Category: Labour
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Zuma’s Denialism and Betrayal
South African President Jacob Zuma‘s budget speech delivered on 4 May 2016 was yet another missed opportunity to look the South African public in the eye and be frank about … Keep reading »
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Standing Up to Verizon’s War on Unions
Unions representing nearly 40,000 Verizon workers have announced plans to hit the picket lines on April 13, in what would be one of the largest strikes in the U.S. in … Keep reading »
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What Did Quebec Public-Sector Unions Achieve?
After a wave of protests and job actions that culminated in Quebec’s largest general strike in decades last December, public-sector unions have agreed to a series of contracts with disappointing … Keep reading »
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The Roots and Contours of Worker Rebellion in a Changing China
It is impossible to ignore the large and growing wave of worker strikes and protests now rocking China. Just last year there were over 2700 actions, double the numbers of … Keep reading »
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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 »