Analysis
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July 29, 2021 
Resisting the COVID aftershocks
Canada, the US, and other world powers are attempting to brand the COVID-19 pandemic as ‘over,’ and demanding a return to ‘normal.’ But capitalism has…
paid sick days
Feature
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July 15, 2021
The fight for paid sick days in BC
We need to build a big campaign where people feel ownership of the campaign and its tactics. That’s the kind of campaign that shifts the terrain of debate, and makes the legislation of 10 paid sick days seem like common sense. That’s how we win.
Interview
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June 4, 2021
The Justice for Workers campaign
On May 1 the Fight for $15 and Fairness relaunched as the Justice for Workers campaign. Spring Magazine spoke with Deena Ladd, executive director of…
Interview
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May 24, 2021
Doctor’s orders: Make paid sick days permanent and employer-paid
In response to the movement for paid sick days across Canada, the governments of BC, Manitoba, Ontario and Halifax have delivered a few temporary and…
Analysis
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May 12, 2021
Horgan follows Ford’s inadequate paid sick days plan
After three waves of COVID-19, rising calls for paid sick days across BC have finally pushed the provincial NDP government to act. On Tuesday, 14…
Op-ed
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April 30, 2021
The best paid sick days are permanent and employer-paid
We urgently need paid sick days in Ontario for the many frontline workers who are getting infected with the virus, yet still have no protected…
Feature
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April 29, 2021
Ford’s ‘paid sick days’ fail
Ford’s recent announcement is not a win: it is a temporary concession used to stave off permanent and employer-paid sick days. The movement has shifted the needle on paid sick days, but it has much further to go to win paid sick days for all.
Feature
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April 20, 2021
Bill 247: 10 reasons to legislate 10 paid sick days
This week the Ontario legislature will debate Bill 247, Paid Personal Emergency Leave Now Act, 2021. This would amend the Employment Standards Act to provide…
Feature
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April 19, 2021
People, not the police, forced Ford’s reversal on police powers
The push back sprang from below, after years of movements fighting for racial and economic justice. People want paid sick days, not policing.
Op-ed
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March 10, 2021
Pandemic trauma and precarious work
The psychological fallout of COVID-19 is a haunting, collective trauma. Remember during the early days of quarantine, we thought society would be flushed with COVID-related…
Analysis
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March 5, 2021
The fight for paid sick days isn’t over
The vote on Bill 239 reflected the current balance of forces in Ontario, where after years of campaigning the Ontario Conservatives are now isolated in their opposition to paid sick days.
Interview
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March 3, 2021
COVID survivors still need paid sick days
Queen is an essential worker without status, who survived COVID-19 during the first wave and continues to work in long-term care. She spoke with Spring…