Labour

There's been some good public debate about the need for changes to the Investment Canada process in light of Caterpillar's incredible actions in London.

Thursday afternoon, Meg Borthwick caught up with the president of CAW Local 27, Tim Carrie, in the lobby of the London Hilton during a break from closure negotiations with Caterpillar.

The accident that claimed 11 Peruvian workers' lives was not a tragedy but a crime, linked to the systematic exploitation of foreign and migrant workers in Canada.

This week, I felt it was finally time to take the wraps off of a journal I kept during a two-week trip in 2004 to investigate the conditions of undocumented Chinese migrant farm workers.

Ending gender violence, remembering missing and murdered aboriginal women, banning bottled water, using tumblr for activists and more!

With some slight delays, we make our way across the ice road, and to the community of Attawapiskat.

How can sex workers organize? This episode looks at legal rights, community building and stopping street sweeps, plus an interview from Ottawa sex workers' union POWER.

Caterpillar's approach to labour relations is just one example of the growing evidence that capital and its right-wing political minions are determined to eradicate what's left of organized labour.

On Day 4 our trucks arrived by train to Moosonee. We walked the three kilometers from Moose Factory to pick them up.

Correctional officers working at the new Toronto Intermittent Centre are warning that the lack of standard operating procedures at the jail will lead to serious injuries or deaths.

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices we speak with MMA fighter Jeff Monson, who's fought in the top tier of the heavyweight division for M-1, Strikeforce, and UFC.

On day three, our truck is loaded on a train bound for Moosonee. We board the Polar Bear Express.

The yurt from Occupy Toronto is loaded on the truck. After a last-minute call from Attawapiskat for more supplies, we spend the night in Cochrane.

The unionbot frame works because it preys upon our deepest fears and, also, because the frame is dehumanizing.