June-July 2011

Features

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  THANK YOU TO 2010 DONORS!
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  WORKING FOR A LIVING: LETTER FROM A LETTER CARRIER

  By Bruce Sparks

  The “Modern Post,” the name Canada Post has given its grand plan for transformation, has engendered more anger than I have ever seen in postal workers.

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  VALE AND THE ROIL REPORT

  By Armine Yalnizyan

  We want our governments and our citizens to act responsibly, and be accountable to one another. We can expect it of our corporate citizens as well.

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  COVER STORY: WHAT IF MICHELANGELO WAS A TELEMARKETER?

  By Susan Paczek

  Halifax-based artist Susan Paczek takes a fanciful look, through her illustrated storybook, about what Michelangelo’s experience would have been as a telemarketer.

Departments

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  LETTERS

  Regarding Gun Control * Walk4Justice Corrections

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  WEBWORK: RADIO LABOUR & KILLER JEANS

  By Derek Blackadder

  Another great grab bag of online resources for union activists.

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  POETRY

  By Joanne Arnott
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  TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZING: WAREHOUSE WORKERS

  By Glen Harper

  Our favourite warehouse worker Glen Harper returns with an expose about how his management reacted when he and his co-workers tried to unionize.

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  REVIEW: EVEN THE RAIN

  Review by Rachel E. Beattie

  Iciar Bollain’s new film Even the Rain (Tambien la Lluvia) isn’t a perfect film, but it offers a good introduction to both historical colonization and current globalization issues.

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  COMMENTARY: THE 10% SHIFT

  By Stephen Elliott-Buckley

  The goal of CUPE BC’s “Ten Percent Shift” campaign is to encourage us to shift 10 per cent of our household purchases to local producers and providers.