Articles
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Dumping Trump and Trudeau Trade Deals
We want to keep good jobs in Canada and the U.S.? Then we have to fight for good jobs in Mexico — and in Honduras, and in Vietnam and in Bangladesh — and impose restrictions on trade with countries that refuse to grant basic standards to their workers. Keep reading…
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Millennials, Pensioners & Workmates
Most Canadian unions that attempt a regular video news or organizing effort give it up as not worth the investment in time and bandwidth. But if you and yours haven’t yet given it a spin, mebbe video pods’ time has come. Keep reading…
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Burkas and Bill 62
No one has to like niqabs or burkas or even headscarves. And Quebecers who don’t like niqabs don’t have to wear them. But they absolutely have to respect the rights of women to wear what they please. Keep reading…
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Defending Public Health Care: Dr. Dayak Raza Speaks Out
“As believers in publicly funded health care, we have to take the responsibility of offering a path to reform very seriously. In the absence of that, then people will find the false appeal of private financing and for-profit health care delivery tempting.” Keep reading…
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Making The Shift
Chief Horseman’s Hopes for the Future
The Alberta provincial government has announced seven new programs intended to assist Indigenous communities in reducing greenhouse gases and power bills, while growing employment opportunities. Chief Eugene Horseman is hopeful that initiatives like these will hold long-term benefits for his community and the environment. Keep reading…
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Times Change
Getting Down to Work with a Women’s Employment Collective
“You’re important, you will find work, and we can help you.” That’s what people who come in the door at Times Change are told, says Pat Bird (left), who worked at the women’s employment collective for 25 years. Keep reading…
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When Hate Goes Public
STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT
“I would never support blanket censorship. But everybody is so afraid of being accused of these things that we really fall into their hands,” says Toronto Public Library Workers Union president Maureen O’Reilly, of the extreme far-right and white supremacists. Keep reading…
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A Burning Question: Coal or Tires
LafargeHolcim, the world’s third largest building supplies company, wants to burn 400,000 used tires a year at its cement plant just four kilometres away from the village of Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Should we be worried? Keep reading…
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Our Times Tally
Chance that a First Nations child on a reserve in Canada lives in poverty: 3 in 5 • Since 1876, number of First Nations children who were placed in residential schools across Canada: 150,000 Keep reading…
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Davis Day: Coal Miners & Community Connection
Twenty-five years after the Westray explosion, people in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and across Canada, are reminded of the burden of sorrow carried by coal mining communities everywhere. We share a heritage of lasting grief, but we also share a history of community connection. Keep reading…
