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rabble news
September 25
Chelsea Nash
| The labour movement clearly has the ear of the Trudeau government, some observers say. |
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analysis
September 24
Karl Nerenberg
| Based on the speech, it is hard to believe that there was any need to cut the previous parliamentary session short -- except to put a stop to committees that were looking into the WE affair. |
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opinion
September 23
Chelsea Nash
| "Big labour" paints a picture of power hungry unions who are out of touch with workers. It's a phrase used to separate workers from their collectivity. |
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analysis
September 22
Karl Nerenberg
| Some Ottawa insiders have speculated that the government will pull back from any overly ambitious new programs, be they in energy, social welfare or even health, to focus on the pandemic. |
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rabble news
September 21
Chelsea Nash
| Largely left out of virtual schooling, EAs who are at risk of contracting COVID-19 may not have medical accommodations granted. |
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rabble news
September 17
Karl Nerenberg
| The Trudeau government could show some leadership, and drop its appeal of last July's federal court decision that the Safe Third Country Agreement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. |
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rabble news
September 14
Chelsea Nash
| Adult day school teachers are precariously employed, have no job security, no benefits and are paid less than regular high school teachers. |
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rabble news
September 11
Chelsea Nash
| Widespread public support for grocery workers is making this strike much different from previous ones, say the workers. |
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rabble news
September 10
Scott Costen
| New Brunswick NDP candidates hope the party's class-based message will set the stage for a rebound over the coming years. |
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analysis
September 9
Karl Nerenberg
| To successfully and safely reopen public schools, governments and school boards should have focused on innovation and new investments. Instead, their main focus is on their financial bottom lines. |
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rabble news
September 4
Chelsea Nash
| Health reasons, but also not wanting to participate in a plan they say was not made with students or staff in mind, are contributing to teachers' decisions to hold off on returning to school. |
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rabble news
September 2
Chelsea Nash
| Custodians are anticipating hours of additional work to be able to keep up with new cleaning demands in Ontario schools. |
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rabble news
September 1
Lidia Abraha
| Black youth face a number of challenges navigating the world, but how do they fare in a system that's historically set them up for failure? |
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rabble news
August 28
Anika Nykanen
| Advocates say the end of pandemic support programs will inflame B.C.'s rental crisis. |
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rabble news
August 26
Chelsea Nash
| Foodster union organizers say they're now setting their sights on organizing the broader gig economy. |
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rabble interview
August 26
Barâa Arar
| An interview with Julie Lalonde on the audiobook of her memoir "Resilience is Futile." |
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rabble news
August 24
Chelsea Nash
| Those who lack paid sick leave are often precariously employed and come from racialized communities. |
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rabble news
August 18
Chelsea Nash
| Chronic underfunding of public schools in Ontario has forced school boards to choose between funding educational programming and funding maintenance. |
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rabble news
August 12
Lidia Abraha
| Doctors gather to address systemic anti-Black racism by police, and how that impacts the public health sector. |
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rabble news
July 30
Chelsea Nash
| Lack of status means workers have no labour rights, can be deported at any time, and experience long term damage to their family relationships. |
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analysis
July 28
Karl Nerenberg
| In Canada, parties do not form coalitions with other parties when they fail to win a majority of seats. It might be time to take a different approach. |
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analysis
July 24
Karl Nerenberg
| If there is any threat to Trudeau's leadership, it comes from his own party. A good many Liberals are growing weary of the prime minister's questionable judgment. |
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rabble news
July 23
Chelsea Nash
| Volunteers have to be extremely careful when dropping off fresh produce to workers, for fear that employers will fire and deport workers caught interacting with outsiders. |
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rabble interview
July 21
Chelsea Nash
| In conversation with AUPE president Guy Smith about how his union is handling legislative challenges to union and worker power. |
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analysis
July 16
Karl Nerenberg
| The government will try to tough it out, and hope a couple of apologies do the trick, even as more revelations about the deep involvement of the prime minister and his family with WE emerge. |
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rabble interview
July 13
Chelsea Nash
| Two activists with Justicia for Migrant Workers say without permanent status, the rest is just a band-aid fix. |
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rabble news
July 8
Chelsea Nash
| This will be the second strike vote for Canadian grocery workers in recent weeks after retailers took away the $2-an-hour pandemic pay premiums. |
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rabble news
July 7
Chelsea Nash
| Reforms to Canada's employment insurance system are necessary, say workers' advocates. |
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rabble news
July 6
Lidia Abraha
| Canada is decades behind in collecting race-based data in the public sector. Advocates have long fought for easier access to disaggregated data from the criminal justice system. |
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rabble news
June 30
Chelsea Nash
| As calls to defund the police mount, police unions are already starting to put up a fight. |
