Podcast
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour
| An interview with UFCW Local 401 communications officer Michael Hughes about the COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill plant in Alberta where hundreds were infected and two workers died. |
News
Chelsea Nash
| Front-line workers have been hailed as heroes over the course of this pandemic, but who gets to decide who is and isn't a front-line worker? |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| "For the sake of fossil-fuel workers, as well as the sake of the planet, the inevitable phase-out of fossil fuels must be announced and confirmed quickly and firmly." -- Jim Stanford |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour
| Bill C-15 would affirm the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is applicable to Canadian law. Unifor's Indigenous Liason Gina Smoke discusses labour's fight to have the bill passed. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| In a time of pandemic, unpaid leave provisions for workers seem woefully inadequate -- not only for the well-being of workers, but for the safety of the rest of us. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews signed an order giving the government's legislated investment manager a veto over anything the Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund instructs it to do. |
News
Chelsea Nash
| All travellers coming to Canada must obtain a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure, but the requirement means migrant workers must pay hundreds for the test out of pocket. |
Blog
Erika Shaker
| Ed Finn was a historian, an activist, an adviser, a colleague, a shop steward, a mentor, a pun-master, and a surrogate great-uncle. Erika Shaker pays tribute to an extraordinary man. |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour
| As fascism increases in the U.S. and Britain, unions have released a guide on how labour unions can fight back. |
News
Chelsea Nash
| If the city were to mandate special licensing for Uber and Lyft drivers, then labour organizers could more easily identify a bargaining unit. |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour
| RadioLabour's Canada Report: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How to confront the far right. And more. |
Podcast
Victoria Fenner
| Tricia Robinson is an illustrator, labour organizer and activist from Montreal who has found some new depths to her work and her life during COVID-19. |