Category: Labour
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Austerity, Disabilities and Union Rights: Opposing Bill 83
On the twenty-eighth of October, a bill passed Second Reading in the Ontario Legislature, a bill that is a clear danger to the labour movement’s ability to win fair contracts … Keep reading »
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Unite-Here! Local 75 on Strike
Toronto — 30 and 31 October 2010. Workers from Unite-Here! Local 75 – on strike against the Delta Chelsea hotel in Toronto. The workers are fighting for safer workloads, fair … Watch video »
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Workers’ Control, Workers’ Councils and the Social Economy
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela — August 10, 2009. Presentation by Michael Lebowitz, Professor Emeritus, Economics Department, Simon Fraser University. “Workers Control, Workers Councils and the Social Economy” presented 10 August 2009 … Watch video »
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Building Labour Resistance
Toronto — 26 October 2010. Forum Organized by the Labour Caucus of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly. Moderator: Ilian Burbano, Co-President CUPE 3393 and member of Latin American Trade Unionists … Watch video »
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Workers Without Status in France Emerge as a Social Force
At the end of the afternoon of May 27, a mass demonstration marched into the Place de la Bastille in Paris. The march itself represented what can now be viewed … Keep reading »
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Striking in a Time of Austerity: The NOSM Strike in Northern Ontario
The 150 members of Unit 2 of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 677 have been on strike since August 16. The office, technical, and administrative workers at the … Keep reading »
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Labour Day 2010: Austerity, Public Services and the Labour Movement
This Labour Day, like the last two, is dominated by the ongoing global economic crisis. Since 2008 Canada’s workers, working families, and the communities in which we make our lives, … Keep reading »
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The Class Struggle in Vaughan: The Sears Lockout and USW
In the last week of July 2010, workers of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9537, who have been locked out of their workplace and on the picket-lines for nearly five months, … Keep reading »
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Fighting Austerity? The Public Sector and the Common Front in Quebec
The previous round of negotiations in Quebec between the rightwing provincial Liberal government of Jean Charest and the public sector unions in 2005 was ended abruptly by the adoption of … Keep reading »
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One Day Longer? The Vale-Inco Strike Comes to a Close
On July 7 and 8, 2010, striking members of United Steel Workers Local 6500 in Sudbury, Ontario, voted 75% in favour of a contract that ended a bitter strike against … Keep reading »
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Bargaining in an Era of Wage Restraint
Toronto, June 19, 2010. With: Sam Gindin is the Visiting Packer Chair in Social Justice at York University, Toronto and active with the Toronto Workers’ Assembly. Michael Hurley is President … Watch video »
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Massey Workers Fight for Their Rights
Now that the G20 has left town, let’s get down to talking about the reality of maternal health in the City of Toronto. Workers at the Massey Centre for Women … Keep reading »