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May 16, 2017  CLC awards First Nations child advocate with human rights honourMeagan Gillmore Indigenous child advocate Cindy Blackstock was awarded the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) award for Outstanding Service to Humanity at the congress's 2017 national convention in Toronto last week. |
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May 12, 2017 WATCH: Canadian Labour Congress street party delivers message to Bay StreetOn May 11, 2017 activists and delegates of the Canadian Labour Congress gathered at the most hallowed ground of Canada's financial elites, for a street party, and to deliver a message. |
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May 10, 2017  Anti-poverty activists urge Ontario to focus on poverty reduction, not just basic incomesMeagan Gillmore Anti-poverty activists are calling Ontario's announcement of a basic income pilot project for low-income adults a positive first step, but say more must be done to help people living in poverty. |
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May 10, 2017  Long work hours don't work for people or the planetDavid Suzuki We work the same hours as 20th century labourers, depleting Earth's resources to produce more goods that we keep working to buy, use and replace in a seemingly endless consumer cycle. |
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May 9, 2017  Ontario's guaranteed basic income pilot misses mark, labour leaders sayMeagan Gillmore Labour leaders in Ontario are criticizing the provincial government's plans to pilot a guaranteed basic income, saying it doesn't address a broken social assistance system and precarious job market. |
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May 8, 2017  Success for women lies in collaboration, say female labour leadersMeagan Gillmore Despite work towards gender equality, women still struggle for recognition in the workforce, and the labour movement. Two women labour leaders weigh in. |
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May 5, 2017  Opposing Duterte's brutal War on Drugs in the PhilippinesAsia Pacific Currents Summary of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region and update on the effects of Duterte's brutal War on Drugs in the Philippines |
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May 4, 2017  Writing While Black explores how zines can galvanize movements for racialized peopleTania Ehret A standout in this year's Mayworks Festival is the workshop Writing while Black which focuses on zine-making as a social justice and political tool used by folks of colour. |
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May 1, 2017  'Never confuse decency with weakness': Outgoing CLC secretary-treasurer Barbara Byers advises womenMeagan Gillmore To celebrate May Day, rabble is focusing on the accomplishments of women in the workplace. We spoke with outgoing CLC secretary-treasurer Barbara Byers about her work as a labour activist. |
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Apr 30, 2017  Maywork's Journey to Belong highlights art that tells the story of migrant activismMaya Bhullar On Sunday April 30, Mayworks brought together three performances about migrant activism in Journey to Belong. |
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Apr 28, 2017  A movement is building on May Day in defence of immigrant rightsThe immigrants-rights movement, organized by some of the most vulnerable people in the U.S., is hitting the streets in force on May 1. |
 Things to do on the Day of Mourning for Dead and Injured WorkersOn This Day On April 28th we commemorate lives lost at work, and fight like hell for the living |
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Apr 28, 2017  Advocacy group wants to shed light on barriers blind people face finding employmentMeagan Gillmore A series of focus groups organized to determine barriers people who are blind or visually impaired face finding employment conclude this week in Toronto. |
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Apr 28, 2017  The Day of Mourning for injured and killed workers was invented by Canada. Now we're killing more workers than anyone.Ed Finn Canadian workers' deaths and injuries more numerous per capita than in most other developed nations. |
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Apr 27, 2017  Mayworks' opening film is helping to build a movementMaya Bhullar In 2012, Lawrence Daquan "Day" Davis, a temporary worker, was killed on his first day at work. The film about this case, called A Day's Work, will be screened at Mayworks this year. |
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Apr 27, 2017  Workplace deaths in Canada are a national disgraceEd Finn Approximately 1,000 Canadians are killed on the job every year, and approximately another million injured despite laws meant to protect them. |
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Apr 24, 2017  The history of workers struggle in IndiaAsia Pacific Currents Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and recorded talk on the history of workers struggle in India |
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Apr 21, 2017  It's time for a green jobs plan for OntarioKeith Brooks Mark Rowlinson Ontario's Climate Plan will create jobs. Now Ontario needs to make sure they're good jobs that go to those who need them most. |
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Apr 21, 2017  Centre-right student associations are hiring bogus, expensive audit firms and then firing unionized workersMichael Bueckert Regressive, centre-right student unions across Ontario have adopted a brand new tactic to pursue their agenda on university campuses: hire dubious audit firms staffed by friends. |
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Apr 20, 2017  Universal basic income: Yea or nay?Needs No Introduction Will a guaranteed basic income release people from the poverty trap or keep them in it? A spirited debate exploring the issues from both sides and all points between. |
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Apr 18, 2017  Syrian revolution continues despite massacres and bombingsAsia Pacific Currents Update on labour struggles in the Asia Pacific region and an assessment on the Syrian popular revolution amid continued war. |
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Apr 14, 2017  When talking guaranteed basic income, let's not forget the need to contest powerWhat if the owning and renting classes simply view a basic income as another source to be scarfed up, so it ends up merely expanding the gulf between the rich and the rest? |
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Apr 12, 2017  Making free trade into fairer trade: The work of Third World NetworkBy supporting TWN in developing and advancing their critique with decision-makers and civil society, our shared goal is that free trade becomes fairer trade. |
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Apr 12, 2017 Making free trade into fairer trade: The work of Third World NetworkBy supporting TWN in developing and advancing their critique with decision-makers and civil society, our shared goal is that free trade becomes fairer trade. |
