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Investing in a feminist economic recovery
Maya Bhullar | Feminist recovery plan author Anjum Sultana discusses what a feminist recovery must look like to help women in Canada.
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Women and migrant workers deserve better pay and protections in post-pandemic economy
Doreen Nicoll | The COVID-19 pandemic has placed front and centre the need for meaningful structural and financial reforms across employment sectors dominated by women and migrant workers.
Podcast
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The pandemic and women workers
Marc Belanger, C. Marie Ainsborough, Derek Blackadder | RadioLabour's Canada Report: Pandemic hits women workers in male-dominated sectors the hardest.
News
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Success for women lies in collaboration, say female labour leaders
Meagan Gillmore | Despite work towards gender equality, women still struggle for recognition in the workforce, and the labour movement. Two women labour leaders weigh in.
News
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Renaissance Hotel workers' inspired fight for right to unionize
Teuila Fuatai | We're not crying, you're crying! We speak with four women from the housekeeping department about their fight for unionization and what it means.
Podcast
Workers stand against the new labour law in Cambodia
Jiselle Hanna | Updates on workers' struggles in Asia and interview with Sineat Yon, labour activist, on the new labour law in Cambodia.
News
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Toronto library workers ratify agreement, Board to vote later today
Teuila Fuatai | A new collective agreement for the Toronto City public library workers is in the final steps of ratification.
Book Review
Overthrow the system! The fight for women's rights needs a socialist revolution
Faline Bobier | The historic battles for women's rights are well documented, so why are we still fighting the same fights? If we truly want progressive change, we need a new revolution.
Columnists
Fighting for retirement equality: What women need to know
Retiree Matters, Louisette Hinton | In April, the Union Coalition for Free Negotiation held a discussion about the inequalities of retirement security for women. Louisette Hinton reports back on what women need to know.
News
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Need for reform of Temporary Foreign Worker Program highlighted by Human Rights verdict
Ethel Tungohan | The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found Presteve Foods guilty of abusing temporary foreign workers. This victory is important, but more needs to be done to change the "employer-driven" system.
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Canadians deserve a universal early childhood education and childcare system
Susan Prentice, Molly McCracken | Last week hundreds of educators, academics and activists gathered in Winnipeg for a national childcare conference, united by a vision of a universal early childhood education and childcare system.
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Child care is unaffordable in Canada's cities. What can we do about it?
Iglika Ivanova | A new report from the CCPA takes a closer look at childcare fees in Canada's biggest 22 cities and shows just how unaffordable child care has become everywhere outside of Quebec.