Category: Labour
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Post-Capitalist Futures? Work After Automation
Widespread social concern about potentially negative consequences of technological automation for workers is nothing new. Since the era of early industrialism, commentators and economists have mused about the potentially damaging … Keep reading »
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Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is. Keep reading »
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Unions, Just Transition and the Struggle for Radical Social Transformation
For more than a decade, trade union responses to the unfolding climate and ecological crisis have mainly focused on the idea of “just transition.” This idea has brought much-needed attention … Keep reading »
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Teacher-Volunteers: Unpaid Labour a Symptom of Precarious Work
As we continue to contend with the various challenges surrounding COVID-19, one interesting result has been the pronounced decline in volunteerism. With increasingly stringent health measures such as social distancing … Keep reading »
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Palestinian Striking Workers Triumph
After 19 days of an open-ended strike demanding their human and labour rights, Palestinian workers at Yamit have suspended their strike on January 20. The workers’ committee has reached this … Keep reading »
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We Urge International Support to Palestinian Striking Workers
On January 1st, 2021, when the world was celebrating the new year, 75 Palestinian workers at the Israeli settlement factory of Yamit Sinoun started an open strike demanding the company … Keep reading »
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Google Workers Launch New Union
On January 4th, workers at Google and other Alphabet companies announced the creation of the Alphabet Workers Union with support from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) – the first … Keep reading »
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Precarity U
Members of United Steel Workers (USW, Local 1998) tell their stories about the reality, good and bad, of working on casual contracts. Watch video »
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Failure to Protect Essential Prisoner Workers Undermines Public Safety
The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading through federal prisons. As of December 30, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has reported 1093 positive cases and three deaths among federal prisoners. The … Keep reading »
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When They Say Jump: The ATU and the TTC
On Thursday, December 17, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU Local 113), the union that represents the majority of Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) workers, provided an example of how not to organize … Keep reading »
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The Farmers’ Fight Is Our fight!
New Trade Union Initiative – Secretariat The New Trade Union Initiative supports and stands in solidarity with the on-going farmer’s struggle, including the call for Bharat Bandh by the All India … Keep reading »
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Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle
Amazon is seeing record profits – but little trickles down to the ground-level workers who keep the online giant running. Keep reading »