Long before garnering international attention as a “pandemic-era folk hero,” carpenter Khaleel Seivwright built a tiny insulated shelter in a Toronto park with a painted…
When Anthony Marriott was 17 years old he fell from the 11th story balcony of a Scarborough apartment during a police operation. The police officers…
CUPE 3906 is gearing up for potential job action at McMaster University. Representing Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants-in-lieu, Sessional Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows, the members are…
After being on strike for over three weeks, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3912 have returned to work at Dalhousie University….
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 508 represents public transit workers in Halifax and their collective agreement expired over 420 days ago. They are currently negotiating…
CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions represents 55,000 education workers in Ontario. They are fighting for higher wages and better working conditions. Currently members are in the midst of a strike vote. Spring recently spoke with Laura Walton, the President of OSBCU – CSCSO, about how education workers are organizing to fight for decent wages and a fair contract.
September 18 marked an important day for migrants across the country. Migrants and supporters alike are demanding regularization and permanent residency status for all. Some…
For thousands of years, Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island have cared for and protected the land and water we all rely on. This is especially…
Labour migration plays a crucial role in upholding global capitalism. Immigration systems, including the one in Canada, are exploitative and discriminatory by design. Canada’s international…
Low-wage workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic, they were the first to lose their jobs and most likely to get COVID. A new…
The Spring podcast spoke with Lisa Cameron, an organizer with the Halifax Workers’ Action Centre, about the issues workers face in Nova Scotia, from wage…
“Whenever we assert our collective rights to the Canadian state, our sovereignty seems to get lost in the public debate. Sovereignty means we were here for thousands of years before colonization, and any legitimate claim to reconciliation must account for that question of our relationship to the Land. ”
