"Unionism is a movement of hope, not of despair."
Elaine Bernard - Harvard Labor and Worklife Program
"Imagine There’s No Labour Board"
WORKERS IN VANCOUVER'S DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
Making a World of Difference
By Carole Pearson
Maclean's magazine has called Vancouver's Downtown Eastside "Canada's poorest postal code," which effectively takes away any human element from a long-troubled area. Thanks, however, to the workers at organizations like the Portland Hotel Society (officially called PHS Community Services Society) and the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, people in this long-neglected area are receiving services that help them find the stability, dignity, and support they need in order to turn their lives around.
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TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZING:
A SERIES
LESSONS LEARNED
Organizing at Queen's University
By Andrew Stevens & Krystle Maki
Queen's is one of the last universities in Ontario to not have a union for its teachings assistants and teaching fellows. During our union drive, our opponents used this fact to promote the idea that we're "different" and didn't need union representation. This was one of our biggest challenges in the drive.
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CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY
A Review of Michael Moore's Film
By Jim Stanford
Just saying "capitalism" out loud makes one sound like some kind of dangerous radical, and along comes Michael Moore. He's dangerous not so much because of his prescriptions for social change, but for his extraordinary talent for communicating, inspiring and entertaining.
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