The vote on Bill 239 reflected the current balance of forces in Ontario, where after years of campaigning the Ontario Conservatives are now isolated in their opposition to paid sick days.
Relying on the industry to solve the very problem it created speaks to the level of fossil dependence in many institutions.
The past ten months of the pandemic have been a nightmare. Over 771,000 cases have been confirmed, and nearly 20,00 people have died in Canada…
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the housing crisis in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. In the past year, landlords have increased rents anywhere from 17% to as much as…
At this moment fighting for employer-paid sick days for all is an opportunity for the union movement to raise standards for all workers while also exposing the Tories and the bosses’ cruel agenda. There is much to gain for unions and little to lose.
During COVID-19, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has narrowly averted total and complete crisis— at least for now. Though cutbacks throughout the course of the…
The necessity of a political leadership representing subjugated classes is a main lesson we bring with us from 2019, while we rebuild our revolutionary organizations. We have to decline the non-principled coalitions that lead us to abandon our strong alliance with the workers.
As federal income support for workers ends and employers are eager to ramp up profits, more and more workers are heading back to work despite…
While the new Biden administration in the US has announced plans to cancel the Keystone XL, a pipeline project owned by TC Energy and the…
These movements for social and economic equality, which preceded the pandemic and have grown through two waves, offer real hope. Not only for achieving vaccine equity and ending the pandemic, but also winning a world beyond borders, police and precarious work.
Reading the general political strike, in Anne Alexander’s articles and the Sudanese reality. The following text was prepared and presented as a contribution for the…
Doug Ford’s COVID-19 strategy is in shambles and the government is in crisis. Now is the time to step up the fight for legislated paid sick days for all.
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