Category: Labour
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Privacy and the Right to Strike in Canada
The neoliberal assault on labour has now entered its fourth decade. While Canada’s labour union density continues to hover around thirty percent, that number hides declining density rates in the … Keep reading »
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The Hidden History of Workplace Resistance: U.S. Autoworkers Speak Out
Three prominent UAW shop floor activists describe current life on American assembly lines and keeping resistance alive. Watch video »
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Belgium: Class Trade Unionism Seeks Political Expression
In the social and political history of Belgium, May 1, 2012, could mark a milestone. On that day the leaders of the Charleroi regional branch of the socialist trade union FGTB/ABVV publicly broke with the social-democratic party and called for a rallying of the left to the perspective of a new broad, anti-capitalist force to the left of the Parti Socialiste (PS) and the Greens. Keep reading »
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Understanding Globalization
Toronto — 19 October 2013. Presentations by: Sam Gindin, co-author with Leo Panitch of The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. David McNally, author of Global … Watch video »
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Trade Union and ‘Progressive’ Strategies
Toronto — 11 October 2013. Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 2: The responsible investment, capital stewardship, and ‘pension fund activism’ movements It is noteworthy that as finance has … Watch video »
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Prospects for a Continental Workers’ Movement: A Friendly Debate
The two articles that follow are part of a debate on the prospects and problems of building international working-class solidarity and struggle. They focus on these issues for the case … Keep reading »
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AFL-CIO Convention: Leaving Existing Members Behind?
As American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) leaders packed up to leave Los Angeles last Wednesday, they basked in the glow of favourable media coverage of … Keep reading »
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Prime Your Mind for Resistance to the ‘Right to Work’ Lie
Toronto — 12 September 2013. Bankers get bailed out, corporations get incentives, workers get attacked… and ‘right to work’ laws threaten to take this much further. Moderated by Tracy Macmaster, … Watch video »
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Win This Strike!
Following his election as President of Unifor, Jerry Dias, rallying the troops, argued: “Unifor is here because it’s time to stop playing defence and start playing offence. It’s time to … Keep reading »
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The Future We Don’t Want
ILO Discussion on “Green Economy” is out of step with many unions and social movements The “green economy” was one of the central issues debated during this year’s International Labour (ILO) … Keep reading »
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The War on Public School Teachers
New Unions, New Alliances, New Politics The U.S. working-class was slow to respond to the hard times it faced during and after the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Finally, however, in February, … Keep reading »
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Fighting Austerity
Our Crisis and Rebuilding Unions from Below Dan Gallin is Chair of the Global Labour Institute (www.global-labour.org), a labour service organization established in 1997 with a secretariat in Geneva. This is … Keep reading »