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March 25, 2020 
COVID-19: how do we flatten the curve?
We’re told we need to “flatten the curve” of the pandemic to prevent a health crisis, but how do we do this? We need to…
Articles
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March 24, 2020
The real hoarders
“The poorest amongst us are being hurt by people who are unnecessarily hoarding,” bellowed Alberta premier Jason Kenney at a news conference on Monday. Kenney’s…
Interview
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March 24, 2020
Workers speak out against capitalism’s epidemic of unemployment
Like many workers, Holly McDaniel finds herself facing an uncertain future in the context of COVID-19. “The financial impact has been swift and hard,” says…
Interview
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March 23, 2020
Shipping and receiving during a pandemic
James is one of many in Southern Ontario continuing to work in shipping and receiving during the pandemic. He works night shifts with a skeleton…
News
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March 23, 2020
Workers versus the coronavirus
Social distancing has sent many of us to our homes and changed our landscape for organizing. No mass meetings, rallies, phone banking and the other…
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March 22, 2020
The monster is at the door
COVID-19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterize the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges. First the…
Op-ed
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March 22, 2020
Life in the time of COVID-19
I thought the warnings about COVID-19 were just hype. I didn’t read the news stories because I figured it would be the same as H1N1…
Analysis
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March 21, 2020
Basic Income is not the answer to the crisis
Though they have delayed too long and many employers are doing all they can to undermine the effort, the governments that are in the business…
Op-ed
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March 18, 2020
Stocking shelves in a pandemic
Beep Beep – My alarm wakes me up from a deep sleep. I roll out of bed, shower and get ready for work. Work can…
Analysis
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March 17, 2020
The viral crash
Oh there goes gravity. In short order the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global economic downturn, whose full force we have not even begun…
Op-ed
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March 16, 2020
COVID-19 lessons from Italy
In the face of the mounting coronavirus crisis, North American states and provinces are announcing the closure of public schools. This is being done without…
Analysis
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March 15, 2020
Criminal justice: Contain COVID-19 not people
I work at the busiest courthouse in the country. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when thousands of workers have been ordered to work from home, schools…