Labour is tackling Amazon world-wide Unions around the world are campaigning to organize Amazon’s 1.3 million employees. An interview with the General Secretary of UNI Global Union, Christy Hoffman. And more labour news. Also in RadioLabour’s Report for the week November 1-5, 2021: * The union path to a care society * The Labour Start…
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Trudeau introduced his new cabinet to the country, shaking up his inner circle and giving us a peek into who he trusts most. There’s a lot we can learn about a government from the PM’s cabinet picks. What regions are represented? Whose got the chops for the top portfolios, like finance or global affairs? While there aren’t any “official” demotions… who is being given a less prestigious portfolio and who is being cast out of cabinet completely? There’s a lot to unpack.
The Ontario government has introduced legislation called the ‘Working for Workers Act 2021’ which would require companies to develop disconnect from work policies. An interview with the president of Unifor, Jerry Dias. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 24-29, 2021: * Labour at the COP 26 climate change conference * The LabourStart…
Why raising the minimum wage doesn’t increase unemployment. The LabourStart Report. And more. Canadian born David Card won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for his work on how raising minimum wage doesn’t create job losses. An interview with the economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work, Jim Stanford. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada…
National politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks with Michael Geist this week for rabble.ca as part of his report on Facebook regulation in Canada. Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. He’s also the author of the 2015 book Law, Privacy, and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era.
Every election cycle, the conversation of electoral reform is revived to some extent. 2021 was no different. Consider this: In Toronto, the Liberals only won 48.9 per cent of the votes, but they won more than 90 per cent of the seats in Canada’s largest city, electing 48 of the 53 MPs there. The…
The global organization which represents the Canadian Teachers’ Federation is calling for a world-wide effort to provide vaccine equity and save the lives of teachers and their students in developing countries. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 10-15, 2021: * Unions and the 15% minimum corporate tax rate * The LabourStart report…
The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour has produced a computer app young people can use to learn about Occupational Health and Safety and labour rights. An interview with the SFL’s Taylor Apperly and Deena Kapacila. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 3-8, 2021: * How unions are reacting to workplace digitalization. * And…
This week on the show, we’re talking about the absence of agriculture from Canada’s political discourse. Of course, during an election campaign that was only five weeks long, it’s hard to fit everything in, but rabble columnist Lois Ross makes the case for turning our politicians’ relatively scattered attention span to agriculture.
This week on the show, rabble editor Chelsea Nash sat down for a conversation with rabble’s own columnist Chuka Ejeckam. Chuka is a writer and policy researcher who works in the labour movement. The son of Igbo immigrants to Canada, he grew up in Winnipeg. They talked about what was missing from this federal election,…
September 30 was the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. Unions and their members can help achieve reconciliation. An interview with the Diversity Vice-President for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Debra Merrier. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week September 26 to October 1, 2021: How Indian women are using WhatsApp…
Today on the show, I meet up with Joyce Arthur, the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada who is also a rabble columnist. You’ll hear that conversation in just a moment, after which I’ll take you through the stories of the week you might have missed.
