Category: Labour
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Sneak peek segment on labour standards w/ Adam King
We continue our discussion about labour standards with sociologist Adam King – what it’s like to be a temporary employee and compare labour standards in Canada with Sweden and Australia. Listen to audio »
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Labour standards in the US and Canada
We chat with sociologist Adam King about labour standards and about labour policy in the US and Canada more broadly. Listen to audio »
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Austerity Without End
In 2019, the now 187-member International Labour Organization celebrated its 100th anniversary. As one of the oldest agencies of the United Nations, the ILO used the occasion to renew calls … Keep reading »
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Policing Public Transit in Toronto
We talk to independent journalist Benjamin Bilgen about how the campaign violates the TTC’s own video recording policy, and we get in to chatting about transit enforcement more generally. Listen to audio »
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A Labor Strategy for the US: DSA Debates
Early next month, over a thousand socialists will gather in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss the future of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). There is general agreement across many tendencies … Keep reading »
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Solidarity with Korean Airline workers
Toronto Airport Workers Council solidarity action in support of workers with the Korean Airline. Watch video »
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Organizing Toronto’s Foodora Couriers w/ Brice Sopher
Food delivery couriers working for the app-based company Foodora recently launched a union organizing drive in Toronto. We talk to Brice Sopher, who works as a Foodora courier, about the effort. Listen to audio »
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Amazon Warehouses: Unsafe for Workers and Communities
Letter by Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar to the Department of Labor about unsafe work conditions at Amazon fulfillment centers. Keep reading »
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The US Strike Wave, the DSA, and Transforming the State
Episode 20: Oats talked with Eric Blanc about his recent book, Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics. Listen to audio »
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Teachers’ Strikes: A New Class Politics Emerging
Analysis of the wave of illegal teachers’ strikes that hit the American mid-west in 2018. Keep reading »
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One Million More Reasons to Mobilize Against Ford
The public sector ‘salary restraint’ legislation was introduced on June 5th #QueensPark. The Bill is a shot across the bow of public sector unions, especially the teachers’ unions #OnPoli Keep reading »
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Toronto 1919
Play by the Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group in memory of the Toronto General Strike in 1919. Recorded in Toronto, 14 May 2019, part of the Cabaret 1919. Watch video »