Category: Labour
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TV Writers Flex Their Union Power
A strike authorization by the Writers Guild of America is threatening the television industry’s corporate business model of relying on an underpaid workforce to pay for its mergers. Keep reading »
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Palestinian Trade Unions’ Anti-Apartheid Call
Palestinian trade unions and professional syndicates issue a global call for solidarity with the Palestinian-led Anti-Apartheid Movement. Keep reading »
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Canadian Unions and the State: Losing Ground, Moving On
There have now been four editions of From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault on Labour (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023), the first dating back to 1985, and it … Keep reading »
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Lowest-Paid Workers in LA Schools Walkout: Teachers by Their Side
A massive three-day strike by school support staff and teachers recently shut down Los Angeles schools. They stand together to demand better wages and benefits for the school district’s most vulnerable workers. Keep reading »
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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 »