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Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions President Linda Silas. Image credit: David J. Climenhaga
Amid pandemic chaos, CFNU President Linda Silas ends bid to lead Canadian Labour Congress
David J. Climenhaga | Saying she will remain as president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Linda Silas called for Canada to address "the stark inequities that COVID-19 has exacerbated."
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Labour fights right-wing racist ad on Facebook
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | A right-wing group is running an ad saying racialized groups should not get vaccine priority. The Canadian Labour Congress is running an online campaign against the ad.
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Grappling with police unions in the fight for justice in policing
Maya Bhullar | As we work against police violence and racism, how do we influence the actions of the police unions? How do we stop them from obstructing efforts to change police practice and create oversight?
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Photo of this week's speech from the throne. Image: Justin Trudeau/Facebook
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.
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Reboot post-pandemic economy with green technologies says CLC president
Marc Belanger, C. Marie Ainsborough, Derek Blackadder | RadioLabour's Canada Report: An interview with CLC president Hassan Yussuff. Child care during the pandemic. And more.
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Linda Silas. Image: David Climenhaga
Linda Silas announces bid to lead Canadian Labour Congress
David J. Climenhaga | The New Brunswick nurse and president of Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is best known outside labour as a high-profile supporter for a national pharmacare program.
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A Canadian union in Palestine
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder, C. Marie Ainsborough | RadioLabour's Canada Report: Unifor is helping Palestinian truck drivers at the separation wall between Palestine and Israel. And more.
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Toronto Labour Day Parade 2018. Image: Torontonian/Alamy Stock Photo. Used by permission (purchased photo).
Every day should be Labour's Day
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder, C. Marie Ainsborough | RadioLabour's Canada Report September 6 to 13, 2019. Labour's five point agenda to make every day Labour's Day.
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Why women need to join unions now - Marie Clarke Walker
Why women need to join unions now -- RadioLabour's Canada Report for March 8-15, 2019
Marc Belanger, C. Marie Ainsborough, Derek Blackadder | CLC Secretary Treasurer Marie Clarke Walker says "Join a union!" -- an epic attempt at global equal pay for work of equal value; and the LabourStart report about union events.
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Introducing - RadioLabour Canada on rabble.ca
Introducing RadioLabour Canada on rabble.ca
rabble staff | rabble.ca welcomes long running international labour show RadioLabour to rabble podcasts. Enjoy the inaugural show!
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Reg Basken (Photo: David J. Climenhaga)
Prominent labour activist, plus well-known chanteuse and LGBTQ+ activist, named to Alberta Order of Excellence
David J. Climenhaga | Conservatives starting to hyperventilate about the possibility of David Suzuki being nominated can settle down. You actually have to live here, at least some of the time, to be considered.
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Hands in Solidarity, Hands of Freedom mural on the side of the United Electrical Workers trade union building on West Monroe Street at Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Terence Faircloth/Flickr
An open letter to our movement
John Cartwright | The president of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council wants union leaders to work for a solution to avoid damage to the movement.