responding to Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
Since Israel began its brutal siege of the Gaza Strip on October 7, Canada’s labour unions have largely come out in vocal support of the Palestinians. Ranging from calls for … Keep reading »
Similar Challenges, Different Narratives: A Tale of Two Unions
The 2023 auto bargaining between the auto unions and the Detroit “Big 3” is shaking out to be different in a way that few of us could have imagined. The … Keep reading »
UAW President Shawn Fain updates negotiations #StandUpUAW
The United Auto Workers (UAW) began a targeted strike against the Detroit Three automakers (Ford, GM, Stellantis) on September 15. As of October 6, 2023, the UAW has made progress … Watch video »
Protect The Right To Strike
This video is about union rights and in particular the right to strike. Unions have fought to have this right embedded in the Canadian Charter of Rights. A major teacher’s … Watch video »
The UPS Agreement in its ‘Concrete Context and Outcomes’: A Response to a Response
In an earlier discussion of the recent Teamster-UPS Agreement, I decried the generally uncritical cheerleading of the agreement and cited Barry Eidlin as someone who at least thoughtfully ‘raised important … Keep reading »
Canadian Workers, the Social-Ecological Crisis and Alternatives
As workers, we are today confronted with the challenge of defending what we have and making gains in the face of an ever-expanding and relentless employer offensive. The employers’ drive … Keep reading »
A Missed Opportunity? A Closer Look at the Teamster-UPS Agreement
Members of the Teamsters just voted to ratify a new contract at UPS. The union made big gains – but in opting not to strike over demands beyond wages, the Teamsters may have passed up a transformative opportunity for the labor movement. Keep reading »
Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Wage
Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Keep reading »
Nurses Rising Up To Demand Action to Fix Health Worker Crisis
As the Council of the Federation meets this week in Winnipeg on the future of Canada’s public healthcare systems, nurses are looking to the premiers for coordinated action to fix … Keep reading »
Europe’s Hospitals on Strike: Different Countries, Same Labour Struggle
Germany Against Hospital Spending Cuts In recent years, an increasingly broad and well-networked hospital movement in Germany has dispelled the myth that hospital strikes are impossible. This labour struggle was set … Keep reading »
Chile: Labour Movement Calls for Nationalizing Lithium Company
On April 20, Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced the launch of a National Lithium Strategy and the creation of a National Lithium Company. Under the new Strategy, the Chilean State’s … Keep reading »
May Day: Workers’ Struggles, International Solidarity, Political Aspirations
For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer lies in part in American labour’s long repression of its own radical past, out of which international May Day was actually born a century ago. Keep reading »