November 18, 2022
Cannabis in Canada – who’s running the show?
Our November Off the Hill panel included MP Don Davies, Chuka Ejeckam, and Jodie Giesz-Ramsay. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.
Podcasts
November 11, 2022
How labour bashed Ford
Union solidarity stopped an attack on CUPE education workers in Ontario. With the threat of a province-wide general strike unions in Ontario forced the provincial government to withdraw its legislative attack on 55,000 CUPE education workers and cancel Bill 28 with its use of the constitutional not-withstanding clause. RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio…
November 11, 2022
Is the Canadian government failing its veterans?
Virginia Vaillancourt, the national president of the UVAE, argues Veterans Affairs must stop using private sector companies to do public sector work.
November 7, 2022
Mouth open, story jump out: The power and purpose of storytelling in these times – Part two
What are we without stories? As communities that have been cast into the margins, make their way back onto the page – Do stories ever end?
November 4, 2022
Labour at the UN’s COP27
Education unions are key to confronting the climate crisis.
November 3, 2022
Has the Ford government declared a class war? Why Ontario education workers are taking to the streets
CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn spoke to rabble editor Nick Seebruch to explain what’s at stake in the labour dispute in Ontario, where Premier Doug Ford has implemented legislation that makes strike action by education workers illegal.
October 31, 2022
Mouth open, story jump out: The power and purpose of storytelling in these times
It’s Halloween, and for many of us this is a time of stories. But stories are always with us. They provide us with connections to the past and pathways to the future. What is the role of the storyteller in these times? And what stories must they tell?
October 31, 2022
Ontario education workers threaten strike
55,000 CUPE education workers may be forced to strike on November 4, 2022, to win decent wages and quality public services for students.
October 28, 2022
Fighting for health and housing in a pandemic
National politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks to Cathy Crowe and Greg Cook about their book: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic.
October 28, 2022
Whistleblowing to save public services
The PSAC’s Krista Devine on why whistleblowers need to be protected.
October 24, 2022
Teachers needed to save the planet
This week on RadioLabour, we explore how to fight for social justice globally. To meet the climate crisis the world needs teachers to help educate the next generation of young people.
October 20, 2022
Confronting Islamophobia in Canada
This month’s panel dove into what political actions are needed to confront the rise of Islamophobia in Canada. Our panel also explored what role the media has in all of this.