Summer 2018
Features
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17 Cover Story
TRANS WORKERS ON BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE LABOUR MOVEMENT
Being a union activist helped Sebastian Trujillo navigate his transition at work. “My union was very supportive of me and my transition and what I was going through,” he says.
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TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: A SHORT INTRODUCTORY GUIDE
How to make the union movement and the workplace safer for and more inclusive of trans workers.
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STRUGGLE, PERSISTENCE, SURVIVAL
Mark Head was sitting on his couch watching Unsolved Mysteries, eating chips and relaxing, when he saw an old picture of himself as a child flash across the screen.
Departments
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CLiFF Celebrates 10 Years * Rally for Decent Work * Mayworks and Labour Arts
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9 CLIMATE/JUSTICE
PUTTING CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BARGAINING TABLE
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has put a bold vision on the bargaining table to address climate change and inequality.
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OUR TIMES TALLY
Rank of Canada in having the least number of annual paid holidays throughout the industrialized world: 3
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12 WEBWORK
Where is Social Media Going?
Getting a sense of where social media is going and what’s coming for the Giant Nasties of Silicon Valley.
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14 POETRY
IN THE DEBRIS
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OUR TIMES 2018 FUNDRAISING APPEAL
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40 WORKING FOR A LIVING
LOOKING BACK ON A LIFETIME AT SEARS
I am reflecting on how our lives might have been if my mother had been treated fairly as an employee right from the early days.
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44 WORKING FOR A LIVING
BETWEEN A BOOK AND A HARD PLACE
Almost no one showed up to read or study. The library was loud, rowdy, and totally out of control. It was time to change things.
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44 REVIEW
STRANGE NEW COUNTRY
Strange New Country is Geoff Megg’s riveting look at the personalities and politics active at the turn of the 20th century in British Columbia’s fishing industry.
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52 COMMENTARY
HOW NOT TO TALK TO WOMEN (ESPECIALLY WOMEN IN POLITICS)
Don’t tell women they don’t understand numbers or economics or policy. Don’t talk about their age, their weight, their hair or their looks at all.
