Articles
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Our Times Magazine is Hiring!
We’re Looking for a Business Manager
Canada’s independent labour magazine is looking for someone who loves budgets, bookkeeping and building circulation, and who cares deeply about workers’ rights and social justice. Knowledge about the labour movement a bonus! Keep reading…
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A Pride Flag by the Door
Creating Safe and Supportive Workplaces
How can unions contribute to 2SLGBTQ+ people feeling safe and supported at work and in their lives? A multi-year study in Windsor and Sudbury, Ontario, aims to answer just that. Keep reading…
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Labour Confronts the Climate Crisis
A Conference for Action
Labour Confronts the Climate Crisis featured an incredible lineup of political thinkers, climate scientists, economists, and researchers — people we should all be listening to. Like Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, director of Indigenous Climate Action. Keep reading…
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The Shared Struggle Towards a Better Future
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council Celebrates 150 Years
“The best part of my work is working with other people who also believe in the vision of a more racially just, socially just society,” says labour and community activist Jennifer Huang. “I have deep respect and love for my sisters, brothers and friends who keep fighting and doing this work.” The Toronto & York Region Labour Council celebrates its 150th anniversary. Keep reading…
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Talking About Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek
A Letter to Our Labour Movement
With sadness and frustration, we watch as forestry workers are played off against Indigenous and environmental activists by the very corporations that profit from their exploitation. Keep reading…
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COVID Crisis in Alberta
The Urgent Need for a Firebreak
The Alberta Federation of Labour and its affiliated unions support the call from Alberta doctors for a temporary “firebreak” closure of all non-essential businesses and activities to stop the growth of COVID infections and, in the process, save lives and provide relief to our overwhelmed healthcare system. Keep reading…
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Truth, Justice, and Healing
September 30 and Beyond
“Reconciliation is not about ‘closing a sad chapter of Canada’s past,’ but about opening new healing pathways of reconciliation that are forged in truth and justice.” (from Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) Keep reading…
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The Time for Action is Now
An Interview with Andria Babbington
“We need people to show up to pickets, show up to strikes, and let workers know ‘I am with you to the end.’” An interview with Andria Babbington, the first Black woman president of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council. Keep reading…
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Legislating Climate Accountability
With wildfires raging across North America, the Senate passed Bill C-12, the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, in July. It’s Canada’s first-ever climate accountability legislation, but is it robust enough to meet climate targets? Keep reading…
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Take a Look at Ourselves
A Call to Make Space for Diverse Voices
It is up to those of us who are already in union leadership positions to fight for inclusion and to create and hold space open for diverse voices. Keep reading…
