Summer 2023
Features
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16 COVER STORY
A Tribute to Our Sister Carol Wall
Carol Wall was a fierce feminist, trade unionist, anti-racist and social justice activist who spent her entire life making good trouble.
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Doublespeak & Decriminalization
When sex workers, friends and allies attempt to band together for safety and better working conditions, the “sex trafficking” paradigm is used against them. It’s time to untangle the narrative.
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Chipping at the Construction Industry’s Cement Ceiling
In women-in-trades spaces, the breaking of barriers is often celebrated without a good hard look being taken at the persistence of those barriers. For over 20 years, electrician Kimoy Francique has been “on the tools,” and making change.
Departments
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UPFRONT
Being More than a Bystander • The Electric Pathway • Blazing Trails in Newfoundland & Labrador • BC Human Rights Code Protections Under Threat • The Stephen Endicott Workers’ History Award
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Our Times Tally
· Current value of the global artificial intelligence market: $137 billion
· Estimated value by the year 2030: $1.8 trillion -
13 WEBWORK
TikTok-Free Tech Solutions
The barriers we face in making good use of digital organizing tools are political, not technical.
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15 CLIMATE/JUSTICE
Young Radicals Lost to Labour
Young activists are turning to non-profit organizations and competing for the few professional-campaigner jobs that exist. How do we make them see “there is power in a union?”
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40 HAVE YOUR SAY
An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Agricultural workers are consistently told their lives are of little value. Making change in one of the most essential, and dangerous, occupations.
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43 WORKING FOR A LIVING
Driving Community Connection
A pick-up truck has just cut in front of you. An expletive is yelled at you from the back to go easy on the brakes. Yeah, no big deal. Water off a duck’s back.
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45 POETRY
in suicide crisis line training
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46 REVIEW
Ricocheting Between Worlds
As a woman in the trades, I feel pressured by simple narratives to either be empowered by my work, or horribly oppressed by it. But in Ducks, Kate Beaton has managed to craft a story filled with nuance and complexity. The result is unforgettable.
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48 ON TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
Solidarity Forever Starts with Solidarity Now
To counter lies being spread in the 1990s about their fishing practices, Indigenous fishers invited union members to join them on the water. The transformation was an amazing one.
