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Sisters Stalled In the Trades

Forty years ago, the percentage of women in the building trades was 3%. Today, the percentage of women is... 3%.

Greed Kills: The Westray Disaster

May 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the Westray disaster in Nova Scotia, where an underground methane explosion killed 26 coal miners in 1992.

Teachers Out In Front

From Buenos Aires to Toronto, teachers are engaged in a long war to defend public education.

Workplace Deaths: A Capitalist Disease

The lesson is clear: capitalism kills, and the bosses are the culprits.

Quebec companies break anti-scab rules

For the third time in just one year, investigators have caught strikebreakers brought in by a company involved in a labour dispute.

BCTF Wins Restored Collective Agreement Language

The BCTF has won an agreement that fully restores substantive collective agreement language that was unconstitutionally stripped in 2002 by then-Education Minister Christy Clark.

Statscan Report Breaks Down Gender Pay and Employment Gaps

Even if women worked the same exact same jobs as men, 77% of the gender pay gap would persist, according to a Statistics Canada report.

Longshore Union Rallies Against CETA

Five hundred maritime workers and their allies rallied in Vancouver on Nov. 2, against the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and proposed changes to the Canada Transportation Act.

HEU Delegates Slam US-Style Health Care

Report on the 30th Biennial Convention of the Hospital Employees' Union.

Ontario: Basic Income or Basement Income?

The Ontario Liberals have appointed prominent Conservative strategist Hugh Segal to develop a Basic Income pilot project. This plan will be framed in the interests of capital, to eliminate and replace other social assistance programs and lock [...]