Building coalitions between unionized and non-unionized workers has never been more important as the Ford government strips away rights and services that affect all working class people.
Actors throughout the country have been locked out by union-busting commercial producers since April 2022. But, rank-and-file union members are fighting back.
Workers at National Steel Car (NSC) in Hamilton, Ontario, represented by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7135, went on strike on Thursday, June 29. The 1,450 striking workers are calling for safer working conditions, an increase to wages, and a cost of living adjustment as inflation remains high.
The legacy of the Social Contract is one of betrayal. The NDP sold out its union base to appease capital – pleasing no one in the process. If the NDP is ever elected again in Ontario, unions and social movements should learn that class war won’t diminish, it will intensify.
On July 1, over 7000 dockworkers in BC walked off the job after a resounding 99.2% strike vote. But if the federal government wants to break the strike, we have to start showing our solidarity with dockworkers right now.
Clara Zetkin was a leading Marxist thinker and organizer in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her ideas and activism remain relevant to all those who want to take on the far-right and build a working class movement to challenge oppression and dismantle capitalism.
The resignation of the senior Canadian at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a boost to Washington’s bid to undermine the multilateral financial institution. Calling for…
As people rise up against police violence in France, there is a need for a broader movement with the confidence to demand that the second police officer involved be arrested, that the police be disarmed, and that fascists be expelled from their ranks.
The #StopTheSweeps coalition has been organizing for nearly 2 years now – bringing together individuals and representatives from the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War, Defund 604 Network, Pivot Legal Society, VANDU, and the Vancouver Tenants Union to directly confront street sweeps.
At the height of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, phrases like “He leaves, we stay!” were hot on the lips of hundreds of thousands protesting the…
Landlords are looking for ways to build their wealth by exploiting the housing needs of workers and their families. But tenants can and must fight back.
On June 1, tenants at 33 King Street started a rent strike in response to yet another above-guideline rent increase (AGI). The group is part…
