February-March 2010
Features
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Union Exchange: A Green and Local Campaign
We hope our campaign to keep Bombardier manufacturing jobs in our hometown will lead to more campaigns for our communities. Good jobs are worth fighting for.
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Chinese Unions
On my last trip to China I learned that much has changed with Chinese unions. Here’s my report.
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Hotels and Hurting
Hotel workers in Toronto are getting less work and more injuries. What four hotel workers have to say about it.
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Cover Story: Keeping Kids’ Dreams Alive
Halifax-based performance artist, writer and activist Taryn Della wants the young people she speaks to in schools and the community to understand that everyone has intrinsic worth, including them.
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Laughing Out Loud
Ardell Fitzpatrick Brophy is a union rep by day and a stand-up comedian at night. She loves both jobs and takes them seriously.
Departments
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Notes
B.C. Coalition Report on Women * Common Threads
Global Action Week * Education International
Black History Month * Solidarity Radio News
Healthcare Bargaining in B.C. * Stimulus Spending -
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Webwork: Twitter and Toodeldo
Do unions use Twitter? Better yet, do they use it effectively?
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Poetry
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Poetry
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Review: After Peaches
“I want to give immigrant workers a face and a story so readers will have a stronger personal connection,” says After Peaches author Michelle Mulder.
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Review: Turning Left to The Ladies
With her latest collection of poems, Kate Braid delves into a subject that few other Canadian poets can write about with such comprehensive knowledge and insight.
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Review: Sailor Girl
I was worried the author of Sailor Girl wouldn’t do my sisters and brothers of the sea justice, but she did - beautifully.
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Commentary: Calling for Movement Solidarity
In the face of the Harper government’s cuts to programs, the women’s and trade union movements need each other now more than ever.
