Podcasts

Ken Neumann, the United Steelworkers’ national director, is retiring. He talks with RadioLabour about his career and the future of the labour movement.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is helping Brazil’s right-wing government to privatize a public water system in Rio de Janeiro. Plus labour’s plans for the climate crisis.

A little H&S committee named April 28 as the International Day of Mourning which is now recognized around the world. Plus Biden’s plan to unionize thousands.

Canada would gain at least $11 billion per year in corporate tax revenue from a global minimum tax rate at 21 per cent as proposed by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Amazon workers were subject to intense anti-union tactics by management. National Organizing Director of the AFL-CIO Richard Bensinger discusses the implications for Canada.

Five unions in Ontario are demanding that teachers and other education workers be vaccinated immediately. Plus more labour news.

Garment workers in Bangladesh earn $6 a day doing unsafe jobs. And Canadian companies are at fault. The United Steelworkers are trying to help. Plus more labour news.

Immigrant women at Canada Goose plants in Winnipeg are trying to unionize. RadioLabour speaks with Jo Ann Pinera of the Workers United Canada Council.

Women working in Bolivian mines are subject to violence and sexual harassment while being paid almost nothing. Canada’s United Steelworkers are helping.

The Ontario government is planning to release a new budget on March 24. Labour says it needs to include adequate sick days, a decent minimum wage, safety for workers and more.