Category: Labour
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A New Trade Unionism in the Making?
As the financial crisis has mutated in its latest phase into a crisis of public sector finances and debt, a fundamental attack on public services and public sector unions has … Keep reading »
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Ontario’s Bill 150 and the Right to Strike
The purpose of the Ontario Government’s Bill 150 is effectively to break the union. When the employer says “no” at the bargaining table, and you can’t walk out in support … Keep reading »
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Developing a Political Fightback
Toronto — 19 February 2011. The fightback against Mike Harris and Mel Lastman consisted of community mobilizations, large strikes and impressive Days of Action. How were they successful and how … Watch video »
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A New American Workers’ Movement Has Begun
Thousands of workers demonstrated at the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin on February 15 and 16 to protest plans by that state’s Republican Governor Scott Walker to take away the … Keep reading »
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Hamilton Day of Action: Steelworkers United!
Hamilton — 29 January 2011. – a SindicalistaTV, RabbleTV and LeftStreamed co-production. The People vs U.S. Steel USW Local 1005 and its 900 members and 9,000 pensioners are waging a battle … Watch video »
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Key Union Struggles – Building the Fightback
Toronto — 18 January 2011. Audio only: Your browser does not support the audio element. As the economic crisis continues, governments and employers are bringing in austerity measures, lowering our … Watch video »
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Will U.S. Labour Challenge Austerity?
Across the U.S., working-class people are struggling, scraping together meager sums in order to get by. In state and local governments throughout the country, workers are watching public services slashed … Keep reading »
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Opening Ontario and Constraining Collective Bargaining
The Case of Carleton’s Capitalist University As austerity measures intensify around the world, the axe has come down particularly hard on post-secondary education.[1] So-called education ‘reform’ has shown itself to be … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Solidarity or Colonial Complicity? Quebec Unions and Asbestos
The struggle for workplace health and safety is undoubtedly one of the most noble aspects of the labour movement. It is a struggle for human dignity, the refusal of workers … Keep reading »
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Public Sector Unions and the Consultations for Austerity
Nearly six months have gone since the G20 Summit in Toronto when we supposedly entered what some have referred to as “permanent austerity” – the “new normal” of capitalist social … Keep reading »
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Organizing in an Era of Precarious Work
Toronto — 9 December 2010. A forum to discuss the reality of part-time, precarious and undocumented work enforced through immigration and capitalism that now dominates our working lives. Introduction by … Watch video »
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Public Sector Unionism, Austerity and the Left
Toronto — 29 November 2010. A Teach-in with Sam Gindin – Packer Chair in Social Justice, York University. Austerity measures stemming from the global financial crisis threaten to undermine public … Watch video »