Articles

  • Tweets and Twobbies

    Some of you, way too many of you, are still clustering your tweets. You know who you are. Keep reading…

  • Recharging A Dying Province

    Every year, Nova Scotia suffers a net loss of 1,300 people under the age of 30, and the province’s population has been in decline since 2011. What’s needed now is the implementation of a bold new vision that’s already been mapped out. Keep reading…

  • How Far We’ve Come

    When Linda Shuto started teaching in Burnaby in 1969 she never imagined she’d become a leading champion of women’s rights within the BC Teachers’ Federation. It started with a simple decision to ignore the rule that said women teachers had to wear skirts. Keep reading…

  • If I Had My Way

    This is How a Union Would Combat Racism

    lt is not uncommon in labour education settings that, when race and gender are being discussed, someone will raise the issue of class as a corrective, or as a way to reinsert their own voice as the centre of attention. The implication here is that class war is universal, but race, gender, abilities, faith and sexuality are only identity politics. Keep reading…

  • Lessons from A Virtual Lawyer

    Immerse yourself in how the Labour Rights Law Office does its good work. How they do what they do is how your union could be offering services to members in many, many places — and how you could be building the union by bridging gaps that no longer need to be there. Keep reading…

  • Canada’s Brick Wall of Racism

    February 11, 2016, marks the 47th anniversary of a day that was profoundly important to the struggle for civil rights and the anti-racism movement in Canada. But why does the Sir George Williams affair seem to be missing from our history? A ground-breaking new film aims to change that. Keep reading…

  • Building Community, Defying Expectations

    An Interview with Ramon Antipan

    Ramon Antipan came from Chile to Edmonton as a refugee in the late 1970s. In restaurant kitchens, on construction sites and, ultimately at the Edmonton mail depot for Canada Post, he discovered quickly that racialized immigrant workers are rarely seen as assets, as leaders who bring with them their own histories of fighting injustice. Keep reading…

  • Never A Glass of Water from Their Tap

    In Indian Country, First Nations have been fighting for decades for many of the same basic human needs that refugees have been fighting for. Keep reading…

  • Out of The Workplace, Into Community

    If the Canadian labour movement is to survive and grow, organizing efforts should focus on a community model rather than a workplace approach. The Chinese Workers’ Network does just that. Keep reading…

  • Moving Our People Forward

    Reflections by Janice Gairey

    Labour activist Janice Gairey reflects on the past, present and future of the labour movement. Keep reading…