Category: Labour
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Trade Unions Need New Strategies
With employers on a decades-long offensive against labour, the balance of power which once secured social dialogue has been transformed. Keep reading »
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Canadian Auto Workers Fight for Contract Transparency
As bargaining at the Detroit Three automakers kicks off in Canada, union members are fighting back against a longstanding undemocratic contract ratification process. In an unprecedented development, the Solidarity Movement, … Keep reading »
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Political Openings: Class Struggle During and After the Pandemic
For some on the left, the economic breakthrough brought on by the pandemic was the general consensus, not least among economists, for an astonishing increase in fiscal spending. Relative to … Keep reading »
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The GM Lands: Renaissance or Ongoing Catastrophe?
Since 2010, the site of the former GM components plant on Ontario Street in St. Catharines has sat idle. The facility that once employed thousands was sold in 2014 to … Keep reading »
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Online Education and the Struggle over Disposable Time
During COVID-19 times, the ‘social distancing’ catchphrase has invaded every aspect of our lives. Public space has been fragmented into individualized, quarantined units, transforming social relations into aggregates of their … Keep reading »
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Shocking but Not Surprising: COVID and Class
A recent Toronto Star article, by Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Jennifer Yang, “More than 180 workers at this Toronto bakery got COVID-19,” and reproduced below, reveals a large COVID outbreak at … Keep reading »
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From Unorganized Street Protests to Organizing Unions
The Birth of a New Trade Union Movement in Hong Kong For several months in 2019, the world’s news media was front-paging the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill movement almost on a … Keep reading »
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Crunch Time for the Platform Management Model
In what may come to be viewed as a historic court case, a group of UK Uber drivers from London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow have launched a legal action against … Keep reading »
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Challenges and Openings for the Free Transit Movement in Toronto
Toronto is Canada’s largest city, with a population of 2.7 million (and over 6 million in the Greater Toronto Area). Its public transit system is the third largest in North … Keep reading »
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The European Automotive Sector – Time to Rethink Mobility!
Every sector of the economy has felt the impact of the coronavirus crisis, and car manufacturing is no exception. There are 12 million EU workers employed in the automotive industry, … Keep reading »
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COVID-19 and Patriarchy in the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
In an effort to shed light on the vital but undervalued labour of predominantly female health professionals, the World Health Organization named 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and … Keep reading »
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Health Workers: From Praise to Protection
Crises sometimes bring out the best in society, and sometimes – or even at the same time – they clarify what is so darkly wrong within. In the particular case … Keep reading »