Category: Labour
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‘Sounding the Alarm’: Ontario Workers and the Ford Government
Labour Committee SP “Ontario workers are sounding the alarm,” begins a statement by the Ontario Federation of Labour on January 20th, demanding the Ontario Doug Ford government change course in … Keep reading »
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The Workings of Commodified Education
Under the neoliberal accumulation regime, a shift takes place in the internal dynamics of the educational system. Insofar as public education is either privatized or forced to operate along competitive … Keep reading »
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Fighting for the Planet: Unions, Jack Mundey and the Green Bans
A celebration of Jack Mundey (17 Oct 1929 – 10 May 2020) with speakers from Australia and Britain. The fight for our planet needs to nurture radical hope and the … Watch video »
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Trade Union Program for a Public Low-Carbon Energy Future
Discussion of the Draft Interim Report and the Program for a Public Low-Carbon Energy Future. Focusing mainly on the power sector, the Program is an attempt to rally the international … Watch video »
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Bringing Precarity Home: Digitized Piece Work and the Fiction of Flexibility
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a global transition to digital mediation of work. For some, this has meant work previously done at office desks can now be performed remotely. However … Keep reading »
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Working Class Struggles Against Climate Change
Working Class Struggles Against Climate Change: Union Stories From the Frontline Part of the “Just Transition Hub” at the People’s Summit, Glasgow. Introduction by Irene HongPing Shen (TUED), and Moderated … Watch video »
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Swords into Ploughshares
Simon Black, lead organizer with Labour Against the Arms Trade, speaks to Sam Gindin, former research director of the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor), about the promise of repurposing the … Keep reading »
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Starbucks Workers Victorious in Their Fight for a Union
It is hugely significant that even one café out of thousands in the iconic Starbucks coffee chain has beaten back the company’s union-busting tactics to choose collective power in the workplace. Keep reading »
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Beyond Digital Capitalism: SR21 Launch and Tribute to Leo Panitch (3 May 1945 – 19 December 2020)
The North American launch of Socialist Register 21: Beyond Digital Capitalism, with presentations by Greg Albo, Sam Gindin, Bryan Palmer, Joan Sangster, Stephen Maher, Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Tanner Mirrlees, and Derek Hrynyshyn, and short tributes to the life and work of Leo Panitch (1945-2020). Watch video »
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Striking Down Farm Workers – It Is the Law’s Way
These days we hear and read a lot about essential workers. It is not always clear whether workers ought to be characterized as essential ones, but there can be little … Keep reading »
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Why Amazon Is Terrified of Its US Workers Unionizing
With a second union vote at its Alabama warehouse coming at a time of rising worker disaffection, Amazon is clearly worried that American workers will go the way of Europe: toward collective bargaining for their labor rights. Keep reading »
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Quebec: Class Struggles over Occupational Health and Safety
Bill 59 (now Law 27) on occupational health and safety was adopted, as amended, at the end of September by the National Assembly, against the unanimous opposition of the unions, … Keep reading »