Category: Labour
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Postal Banking: Not your Predatory Lender
This panel discussion is a chance to learn about the many shortcomings of the existing private banking system in Canada and of the potential of a public postal bank to address them! Predatory lenders are draining money out of low-income communities; could postal banking be a public alternative? Watch video »
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The ‘Labour Question’ in Our Times
This was Session IV of the “Dissenting Traditions” conference to Address the Intellectual and Political Interests of Canada Research Chair, Bryan D. Palmer at Trent University, 23-24 October 2015. Moderated … Watch video »
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Two Essays on the Uber-Taxi Wars
Uber and the Luddites Michael Rozworksi The fight against the sharing economy, and Uber in particular, can be disorienting. Opposition is often painted as techno-phobia. The good guys in this story are … Keep reading »
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Canadian Working-Class History
As It Was, As It Is, As It Might Be This was Session I of the “Dissenting Traditions” conference to Address the Intellectual and Political Interests of Canada Research Chair, Bryan … Watch video »
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Working For Each Other, Working For Ourselves
A Revolutionary Public Service Worker-Organizer Summit Toronto — 3 October 2015. On October 3rd-4th 2015, the Industrial Workers of the World’s Toronto General Membership Branch hosted “Working For Each Other, Working … Watch video »
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Can Autoworkers Save the Climate?
At the UN Climate Change Conference COP 19, the even-more-depressing-than-usual climate summit that took place in Warsaw in 2013, one small ray of light made it through the dark corporate … Keep reading »
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Work Overload: Time for a Union Strategy
Talk to workers in any sector, in any workplace and sooner or later they’ll get to their frustrations with their ever-increasing workloads: ‘I’m struggling’, they’ll lament to fellow workers or … Keep reading »
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A New Union Movement and Anti-Racism
Interview with Michael Yates Michael Yates is an economist, labour educator and activist, editor of the magazine Monthly Review, and author of Why Unions Matter among many books. He blogs at … Keep reading »
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France: Changes in the Political Landscape
The French situation has often been approached as an ‘exception’ in Europe. We speak of the French exception, referring to a history still marked by the French Revolution of 1789. … Keep reading »
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How UNITE Took on the Fast Food Companies Over Zero Hour Contracts and Won!
Workers in the fast food industry in New Zealand scored a spectacular victory over what has been dubbed “zero hour contracts” during a collective agreement bargaining round over the course … Keep reading »
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Shaking Off the Part-Time Blues
Fighting for the Rights of Ontario College Workers We’ve all followed the news that part-time, insecure employment is growing. I work at an Ontario college as a full-time library technician. Every … Keep reading »
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From Minimum Wage to a Fair Wage
This round table brings together some of the leading North American activists and scholars concerned with the situation of minimum/low wage work. It is widely known that current minimum wage … Watch video »