I saw an ad by the federal government this morning that said, “Omicron is a superspreader. Stay home if you are sick.” With little action…
If we want to seriously address workers’ rights in the gig economy, the first thing we need to do is ensure workers have access to the full rights and benefits that are afforded to other workers under the Employment Standards Act. Anything short of this leaves gig workers behind and threatens to erode employment standards for all workers.
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.
I used to think that ‘gig’ referred to gigabytes, and gig workers were mostly app-based drivers and food deliverers. Not so! A ‘gig’ is any…
Bill 124 must be challenged, and not just in the courts. If it is allowed to stand, Ford will continue to illegally infringe on public sector workers’ rights to collectively bargain, which disproportionately impacts women workers.
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.
The Black Panther Party faced an incredible challenge, trying to grow into an organization that could lead a movement against capitalism, imperialism and racism, against a state set on destroying them. To this day, their 10-point program stands as a set of ideas and concrete demands that would eliminate racism and challenge the capitalist system to its very core.
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…
The emergence of yet another COVID variant and a surge of new infections and restrictions have people wondering if this pandemic will ever end. We’ve known…
At the same time as the pandemic caused 100 million people worldwide to fall into extreme poverty, the world’s billionaires enjoyed their highest increases in…
Police are straight up class enemies. Modern policing emerged with capitalism as a crucial weapon of capital against the working class. Its purpose is, as…
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.
