Commemoration not enough: Action needed on workplace deaths
Two deaths in a week. Or should I say two murders, in two workplaces. One happened on February 19 at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax….
Two deaths in a week. Or should I say two murders, in two workplaces. One happened on February 19 at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax….
In this episode, we tune in to a condensed version of Spring’s recent conversation with education worker and socialist Benoit Renaud about lessons we can learn from the Quebec labour movement.
Immediate action is necessary to address policing’s threat to free speech in Ottawa.
Pete’s workers show us the power we have as workers to take on the boss and win.
If we fail to protect Jama and Hahn for speaking up for Palestine, we won’t be able to protect workers or students who are being victimised for showing solidarity with Palestine.
The attack on Jama and Hahn is just the most high-profile attack on free speech for Palestine. This is unacceptable. Workers have the right to voice solidarity for Palestine. The vitriolic attacks must be challenged. If we can’t defend Hahn and Jama from rightwing attacks over Palestine it will send a chilling message to all workers that we can’t speak up about Palestine either.
Nine unions affiliated with the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE), representing 65,500 elementary and secondary school teachers in Quebec have voted in favour of unlimited…
On August 23, the striking Metro grocery workers’ fight for fair wages moved to round-the-clock secondary picket lines at two Metro distribution warehouses in Toronto.
On July 1, over 7000 dockworkers in BC walked off the job after a resounding 99.2% strike vote. But if the federal government wants to break the strike, we have to start showing our solidarity with dockworkers right now.
Two hundred and fifty workers at Windsor Salt have been on strike against union busting since February, while Ford sides with scabs and the company.
The process of rebuilding a revolutionary presence in the labor movement will be a long one, but like-minded organizations should discuss those issues that bring us together and those that separate us. Common political work around UPS is a good place to start.
The mass anti-war movement stopped the Canadian government from going to war in Iraq in 2003, and trained a new generation of activists in the process. It showed how ideas change in struggle, that anti-oppression must be at the heart of the movement, and that internationalism must be our guide. The movement also provided lessons in mass action and labour strategy.