January 24, 2020
Unifor president arrested while protecting pensions
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Unifor president Jerry Dias was arrested while picketing for the 800 workers locked out at Regina’s Co-op refinery. And more.
Podcasts
January 23, 2020
Home and long-term care in Ontario — why isn’t it working?
rabble labour beat reporter Zaid Noorsumar talks about why he decided to focus on home and long-term care in Ontario and what he’s learned.
January 17, 2020
Uber Black drivers want to stay out of the red
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The UFCW says Uber Black drivers are employees and eligible to unionize. And more.
January 16, 2020
Time to Topple — working towards municipal election reform
Election reform advocate Dave Meslin has succeeded in his Kickstarter to raise $15,000 to fund research into electoral reform at the municipal level, building on what’s been done in London, Ontario.
January 10, 2020
Striking back for the students
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Secondary school teachers strike against the Ford government’s cuts to education. And more.
January 9, 2020
Where do kids who have kids live?
Indigenous researcher Melissa Tremblay talks about her award-winning research to develop a supportive housing model for teen parents and their children.
December 20, 2019
Labour at the UN’s disastrous climate conference
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Activists were thrown out of the COP25 conference in Madrid when governments refused to act, but the struggle continues.
December 19, 2019
Youth activists frustrated by slow pace of climate action at COP 25
Simon Chambers of the ACT Alliance just got back from COP 25 in Madrid. He assesses Canada’s performance and also talks about activists’ frustration over the slow pace of change.
December 13, 2019
Discrimination against people of faith in the workplace
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: A union organizer says help stop discrimination against people of faith. The UN’s Declaration of Human Rights. And more.
December 12, 2019
Land trusts — the gift that keeps on giving
Sheila Ziman of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust talks about how land trusts work, and why generous people sometimes give gifts of land to their communities for conservation.
December 6, 2019
Teachers’ strike and poetry on the picket line
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Ontario teachers strike for the students. And the poetry of a B.C. picket line.
December 5, 2019
‘UnCanadian: Islamophobia in the True North’
Graeme Truelove says discrimination against Muslims is typical of how we’ve treated other non-white immigrant groups. An interview with the author and a reading from his book.