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Hotel workers’ struggle heats up in Vancouver, Burnaby

PV Vancouver Bureau The struggle by hotel workers in the Vancouver region for job security and decent income is heating up as the pandemic continues to hit the tourism sector. On February 19, workers at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel in [...]

Seafarers keep global economy moving during COVID-19, but face widespread abuse

By Alex C The transportation of goods by sea has always been vital to the global economy. Raw materials are first transported to factories, then the finished products are directed to various markets. It is estimated that 90 percent of the [...]

Working class internationalism and Palestine solidarity

To mark the International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinian People on November 29, People’s Voice interviewed long-time labour and international solidarity activist, Hassan Husseini, who is an organizer with Labour for Palestine. PV: Could [...]

Sugar workers in Iran striking for wages, benefits and public ownership of their industry

By CODIR September 2 marked the 80th day since workers of the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane complex in the south of Iran came out on strike, on June 15. They are demanding their unpaid wages, medical insurance, reinstatement of dismissed colleagues, [...]

Dockworkers strike for work-life balance, shut down Port of Montreal

After nearly two years of negotiations and a few short strikes over the course of the summer, 1100 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal began an unlimited general strike on August 10. Only a few of them will be working, as part of an agreement to [...]

Quebec labour fighting back, for a people’s recovery

Workers in several industries across Québec are getting ready for what’s beginning to look like one of the highest points of struggle in recent memory. Just like everywhere else the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the economy, with governments [...]

Edmonton workers fight lockout despite Kenney’s anti-labour legislation

By Sasha Colvin, Jeremy Abbott, Luis Cifuentes In the morning on June 25, just over 30 workers of Boilermaker Lodge 146 of Edmonton-based CESSCO Fabrication and Engineering found themselves served with a lockout notice after two and a half years [...]

FCL workers win victory against corporate union busting

The bosses had scabs, police and a global health pandemic on their side, but workers at Federated Co-op Limited in Regina held out and won a big victory against the corporation’s union busting campaign. The 730 workers, members of Unifor Local 594, [...]

WFTU condemns sanctions as murderous, block to pandemic response

On March 21, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) issued a strong condemnation of the sanctions that have been imposed, primarily by the United States and its allies, against countries around the world. The union body, which is organized on a [...]

Solidarity builds for locked out Co-op refinery workers

Communist Party encourages united labour support The escalating struggle by 800 locked out workers, members of Unifor Local 594, at the Federated Co-op Limited (FCL) refinery in Regina has the full solidarity of the Communist Party of Canada. All [...]