Articles
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Secrets of Successful Organizing
When a core group of member-organizers listens to co-workers and really hear what they are saying, something very positive happens for all involved, and the union is strengthened. Labor Notes gives us tools that can reverse the apathy, one worker at a time. Keep reading…
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Close the Gap
Standing Up For Economic Equality
In the 1970s and ‘80s, women in the labour movement fought to end pay discrimination and close the gender pay gap. Still, today, thousands of women in their unions and community organizations find the fight for pay equity and women’s economic equality is far from over. Keep reading…
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McCollege Credits, Supersized!
McDonald’s has tried to forge a “special” relationship with schools for years. The corporation’s latest foray into the Canadian education arena is taking the form of a massive, province-wide partnership with Colleges Ontario. Keep reading…
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Mobilize Now Against Fascism
The conditions of our world today are more like the rise of fascism in the 1930s than we may realize. Here are 5 survive-and-thrive mobilization tips. Seek justice like never before. Keep reading…
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Connecting Canada
Postal Hubs and the Promise of Community Power
Postal worker and union leader Megan Whitfield says the Delivering Community Power program will allow Canada Post employees “to take back what was taken away and also make the post office greener and keep it viable for future generations.” A cross-country check-up with workers, who always know best how to improve workplaces and public services — if only they were listened to! Keep reading…
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Canada’s Standing Rock(s)
South of the border, a struggle against a pipeline and for the self-determination of a people has been capturing international attention. At home, dozens of similar struggles are playing out across the country. One question lies at the heart of each of them: what is the relationship between Indigenous people and the Canadian government? Keep reading…
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Putting Alt-Right’s Racism in Context
Racism can be about the “racist,” but often racism is sustained and subsumed within the language and practice of everyday life. This is not only about who to blame; it is about how we stop a historical form of racialized violence before it lays claim to everything and everyone. Keep reading…
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Taking Toll of a Bad Idea
I don’t like road tolls for the same reason I don’t like increased fares for transit riders, user fees, or flat taxes of any kind. I don’t think tolls are fair — they force every driver to pay the same amount, regardless of whether they are rich or poor. Excuse me while I rant. Keep reading…
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Dinah Greenberg (1959 - 2016)
“Don’t worry about it. We can fix it.” These were words Our Times’ beloved long-time art director, Dinah Greenberg, lived by. She is gone now, but her joyous and creative spirit lives on in our hearts, and in the pages of Our Times—a magazine that continues on very much because of Dinah’s decades of commitment to this labour of love. Thank you, Dinah. Keep reading…
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Mass Incarceration Is Modern Day Slavery
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists builds the case that labour must join the struggle to end the mass incarceration of racialized and Indigenous people across North America and throughout the world. We cannot truly combat anti-Black racism without doing so. Keep reading…
