David Bush

Analysis | April 5, 2022

Del Duca’s regional living wage plan is a step backwards for Ontario’s workers

We shouldn’t embrace Del Duca’s vague regional living wage promise that in practice will trade off gains of social programs for wages, divide rather than unite workers, and allow employers to exploit a more fractured ESA. We need to keep building the decent work movement, to fight for a $20 minimum wage in every region and stronger employment standards for all.

Analysis | March 7, 2022

Against the current of war

While there is widespread revulsion of war, support for Ukrainian refugees and opposition to Russian oligarchs, these genuine sentiments are being driven rightward by our ruling class and corporate media.

Feature | March 2, 2022

Fight Ford: Build the March 6 Activist Assembly

The OFL’s March 6th activist assembly is an opportunity for the left to build rank and file networks and take on Doug Ford’s big business agenda.

Feature | February 16, 2022

To defeat Ford we need to put workers first

Doug Ford’s Conservative government has failed the people of Ontario. At every stage of the pandemic Ford has put profits before people, with dire consequences…

Analysis | February 4, 2022

Freedom convoy is steering pandemic response to the right

We have to reject winnowing the entire COVID debate down to punitive powers of mandates and lockdowns and focus on building broad campaigns that speak to issues faced by workers. To do otherwise is to leave the door open for the rightwing to pull the entire debate to the right and strengthen the hand of the bosses.

Analysis | January 28, 2022

Gig workers deserve real labour rights, not backroom deals

Less than 12 hours after co-sponsoring a labour-led discussion on the rights of gig workers, United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) announced it had…

Analysis | January 7, 2022

Class, covid and the economy in 2022

The pandemic has increased inequality and inequities in our society and around the globe. What kind of world we build coming out of the pandemic will be shaped by the struggles over who is forced to burden the costs.

Analysis | December 29, 2021

What is going on with inflation?

Anyone who has gone to the grocery store this year has noticed the prices of basic food items are going up. For many people in…

Analysis | December 17, 2021

Omicron was an avoidable disaster

The rapid spread of the Omicron variant was predictable and preventable, and the fact that it is happening rests squarely on the business lobby and our governments and media, which have put profits before people.

Feature | December 7, 2021

Make the $20 minimum wage an election issue

Last week Ontario’s NDP came out in support of a $20 minimum wage. This is an important opportunity for the entire labour movement and the left to intervene in next year’s election. But with the business backlash already beginning we can’t wait until the June election, we need to organize now.

Feature | December 3, 2021

The right click: NFTs and capitalism’s speculative frenzy

While NFTs are new, they represent something that is not. This commodification of our digital life is more than just a fad: it is a speculative frenzy that has its roots in capitalism’s contradictory economic recovery.

Analysis | November 19, 2021

Ford’s Bill 27 doesn’t work for workers

Over the last several months Doug Ford’s Conseravtive government in Ontario has been busy trying to give itself a makeover. Ontarians were treated to a…