Exactly one year ago, on June 7, 2018, the Doug Ford Conservatives won a majority in the Ontario Legislature, after running a “For the People” campaign depicting the Liberals as a "corrupt elite". Only later did the new Premier reveal his true [...]
Teachers are furious at what they consider a betrayal by the Horgan NDP government, which is acting not much different than the former Liberals.
Some 2.3 million people around the world succumb to work-related accidents or diseases every year.
The majority women workers in nursing homes in New Brunswick are the first to step up against Higgs’ new austerity government.
Doug Ford's class size changes are truly a Trojan horse for funding cuts to public education.
Postal workers and their allies across the country have organized activities in the workplace and communities.
On December 6, trade unionists and community allies picketed Fredericton's sorting station, just one of a number of such actions Canada-wide.
Activists from PEACE-NB, Council of Canadians, and the Communist Party picketed Saint John harbour, hindering the progress of armoured cars to Saudi Arabia.
The strike comes after 10 months of bargaining, and after the union received resounding strike mandates.
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CUPW deserves full credit and wider recognition for its commitment to workplace equity for women
The world's biggest retailer engages in sexist workplace practices.
Marx pointed out the labour movement provides good centres for resistance against capitalism, but will fall short if it sticks only to guerrilla war against effects, instead of simultaneously using its organization as a weapon to overthrow [...]
Thousands of casino workers in several British Columbia cities are either on strike or gearing up for walkouts as they struggle to win fair wages and improved working conditions.
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The union has also reported that IOC is using scab labour, with scabs being seen taken onto company worksites by various means including helicopter.
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May Day events and rallies
The struggle to stop this draconian new NAFTA deal might have been won if the trade union movement had picked up the fight.
On May Day 2018, we salute the classroom teachers of the US
With nearly two thousand workers on strike at one of the largest mining operations in the province, the economic blow will be noticeable.
Members of the support staff local at Carleton University celebrated victory on April 3 by a 98% majority vote.
This may be a rare case where a minimum wage increase is considered an offense because it affects the labour and economic interests of the employers.
York's actions suggest that what they object to is not so much the specific proposals the union has put forward in bargaining as the existence of the union itself.
The picture is one of centralisation of the country's capital over the last 40 years into a small number of very large companies.
Vision has been increasingly condemned for its close links with profit-hungry developers who have made the city unaffordable for thousands of renters and working class families
The strike came after a last-minute mediation session on March 4 stretched to the early morning hours of the deadline.
Canada is a wealthy country with plenty of options for trade. It’s time we adopted a fair trade policy, based on mutually beneficial and multi-lateral trade with the world.
The strike at York promises to be another important battle for better learning and working conditions at schools across the province and Canada.
Most government legislation in Ontario is focused on accessibility, which is a limited approach that emerges directly from the priorities of capitalist society.
