Articles
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Labour Militancy in Canada
A History of the Right to Strike
Doug Ford’s assault on CUPE education workers last year was just one more Canadian government’s attempt to use heavy-handed legislative tools to erode the right to strike. The labour movement mobilized and Bill 28 was repealed less than a month later. But what strategies can Canadian labour use as governments continue to gamble on anti-strike legislation? Keep reading…
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Learning Reconciliation
“This WebWork could be (should be?) retitled: settler with labour magazine column goes looking to fill the gaps in his knowledge and finds those gaps are bigger in size and greater in number than he thought,” writes columnist Derek Blackadder in this piece from the Fall 2022 issue, dedicated to Truth and Reconciliation. Keep reading…
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“We Need, Finally, for There to be Justice”
The Power and Promise of Urban Indigenous Protest Camps
These expressions of Indigenous sovereignty challenge not only the participants, but the city, the province, and the country. They have been a life-changing experience for me, and for many others. Keep reading…
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Speak the Truth Even If Your Voice Shakes
Truth, Reconciliation & the Labour Movement
“You cannot have reconciliation without the truth first,” writes Denise Hampden in her powerful piece addressing questions about labour’s role in the horrific legacy of residential schools. Featured in our Fall 2022 issue, which is dedicated to Truth, Reconciliation, and Indigenous resistance. Keep reading…
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Experiences in Open Bargaining
Talking Internal Organizing
Collective bargaining is a way for union members to be heard in negotiations with employers. But is there a need to ensure more members’ voices are part of the dialogue? Melissa Keith takes a look at open bargaining in this feature story from our Summer 2022 issue. Keep reading…
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Tenting on a Riverbed
“What you’re looking at” — he swept his hand casually at the miles of clearcut whizzing by — “is the Bowron Cut. It’s a cut so big it’s visible from space.” Cali Haan reflects on her experience planting trees in BC in the early 90s in this Working for a Living story from our Summer 2022 issue. Keep reading…
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Action in the Era of Convenient Solidarity
WebWork writer Derek Blackadder follows up on his Spring 2022 column with part two, from our Summer issue. In it, he tackles this question from a reader: Are online actions too convenient? Keep reading…
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Moving Forward “In a Good Way”
Living in Indigenous Sovereignty
Activist and educator Sylvia Smith calls Living in Indigenous Sovereignty “a rare treat — a scholarly but very readable labour of love.” Keep reading…
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Trans rights are human rights are workers’ rights
Jessie Nelson’s Victory
In 2019, Jessie Nelson was fired from their job as a server in a restaurant on BC’s sunshine coast. Then Nelson brought their case to the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. Keep reading…
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“Tired, Angry and Frustrated”
People go into nursing because they want to help people and aren’t afraid of a tough job. The problem is it’s not a tough job anymore, it’s an impossible one. Keep reading…
