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Unifor is Canada’s largest private sector union with over 315,000 members. It’s also a very young union. Just five years old, Unifor was formed through a merger of two unions — the Canadian Autoworkers Union and the Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union. Today’s guest on rabble radio helped make that merger happen. Fred Wilson played a key organizing and planning…
Unifor is Canada’s largest private sector union with over 315,000 members. It’s also a very young union. Just five years old, Unifor was formed through a merger of two unions — the Canadian Autoworkers Union and the Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union. Today’s guest on rabble radio helped make that merger happen. Fred Wilson played a key organizing and planning…
Fred Wilson played a major role in the creation of Unifor. In his new book, he reflects on the first five years of one of Canada’s newest unions’ often turbulent history.
Bill S-238 is before Parliament to end shark finning. An interview with Brian Stewart and Sandra Campbell about their late son’s films and his commitment to end the exploitation of sharks.
Canadian activist, journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris was in Venezuela in February, talking to people with varying opinions about the causes of the current crisis. He talks about what he heard.
The political situation in Venezuela is a subject of extremely polarized debate which will likely continue for many months, if not years. The legitimacy of President Maduro is still in dispute, people are starving and leaving the country. It’s a country in crisis, that much can be agreed upon. But it can be hard to find the…
The political situation in Venezuela is a subject of extremely polarized debate which will likely continue for many months, if not years. The legitimacy of President Maduro is still in dispute, people are starving and leaving the country. It’s a country in crisis, that much can be agreed upon. But it can be hard to find the…
David Mivasair, a rabbi living in Hamilton, talks about why he believes the Jewish National Fund Canada should not have charitable tax status.
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.
There are many media workers in Canada who got their start at community based campus radio stations. That possibility may not exist in Ontario if the Ford government’s new plan for student fees is implemented. Ontario-based campus radio stations are fighting for their lives. The Ford government’s surprise Student Choice Initiative will have a direct…
There are many media workers in Canada who got their start at community based campus radio stations. That possibility may not exist in Ontario if the Ford government’s new plan for student fees is implemented. Ontario-based campus radio stations are fighting for their lives. The Ford government’s surprise Student Choice Initiative will have a direct…
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.
