On March 3rd, the Toronto Public Libraries Workers’ Union (TPLWU or CUPE 4948), representing approximately 2,300 Toronto Public Library workers, announced that its members had…
2,000 workers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario are out on strike. PSAC 901 Unit 1, representing 2000 graduate teaching assistants, teaching fellows, and research…
On March 6, a frigid day in Toronto, CUPE 79 workers gathered outside the Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre, alongside community supporters, to make their demands…
Amazon recently shuttered all seven Quebec warehouses, leaving approximately 1,700 workers jobless. This decision followed the recent unionization of the company’s Laval warehouse with the…
As part of Spring Magazine’s coverage of the CUPW strike, Vancouver Spring members visited picket lines in Richmond and Burnaby last month to get workers’…
On Friday, December 6th, 2024, workers’ organization Worker Solidarity Network, SFU student organization SFPIRG, and Filipino youth organization Anakbayan joined Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights…
Visiting the picket line solidifies that this fight is bigger than fair wages—it is about defending public sector jobs, good pensions, and rejecting the aggressive push towards precarious and casual work.
On November 21st, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) confirmed that they will be rebating $2.5 billion, with employers receiving the lion’s share of…
On Friday, 55,000 workers for the Canada Post Corporation (CPC) walked off their jobs after a year of unfruitful bargaining. They are seeking fair wages, proper benefits, and to fight against privatization in their line of work.
On November 7, after nine months of negotiations and nine proposals rejected by their employer, City of Brampton workers started their strike. CUPE Local 831…
This month marks one year since Israel escalated its genocidal actions in Palestine. We sat down with Palestinian community organizer, Spring member, and trade unionist…
The General Union’s organization model borrows from social justice unionism, with direct action at the core of our unionization and mobilization efforts. We envision and…
