After months of keeping us in suspense, Toronto city council has decided it has the authority to strip us of our democratic rights in a…
Canada is known for its promise of universal healthcare. Its public health system is able to provide care at no cost to many of the…
250 workers unionized with CUPE 2189 ratified their newest collective agreement in May after five months of negotiations, averting a looming strike-lockout situation. By using…
In 1996, workers with the Ontario Public Service (OPS) went on strike for the first time, standing up to Mike Harris’ Progressive Conservative government, its…
This article first appeared in The Grind. It is republished with permission. To read the original, click here. “The first few days [after the closure]…
In a story that is all too common across the province, parents and teachers from the Toronto District School Board calling into the CBC Radio’s…
CUPE 3902, representing contract academic workers at the University of Toronto, has held its strike mandate vote. This is a bargaining year for Units 2,…
The Ontario elections are over. The government spent $189 million in taxpayer money to lose two seats and we are back to basically where we…
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…
Ford successfully took advantage of the real fear and anger that people feel about the looming trade war with the US, and positioned himself as the best defender of jobs and the economy. But Ford will face major political challenges. The healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, and a potential deep economic downturn are not going away.
Doug Ford has yet another pre-election healthcare promise. In 2018 it was “ending hallway medicine,” in 2022 it was “unprecedented hospital capacity,” and now it…
