Category: Labour
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Solidarity with CUPE 3902 and 3903
Toronto — 6 March 2015. Solidarity rally was held on the grounds of the University of Toronto with the striking members of CUPE 3902 and support from Canadian Federation of … Watch video »
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Austerity Strangles Ontario: the TA strikes in Context
Austerity for working people and the accumulation of wealth in the corporate sector was sold as short-term pain for long-term gain. What we got of course was pain now, pain … Keep reading »
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Green Jobs
Toronto — 22 February 2015. The Newest Challenge for Workers and Unions We cannot develop an ecologically-responsible and just economy without considering the consequences for work and employment. But what is … Watch video »
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Dining Out in Dinkytown
Remembering the Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934 If you are in Minneapolis, after a hard day’s night, the place to go for a morning pick-me-up is Al’s Breakfast. Or so I … Keep reading »
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Can We Defend Our Pensions Without Challenging Financialized Capitalism?
Unrelenting employer attacks on workplace based pension plans are intensifying, and the struggle to defend them is becoming more challenging right across the country. One recent development appears to be … Keep reading »
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Chicago Teachers’ Strike
Toronto — 18 September 2014. Jackson Potter, a co-founder of the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) and a full time organizer for the Chicago Teachers’ Union, discusses how … Watch video »
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Ten Points for a Trade Union Strategy Against Climate Change
Since each of us gets only a few minutes for our contributions on such a large subject as climate change, I have chosen to put forward ten brief points for … Keep reading »
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Teachers Teaching Teachers
Toronto — 17 September 2014. Preparing for Tough Negotiations Moderated by Tim Heffernan. Q+A discussion with Helen Victoros and Jackson Potter, Staff Coordinator/Organizer with the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) and member … Watch video »
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(part 2) South Africa and the Changing Politics of Labour
Part 2: NUMSA and the Emergence of a New Movement NUMSA has always been the left critic within COSATU. Its roots lay in the traditions of independent socialism of FOSATU and … Keep reading »
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South Africa and the Changing Politics of Labour
Part 1: The Demise of COSATU The two biggest signifiers of the state of the labour movement in South Africa in 2014 are, on the one hand, a terminal crisis within … Keep reading »
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Mobilizing Temporary Migrant Workers
A Compendium of Forms and Preliminary Discussion While labour migration has been a recurring phenomenon in human history, what is new in the post-1970 period of restructuring in the world capitalist … Keep reading »
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The Working Class and Left Politics: Back on the American Radar
The American political system, so highly polarized between conservative Republicans and moderate Democrats, has experienced in the last year some interesting changes on the left-hand margin of the national political … Keep reading »