February 5, 2021
Unions call for action to stop COVID deaths in long-term care
The Ontario Health Coalition organized an online rally to protest 3,638 deaths — and counting — in long-term care homes. Labour organizations are demanding action.
Podcasts
January 29, 2021
Re-unionizing America
Joe Biden is planning to implement the Protect the Right to Organize Act, which will allow access to unionization for hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers plus weaken so-called “right to work” laws.
January 22, 2021
Why hundreds were infected at the Cargill meat plant
An interview with UFCW Local 401 communications officer Michael Hughes about the COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill plant in Alberta where hundreds were infected and two workers died.
January 15, 2021
Labour fights to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Bill C-15 would affirm the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is applicable to Canadian law. Unifor’s Indigenous Liason Gina Smoke discusses labour’s fight to have the bill passed.
January 8, 2021
Fighting the rise of the radical right wing
As fascism increases in the U.S. and Britain, unions have released a guide on how labour unions can fight back.
December 18, 2020
Media artists are needed more than ever during COVID
Making video games and other forms of online entertainment are keeping media artists busy during this time. Two video game designers and a D.O.P. for film tell us how COVID is affecting them.
December 11, 2020
Union rights are human rights
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How to confront the far right. And more.
December 10, 2020
Connecting through art during the time of COVID-19
Tricia Robinson is an illustrator, labour organizer and activist from Montreal who has found some new depths to her work and her life during COVID-19.
December 4, 2020
Saving Alberta’s advanced education from privatization
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees is fighting ideological cuts to advanced education. Global wages fall because of the pandemic. And more.
December 3, 2020
Live streaming is no substitute for live music: two conversations with classical musicians
Classical musicians Maxime Despax and Yanet Campbell talk about performances, livestreams and ways of adapting during the pandemic. Also — we hear some of their music.
November 27, 2020
Ontario won’t fund the fight to save kids from COVID-19
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The Ontario government has $9 billion to spend on schools, but refuses. Violence against women transport workers. And more.
November 26, 2020
Art in the isolation of Canada’s north
Kimberly Edgar talks about the isolation of Dawson City, Yukon, and how being up north in a small community has helped their art to flourish during COVID-19, in Episode 2 of “My Art Wears a Mask.”