An excerpt from the new book, Invested in Crisis: Public Pensions Against the Future, by Tom Fraser, published by Between the Lines. The tentacles of…
CUPE 3902, representing contract academic workers at the University of Toronto, has held its strike mandate vote. This is a bargaining year for Units 2,…
The Ontario elections are over. The government spent $189 million in taxpayer money to lose two seats and we are back to basically where we…
On March 3rd, the Toronto Public Libraries Workers’ Union (TPLWU or CUPE 4948), representing approximately 2,300 Toronto Public Library workers, announced that its members had…
Headlines about low voter turnout have become commonplace across the country in recent years. Even as the political stakes are higher, people seem understandably checked…
2,000 workers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario are out on strike. PSAC 901 Unit 1, representing 2000 graduate teaching assistants, teaching fellows, and research…
On March 6, a frigid day in Toronto, CUPE 79 workers gathered outside the Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre, alongside community supporters, to make their demands…
On Thursday, a coalition of workers, housing and healthcare activists, and more held a press conference calling for urgent government action to protect workers and…
Amidst the unregulated toxic drug supply emergency in the province that has killed over 16,000 people since 2016, alongside the manufactured onslaught against harm reduction…
Elon Musk has been a public figure for more than a decade. From beloved comparisons to Tony Stark to the persona non grata in liberal…
Ford successfully took advantage of the real fear and anger that people feel about the looming trade war with the US, and positioned himself as the best defender of jobs and the economy. But Ford will face major political challenges. The healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, and a potential deep economic downturn are not going away.
Last week, author and critic of the Israeli genocide against Palestinians, Yves Engler, was arrested in Montréal on charges of harassment and “indecent communication.” Engler…
