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RadioLabour April 9
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Stop education workers from getting sick
Five unions in Ontario are demanding that teachers and other education workers be vaccinated immediately. Plus more labour news.
RadioLabour April 2
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'How do they go to bed with a clear conscience?'
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.
RadioLabour March 26
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Expensive coats and poor wages at Canada Goose
Immigrant women at Canada Goose plants in Winnipeg are trying to unionize. RadioLabour speaks with Jo Ann Pinera of the Workers United Canada Council.
RadioLabour March 19
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Helping women miners in Bolivia
Women working in Bolivian mines are subject to violence and sexual harassment while being paid almost nothing. Canada's United Steelworkers are helping.
rabble radio March 12
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Nina Newington is saving Nova Scotia forests for mainland moose
Nina Newington and fellow protesters are heading to court for protesting clear-cutting in sensitive moose habitat in southwest Nova Scotia.
RadioLabour March 12
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Why Ontario needs a workers' budget
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.
rabble radio March 5
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Climate Action Muskoka -- in their own voices
Maya Bhullar talks to Sue McKenzie and Linda Mathers about how they organized to have their cottage country municipality declare a climate emergency.
RadioLabour March 5
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Labour fights right-wing racist ad on Facebook
A right-wing group is running an ad saying racialized groups should not get vaccine priority. The Canadian Labour Congress is running an online campaign against the ad.
RadioLabour February 26
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Uber drivers are workers, says U.K. court
The Supreme Court in the U.K. has ruled that Uber drivers are not independent contractors. They are workers employed by the company so deserve to be compensated as such.
rabble radio February 25
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Engage Barrie shows you CAN fight city hall
In the first of our "rabble rousers to watch" podcasts, we have a conversation about Engage Barrie, a group trying to bring about progressive political change in a very conservative city.
RadioLabour February 19
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Tax the rich
The top 1 per cent of wealthy people in Canada own about 25 per cent of all the wealth in the country. Unions and the Broadbent Institute are calling for Canada's wealthy to pay their fair share.
RadioLabour February 12
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Fighting wage controls in Ontario
Ontario's unions say Bill 124, which restricts wage increases and benefit improvements in the public sector, violates bargaining rights enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
RadioLabour February 5
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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.
RadioLabour January 29
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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.
RadioLabour January 22
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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.
RadioLabour January 15
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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.
RadioLabour January 8
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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.
rabble radio December 18
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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.
face2face December 16
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'76 days' explores human struggles in the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan
Director Hao Wu talks about his important new film "76 Days," bearing witness to the death and rebirth of the city of Wuhan, China, in the early days of the global pandemic.
Talking Radical Radio December 15
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Pushing for a fundamental reassessment of Canada's foreign policy
Bianca Mugyenyi and Yves Engler talk about myths and perceptions of the role of Canadian on the international stage, and why they founded the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute earlier this year.
RadioLabour December 11
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Union rights are human rights
RadioLabour's Canada Report: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How to confront the far right. And more.
rabble radio December 10
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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.
Talking Radical Radio December 8
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A radical design collective in Winnipeg
Terry McDowell talks about the work of Strike Poster, a collective of radical artists and graphic designers in Winnipeg.
RadioLabour December 4
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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.
rabble radio December 3
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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.
face2face December 2
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'Fireball' film by Werner Herzog explores culture, science and the politics of meteors
Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer talk about their new film "Fireball," curiosity, mystery, micro meteorites and the oldest thing in the universe.
Talking Radical Radio December 1
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Bringing questions of justice to the heart of struggles for climate action
Laura Hamilton talks about her trajectory in the climate movement, from an initial focus on divestment to her current radical commitment to climate justice.
RadioLabour November 27
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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.
rabble radio November 26
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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."
Talking Radical Radio November 24
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Fighting to get police out of Winnipeg schools
Cam Scott, Irene Bindi, and Daniel Friesen talk about the work of Police-Free Schools Winnipeg.

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