Nov 26, 2020
'Authoritarian' culture of fear prevents health-care workers from speaking out
Chelsea Nash
If health-care workers had whistleblower protections, we may have known more about dangerous COVID-19 conditions sooner.
Chelsea Nash
Chelsea is a freelance writer currently living in Barrie, Ontario. She began her journalism career covering Parliament Hill as a reporter for The Hill Times in 2016. After earning her MA in 2019, Chelsea contributed publications including Power & Influence magazine.
Nov 18, 2020
Support workers warn Ontario's long-term care staffing efforts will do more harm than good
Chelsea Nash
The provincial government is recruiting unemployed workers from retail and other sectors to fill staffing gaps in long-term care.
Nov 5, 2020
Amid austerity measures, some provinces' public services are in trouble
Chelsea Nash
Alberta is taking the most extreme austerity measures in response to the pandemic as it seeks to replace public employees with private industry.
Oct 28, 2020
Striking Dominion workers threatened with arrest during picket
Chelsea Nash
Unifor leadership and workers have questions about why police intervened when there was no injunction preventing picketing at a Weston's Bakery location.
Oct 27, 2020
Advocates call for legislation to rectify misclassification of gig workers
Chelsea Nash
Advocates are lobbying for federal legislation that would qualify many app-based gig workers as "employees."
Oct 21, 2020
Ontario long-term care home lays off 60 unionized workers
Chelsea Nash
Sixty union jobs have been lost in Bowmanville, Ontario, amid a pandemic crisis in long-term care homes.
Oct 16, 2020
Alberta unions say public health layoffs are the latest attack on labour movement
Chelsea Nash
Alberta union leaders are in daily communication with one another, something they say is beyond the norm.
Oct 9, 2020
The state of Canada's gig economy: how workers are organizing
Chelsea Nash
Unions, lawyers and a variety of workers are pursuing different legal avenues to have gig workers' rights recognized under the Employment Standards Act.
Oct 7, 2020
Current school cohorting practices are ineffective and leave itinerant teachers at increased risk, say experts
Chelsea Nash
At a press conference hosted by four Ontario teacher unions, epidemiologists warned that autumn will bring higher rates of COVID-19 infection if changes are not implemented.
Sep 25, 2020
Throne speech has much to offer the labour movement if promises come through, experts say
Chelsea Nash
The labour movement clearly has the ear of the Trudeau government, some observers say.
