Category: Labour
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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 »
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New Vehicle Production Announced at GM Oshawa
Green Jobs Oshawa (GJO) is a project that began in late 2019 in a struggle against the closure of the historic GM Oshawa assembly complex, where the workers are organized … Keep reading »
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Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile
Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge to union organizers and socialists throughout the country. Are we in a 1919 moment, still a generation of failures away from breakthrough success? Or closer to 1935, approaching the tipping point of winning real worker power? Keep reading »
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If Unions Had Organized the South, Could Trump Have Been Avoided?
At a time when activists and commentators are puzzling over the United States’ enduring conservatism, Michael Goldfield’s new book The Southern Key: Class, Race, and Radicalism in the 1930s and … Keep reading »
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Justice and Dignity for All
Introduction By Evert Hoogers, retired postal worker and former CUPW National Union Representative. This gripping labour documentary takes 34 minutes to provide an inspiring account of 40 years of struggle … Watch video »
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The Present is the Beginning
A labour organizer’s letter to the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) from prison. Keep reading »
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Rebirth of Auto? Unifor and the Detroit Three
“HOME RUN!” was how an elated Jerry Dias, President of Unifor, summarized the mid-September outcome of the negotiations with Ford Motor Company, covering 6300 workers in Oakville and Windsor. Ford … Keep reading »
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Digital Organizing Isn’t as Straight Forward as it Seems
Over the past few years, digital organizing has become the hot new thing in unionization campaigns. Digital mobilization and engagement technologies have become essential to winning. However, while some unions … Keep reading »
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The Electric Car Comes to Oakville
A Closer Look at a Feel-Good Story Major auto bargaining has long been one of the most-hyped events in Canada’s labour calendar; historically rich in drama and closely watched for shifts … Keep reading »