The USW is campaigning to force Canadian Tire to pay Bangladeshi garment workers a living wage. Garment workers in Bangladesh earn $6 a day. Canadian Tire CEO Greg Hicks earns $12,000 a day. A RadioLabour interview with Guillaume Charbonneau a project officer with the Steelworkers Humanity Fund.
Hello and welcome to rabble radio. It’s Friday, January 21, 2022. I’m Breanne Doyle, the host of rabble radio. Thanks for tuning in. rabble’s got its finger on the beat of the stories that matter to you. If you’re curious about the latest in Canadian politics, labour, environment, or health – you’ve come to the…
The international labour movement is calling for decent work and universal protection plans. Plus more labour news.
Hello and welcome to rabble radio. It’s Friday, January 14, 2022. I’m Breanne Doyle, your new host of rabble radio. Thanks for tuning in. Where is Chelsea? Where, indeed. Well, as some of you may be aware, our dear Chelsea Nash has taken a job at the Hill Times in Ottawa. We’ll miss her here…
The international labour movement is calling for decent work and universal protection plans. Plus more labour news. Also in RadioLabour’s Report for the week January 9-14, 2022: * Fighting the privatization of African schools * The LabourStart Report of union events * And singing: ‘Too Old to Work’ Music: ‘To Old to Work’ by Joe…
Stephen Wentzell sits down with Chris Draenos of Vancouver’s Community Based Research Centre to discuss how his work is providing Canadians with accessible sexual healthcare.
Cereal maker Kellogg’s in the U.S. plans to fire 1,400 employees. The plight of the world’s 115 million migrant workers. And more labour news.
Chelsea Nash looks back at rabble radio’s top stories of 2021 – including Brent Patterson’s Wetʼsuwetʼen coverage, all the political news that came out of the 2021 snap election, and much more.
This week on the podcast, rabble contributor Brent Patterson interviews Wet’suwet’en land defenders Eve Saint and Jocelyn, or Jocey, Alec. Eve and Jocey are sisters who have been arrested and criminalized for defending their sovereign territory in northern British Columbia from a fracked gas pipeline being built on those lands without consent.
Condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong On Human Rights Day, December 10, unions focused on Hong Kong and Palestine. An interview with the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, Sharan Burrow. And more labour news. Also in RadioLabour’s Report for the week December 6-10 , 2021: * The Labour Start Report about union…
We share a clip from our most recent monthly political panel, Off the Hill, featuring El Jones, Clayton Thomas-Muller, and MP Leah Gazan.
The international labour movement has condemned Israel’s attack on Palestinian human rights groups while it builds more settlements in the occupied territories. An interview with the Chair of the Council of Global Unions Stephen Cotton.
