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.
Labour
Oct 16, 2020
How a little newspaper started labour journalism in Canada
RadioLabour
RadioLabour's Canada Report: More than a century ago the Rossland Evening World in B.C. showed what a union newspaper could be. Plus: the plight of Amazon workers.
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 9, 2020
21,000 health-care workers infected with COVID-19
RadioLabour
RadioLabour's Canada Report: Nurses' union says governments have mismanaged the pandemic. And the Ontario Labour Relations Board rules against education unions.
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.
Oct 7, 2020
'Company Town' -- film explores historic 2019 win for workers in Oshawa
face2face
Filmmaker Peter Findlay and Unifor president Jerry Dias talk about the film "Company Town" and how union and workers got General Motors to back down on the Oshawa plant closure in 2019.
Oct 2, 2020
Why does Canada's agricultural industry erase migrant farmworkers from advertising campaigns?
Shane Martínez
Why is there a widespread refusal to acknowledge or depict migrant farmworkers in representations about agricultural produce?
Oct 2, 2020
The huge holes in Canada's social safety net
RadioLabour
RadioLabour's Canada Report: Labour is demanding services such as unemployment insurance must be fixed now.
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.
Sep 25, 2020
Fighting anti-Indigenous racism in media coverage
RadioLabour
RadioLabour's Canada Report: a Unifor webinar focused on racism and genocide against Indigenous people and provided solutions.
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