Fall 2019
Features
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NO SIGN OF HARDSHIP OR HURT
As gentrification accelerates in Montreal’s Point Saint-Charles neighbourhood, community groups are pivoting away from its poorest residents.
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25 COVER STORY
BEHIND THE MAGIC
Working conditions have created a powder keg inside dozens of Vancouver’s animation studios.
Departments
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UPFRONT
Global Climate Strike • Reconciliation Book Club • Westray Author Wins Award • Uber Drivers United
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11 Climate/Justice
GREEN JOBS OSHAWA & A GREEN NEW DEAL
Like climate change, the threatened closure of the Oshawa plant is a crisis. But it is also an opportunity.
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13 WebWork
RAINY DAYS & ONLINE ORGANIZING TOOLS
What’s a far more secure alternative to WhatsApp? Let’s talk Telegram.
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15 Poetry
THE WATER IS RISING
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34 Union exchange
ROOTED IN UNITY
“In Unity, Strength” is the foundational belief of the labour movement. But what does unity look like?
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS
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38 Have Your Say
COMBATTING BURNOUT IN THE HELPING FIELDS
When giving so much of ourselves turns into a habit, we become unsure of what we can and can’t say no to.
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40 Working for a Living
POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK OPERATORS
hey moved forcefully around the floor, slipping into trailers, putting away pallets, all in one smooth motion.
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42 Excerpt
WESTRAY: MY JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
It was difficult to comprehend that the mine I had been working in just eleven hours ago had blown up.
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45 Review
CRACKING LABOUR’S GLASS CEILING: TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH WOMEN’S UNION EDUCATION
A fascinating look at five education programs created in Canada and the U.S. to promote women’s leadership.
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47 Commentary
THE CRISIS OF OUR TIME
We can either proclaim with absurdity that everyone must sacrifice in order to fight climate change, or we can address the differential conditions of peoples’ lives.
