The challenge to the trade union movement, in the aftermath of the OFL convention, will be to recover the sense of unity that filled the room at the start.
There's an important growth in militancy and political radicalism for Ontario labour. But is this growth emanating from the OFL's leadership, or in spite of it? Sadly, the answer seems to be the latter.
Pressure from underfunding has led colleges to make up the difference through a combination of increased student fees and increasingly precarious employment conditions for faculty.
Trudeau government claims it is pushing for a progressive NAFTA but it is a smokescreen to hide the real nature of these re-negotiation talks: a further expansion of corporate power.
The Liberals say they will defend workers’ rights, but what are they doing to defend manufacturing and auto jobs which are sliding south, like the 400 CAMI jobs, faster every day?
