Category: Labour
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Beyond Fatalism: Renewing Working-Class Politics
The following is a forward from the new (fourth) edition of From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault on Labour. Those interested in purchasing a copy can get a 25% … Keep reading »
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To Renew Working-Class Resistance, the Labour Movement Must Be Democratized
Charting a course toward labour’s revival requires a socialist political project suited to the current historical and social moment. To build this renewed working-class politics, the labour movement must be democratized. Keep reading »
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Starbucks: Poster Child for Corporate Abuse
The billionaire CEO returned to Starbucks to curb union activity. His union busting has been so egregious that the company’s already poor reputation is now in tatters. Keep reading »
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How Corporations Hope to Eviscerate Workers’ Right to Strike
Joe Oliveira and his coworkers relied greatly on donations of food and gift cards after going on an unfair labor practice strike against multibillion-dollar specialty steelmaker ATI in 2021. They … Keep reading »
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The NDP and the Right to Strike
Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently found himself in hot water for removing the right to strike from educational workers, imposing terms and conditions of employment on them, and using the … Keep reading »
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Reinventing Work /w Mike Yates
The Socialist Project is proud to present “Reinventing Work,” a launch event for Work, Work, Work: Labor, Alienation, and Class Struggle, the insightful new book by Mike Yates. Join us … Watch video »
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Capitalism Against Labour: Can We Re-Invent Work?
Mike Yates is a long time Marxist, socialist writer and analyst, and one of the editors of Monthly Review. Over the years he has written extensively about capitalism but particularly … Keep reading »
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Education Workers Lead But Come Up Short: What Lessons for Labour?
Education Workers lead but come up short: What lessons for labour? In early November of this year an all-too familiar story seemed to be unfolding in Ontario. In this case, … Keep reading »
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Why Workers Are Up in Arms Over the Rail Strike Intervention
The rail industry can thank US Congress and the president for helping it secure $321-million in annual profits at the expense of workers. Keep reading »
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Delivery Workers’ Union Takes on Amazon Japan
Delivery workers in Japan are fed up with Amazon Japan’s practices that make accidents and injuries more likely by increasing delivery volume and speed. They are now organising unions to … Keep reading »
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University of California Comes to a Standstill as Academic Workers Strike
A militant labor strike by workers at ten UC campuses comes after the state university system failed to offer compensation commensurate to the cost of living in California. Keep reading »
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Building a Labour Movement to Take on the Billionaire Class
Joe Burns’ new book, Class Struggle Unionism, reads like pamphlet, with a clear call to transform the union movement in the US (although it is still applicable to Canada). The … Keep reading »