Articles / Features
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Crossing A Digital Picket Line
The Chronicle Herald Strike
While they remain on the picket line outside the Chronicle Herald building, experienced Herald journalists and editors like Frank Campbell are still practising their craft, but they’re contributing their work to the online news site, Local Xpress, instead. Keep reading…
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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…
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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…
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Growing Older, Growing Bolder
Seniors Fight for Everyone’s Rights
Alison Acker has been to jail for justice. The 87-year-old Victoria, BC, social activist spent three weeks in prison in 1993 after being arrested at an anti-logging protest at BC’s Clayoquot Sound. Today, seniors like Acker continue to fight for social and political causes on behalf of us all. Keep reading…
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Seeing Further
Our Work After the Election
Let’s take a day of rest, drink a good cup of coffee, and then get back to work before this new government can make major concessions to capital. Keep reading…
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Black Votes Matter
Bringing Real Democracy to the Ballot Box
Christopher Wilson could be discouraged about Canada’s upcoming election, but he is not. Member at large on the international board of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Wilson is one of the driving forces behind the Black Votes Matter campaign. Keep reading…
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The Big Book of Injured Workers
A Diary
I hoped to fill The Big Book of Injured Workers with the names of injured workers, and anyone who wanted to see our compensation system adhering to its 100-year-old mandate of justice and fairness to all — unlike what it is doing today. Keep reading…
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Storytelling Against Racism
Working While Black in Nova Scotia
“The experience of racism in Nova Scotia is old,” says Folami Jones, daughter of legendary civil rights activist and lawyer Burnley “Rocky” Jones (1941-2013). “Being one of the oldest Black communities in North America, our history comes with very different pains, and resistance as well.” Keep reading…
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What Did Not Have to Be
The BC Sawmill Tragedies
“It was a war zone,” says Lakeland Mills worker Bruce Germyn (above), recalling the night of April 23, 2012, when the mill exploded and an inferno erupted, sweeping through the site. What Germyn remembers is the chaos of fire and smoke, sirens, emergency personnel, and workers who had survived but were suffering from horrible burns and smoke inhalation, crying out for help. Keep reading…
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Women of Labour and the Arts
Talking with the 2014 Min Sook Lee Award Winners
The 30th annual Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts was held from May 1 to 14 in the Greater Toronto Area, and from April 30 to May 16 in Halifax. Visual arts exhibits, a walking tour, a film screening, theatre performances, concerts, and interactive community workshops were all part of the offerings. “Art is the best way to engage people,” says Faith Nolan, one of six women recognized earlier this year by Mayworks for their outstanding contributions to the arts and the labour movement. Keep reading…
