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June 7, 2023 
Enough is enough: voices from the march and rally
On June 3, thousands of us came together at Toronto City Hall and marched to Queen’s Park to say that Enough is Enough! Attended by…
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May 3, 2023
Someone Lives Here: Interview with Khaleel Seivwright and Taka of new tiny shelter documentary
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…
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April 14, 2023
“Police threw me off the balcony”: Interview with Anthony Marriott
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…
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November 20, 2022
Academic workers at McMaster fighting for a #BetterMac
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…
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November 15, 2022
Lessons from the Dal strike
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….
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October 29, 2022
Halifax transit workers are fighting for a better public transit system
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…
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September 27, 2022
Education workers fighting back: Interview with Laura Walton
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.
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September 26, 2022
Migrant justice challenges ‘precarity at every level’
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…
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September 20, 2022
Labour and the Global Climate Strike: An interview with Nigel Barriffe
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…
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September 12, 2022
Canada’s exploitation of migrant student workers
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…
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July 7, 2022
Workers’ rights and the fight for climate justice
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…
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June 22, 2022
The Halifax Workers’ Action Centre
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…