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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. |
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rabble news
June 25
Lidia Abraha
| Why defunding the police is a crucial and necessary step to dismantling the carceral system. |
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analysis
June 19
Karl Nerenberg
| Justin Trudeau has cracked open the door to a path to citizenship, in a way none of his predecessors ever did. Now, those who advocate for migrant workers will have to push hard on that door. |
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rabble news
June 18
Chelsea Nash
| Foodora may have left the country, but its former workers can finally say they successfully formed the first certified union of app-based gig workers in Canada. |
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analysis
June 18
Karl Nerenberg
| The NDP leader told reporters he does not believe he owes Therrien an apology, and that both the hand gesture and the act of turning thumbs down on the RCMP-related motion were racist behaviours. |
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arts/media
June 18
Nathaniel G. Moore
| When you buy from independent bookstores, you're investing in an author's career. |
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analysis
June 15
Karl Nerenberg
| An international group of economists proposes that all governments impose higher taxes on those massive corporations that dominate their sectors. |
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rabble news
June 12
Chelsea Nash
| Ten taxi drivers working at Pearson International Airport have died since the beginning of the pandemic. |
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analysis
June 11
Karl Nerenberg
| The NDP leader worries punitive measures could have unintended consequences, and could easily sweep up people who simply applied in error. |
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rabble interview
June 11
Meg Borthwick
| A new book, "Uncertain Harvest," explores what needs to change about our global food system to fight climate change and feed everyone on the planet. |
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rabble news
June 8
Lidia Abraha
| Cities across Canada are moving to install more CCTV cameras for policing, but communities in Toronto are fighting back. |
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analysis
June 3
Karl Nerenberg
| The prime minister acknowledged the continued scourge of racism in the U.S. and in Canada, but avoided overtly poking the U.S. beast. |
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analysis
June 2
Karl Nerenberg
| Aside from outside agitators and opportunists, there is also a strong possibility that police force agents-provocateur have infiltrated the U.S. anti-racism demonstrations. |
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opinion
June 1
Lidia Abraha
| This tragedy is yet another reminder of how police continue to fail our community, and that we can't trust an institution that inherently views Black people as a threat. |
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rabble news
May 28
Chelsea Nash
| Unions across the country intend to leverage current broad public support for grocery store workers to lobby for permanent wage increases. |
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arts/media
May 28
Jessica Rose
| Publishers, bookstores and literary festivals have rallied during this period of massive uncertainty for independent publishing. |
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rabble news
May 27
Chelsea Nash
| Canadian grocery store workers and their unions are concerned about the looming prospect of their temporary wage increase coming to an end. |
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analysis
May 26
Karl Nerenberg
| Seems like a great victory, until you remember that Canada is a federal country, and, except for a few federally regulated sectors, most Canadian workers are governed by provincial labour laws. |
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analysis
May 22
Karl Nerenberg
| The crisis has created a "shadow pandemic" -- violence against women and children. Increased isolation, and the stress it has created, has resulted in more severe violence than ever before. |
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analysis
May 20
Karl Nerenberg
| At this precarious and uncertain stage in the pandemic, it is blue-collar and service sector workers in often insecure and low-paid jobs whom employers and governments want back on the job. |
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rabble news
May 19
Chelsea Nash
| The Foodora workers' union drive set a precedent for app-based gig workers in Ontario, but the path to its labour board victory offers a lesson in organizing disconnected workforces. |
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analysis
May 13
Karl Nerenberg
| One of the many unprecedented aspects of our current crisis is the way the federal party in power has been ready to quickly accept constructive suggestions from opposition parties. |
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analysis
May 7
Karl Nerenberg
| Neither the workers, nor their union think the plant has become safe. The UFCW is taking legal action to force a shutdown, until Cargill can absolutely guarantee safe conditions for all employees. |
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analysis
April 30
Karl Nerenberg
| Many major Canadian companies thinly disguise their use of offshore tax evasion schemes by shifting funds to subsidiary or related companies. |
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opinion
April 30
Sarah Kurchak
| Our society consistently ties the value of a disabled person's life to the value we provide -- or fail to provide -- to abled people. |
