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Review: Tomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest -- Temporary foreign workers in Canada | May 16 2013 | Daniel Tseghay | Over the past decade, the Canadian economy has become increasingly dependent upon exploited temporary foreign workers, in large part through the Canadian government’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Prog

Who leaked the Alberta government's response to AUPE's complaint, and why? | May 15 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | It is reasonable to conclude that the leak of the Alberta government's response to a formal union complaint was a gesture of bad faith. It is possible to conclude it was an act of sabotage.

Venezuela's new labour law: The best Mother's Day gift | May 15 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | Venezuela's government announced that a new labour law, part of which will grant recognition to non-salaried work traditionally done by women, will come into effect this week.

On the abuse of language: Saskatchewan's Bill 85 and 'modernizing' labour relations | May 14 2013 | Simon Enoch | This isn't the modernization of labour relations -- it's a return to the past when workers enjoyed less protections, less rights, and less power in the workplace.

Open letter to Ontario NDP and Liberals: Working together is first step in addressing poverty | May 14 2013 | Brent Hawkes, Buzz Hargrove | We are asking the NDP and the Liberals to co-operate and pass the budget (possibility with some tweaking). However we are frankly asking for much more.

Canadian workers' rights: It's a question of fairness | May 13 2013 | Doug Macpherson, Retiree Matters | As retirees, during our working lives, we fought hard and long with our unions for the wages and benefits workers enjoy today, a fair share of the richness of Canada.

Youth still stuck in the recession | May 13 2013 | Angella MacEwen | For youth 15-24, the unemployment rate was up from last April -- to 20.9 per cent -- so more than 1 in 5 youth are looking for work and can't find it.

Video: Chicago workers open new cooperative factory five years after Republic Windows occupation | May 13 2013 | rabble staff | Workers at the New Era Windows Cooperative are celebrating the grand opening of their new unionized, worker-owned and operated business.

Christy Clark's excuses for child labour in B.C. defy logic and good public policy | May 13 2013 | Helesia Luke | Christy Clark displays a betrays a narrow, middle-class, perspective that imagines child labour is about 'pocket money' and 'learning responsibility.'

Negotiating with Alberta's PC government? Better bring witnesses! | May 11 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | The Alberta government came right out in a statement of claim to the Labour Relations Board and called the president of the jail guards' union a liar. Then someone leaked it to a local newspaper.

'Whatever business wants': Harper government continues attack on workers | May 9 2013 | Dave Coles | In the latest example of their 'whatever business wants' attitude, the Conservatives are unwilling to lift a finger in support of 1000 workers recently locked out by U.S. Steel in Nanticoke.

Memo to Joe Fresh: Get smart and don't be Walmart | May 8 2013 | Humberto DaSilva | If Joe Fresh is serious about helping Bangaldeshi garment workers that make his schmata, there is one thing he can do that is proven to help...

Harper's discreet class war against working people | May 7 2013 | Linda McQuaig | The Harperites have directed their attacks against unions, portraying them as undemocratic organizations run by "union bosses" who ignore the interests of ordinary workers.

Message to Gary Doer: Now might be a good time to place a call to Ottawa, before you have to cross a picket line! | May 4 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | The front-line workers of Canadian diplomacy mounted an info picket in Washington yesterday, realizing they need a little showmanship to register on the domestic radar.

Hundreds rally and march in Toronto for a Solidarity City | May 3 2013 | John Bonnar | On Wednesday people gathered in front of City Hall, celebrating their victories while pledging to continue the struggle to build a city accountable to people everywhere.

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