Remembering the MacPaps and the working class fight against fascism
The members of the MacPap battalion did not fight for king or country, they fought fascism in Spain and demonstrated international working class solidarity.
The members of the MacPap battalion did not fight for king or country, they fought fascism in Spain and demonstrated international working class solidarity.
Ford’s stunning reversal on Bill 28 shows when the working class unites and fights back it has the power to take on the Conservatives and win.
When Premier Ford denies workers paid sick days, he is leaving my community and me behind. Paid sick days are a fundamental right. I need this protection. I am calling on the government to legislate ten permanent paid sick days.
Dalhousie was back at the bargaining table briefly last week, showing they are concerned about the mounting pressure from students. As long as student and campus solidarity continues to build, workers at Dal will win their fight.
Go Transit workers are set to strike over job security and securing protections against contracting out. They are the latest workers to hit the picket lines. There is an undeniable air of discontent simmering among workers in Ontario
On Friday, 55,000 Ontario education workers with CUPE walked off the job in an “illegal” strike. They were joined by OPSEU education workers, who also…
Our rights in the workplace, our rights to organize and have access to basic protections and benefits as workers, are the product of working people taking action – oftentimes in the face of repressive laws and physical violence from the state and employers.
In February 1981, the then president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Jean-Claude Parrot, penned an article in the CUPW publication entitled “The…
Almost everyone says they oppose war in principle, but few are willing to face the opprobrium that comes with confronting militarist nationalism. A week ago…
The fight for education workers’ right to bargain and strike is essential to stopping the attack on public services and reverse the decades long rollback in workers’ wages and working conditions.
Nova Scotia’s Residential Tenancies Act protects the interests of landlords while leaving tenants with few protections.
Tens of millions of Brazilian progressives spent the three days before the October 2 general elections in an exalted state of semi-nirvana. Two massive polls (with over…