Category: Labour
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A State of Terror: The Death of Human Rights in the Philippines
“We continue to work because of hope for freedom, and trust in the capacity of the people to unite and change the system of oppression” — Congressman Neri Colmenares of … Keep reading »
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The Fight Against Precarious Work
Ottawa, January 18, 2010. Part 2 View on Vimeo.com website Moderated by Susan Spronk. Presentations by: Dennis Howlett – Make Poverty History Denise Corbett – PSAC Local 70396 Civilization/War Museum … Watch video »
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Cadillac Fairview: Where was the Labour Movement?
On March 5, 2010, after a conflict that stretched over almost 9 months, the maintenance and skilled trades workers of CEP (Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada) Local 2003 … Keep reading »
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The Tekel Strike in Turkey
The strike of Turkish workers across the winter of 2009-10 at Tekel, a former state enterprise in the tobacco and alcoholic beverage sector, has attracted the attention of the left … Keep reading »
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Rally for Striking Steelworkers
Toronto, March 6, 2010. Rally for Steelworker Locals 6500 and 6200 on strike at Vale Inco in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Voisey’s Bay. Three years ago, Vale – a giant … Watch video »
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Post-Strike Musings: Assessing the Outcome of the Museum Workers’ Struggle
On December 15th, after a strike lasting 86-days, PSAC workers voted to accept the tentative agreement reached between Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 70396’s bargaining unit and the … Keep reading »
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Pro-sports, Anti-Olympics: Reclaiming the games, From the Games
One of the first photographs I ever posed for was of my dad and me skating on our frozen backyard in Winnipeg. I wasn’t even a year old but I … Keep reading »
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Olympic Flame Parades Through Ravaged Northern British Columbia
February 2, 2010 — The Vancouver Winter Olympic torch relay is winding its way across northern British Columbia this week. It arrived in the coastal town of Kitimat yesterday. The … Keep reading »
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Lessons Learned: Assessing the 2009 City of Toronto Strike
When word came that the 39-day strike by CUPE Locals 79 and 416 had come to an end, the immediate question on most members’ minds was “Did we win?” The … Keep reading »
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UAW Rank-and-File Organize to Fight For Union Principles
For decades United Auto Workers (UAW) members at the Detroit Three – GM, Ford and Chrysler – were alleged to be narrowing their goals. Workers were said to be maintaining … Keep reading »
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Museum Workers at War
Precarious Employment and the Public Sector Squeeze The casualization of labour has placed many workers in a position of precariousness forcing them into a state of perpetual insecurity characteristic of the … Keep reading »
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Strike at World’s Largest Nickel Mine
International solidarity organizes against Vale Inco, 2nd largest transnational mining giant in the world In France’s south Pacific colony of New Caledonia, a small delegation of Vale Inco strikers from … Keep reading »