David Mivasair, a rabbi living in Hamilton, talks about why he believes the Jewish National Fund Canada should not have charitable tax status.
On this week’s program: USW fights to stop killings, cutting overtime during a nursing shortage and the global struggle to win social justice.
A conversation with NCRA executive director Barry Rooke about the potential impact of a new funding formula in Ontario being proposed by the Ford government.
On Radio Labour’s report for Feb. 15 – 21 — Black History Month, how OPSEU socially mapped its membership, teachers key to fighting authoritarian populism and more.
In the RadioLabour Country report for February 8 to 14, UNIFOR calls for boycott of GM cars from Mexico and ILO Maternity Protection at Work.
NDP MP Niki Ashton speaks about the importance of linking local Canadian social movements to a bold international vision of solidarity through the budding Progressive International movement.
Weekly labour roundup by RadioLabour for Feb. 1-7, 2019 focuses on national pharmacare, the opioid crisis and the need for new rules for the global economic order.
With Radhika Desai – Winnipeg-Venezuela Peace Committee, Nino Pagliccia – Vancouver based Venezuelan Canada and Humberto da Silva, member of the delegation which monitored May 2018’s election.
Labour promotes North America’s first paid leave for domestic violence. Ontario making university more expensive. Global unions campaign for free, quality education.
Hildah Otiena of the Ontario CFS talks about the Ontario government plans to let students opt out of fees for student activities, health plans and bus passes.
The Women’s March, an Alberta labour victory, and a rendition of “Rebel Girl”, an old Wobblies song.
Brenda O’Farrell has been rabble’s new editor-in-chief for a few months. Now that’s she’s all settled in, she shares some thoughts about the media ecosystem in Canada and rabble’s place in it.
