June 26, 2020
How Foodora couriers won a major union victory
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Foodora workers proved that couriers are dependent workers. Plus: 200,000 seafarers are stuck at sea. And more.
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RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Foodora workers proved that couriers are dependent workers. Plus: 200,000 seafarers are stuck at sea. And more.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: CUPE president Mark Hancock tells his 700,000 members that Black lives matter, and white privilege must be acknowledged and confronted.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: A world e-commerce agreement could give big data corporations control over Canadian regulations. And, a global law could help women during the pandemic.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: How the BCGEU used its shareholder power to attack Thomson Reuters’ contracts with ICE.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The shame of long-term care homes. CERB denies income to hundreds of thousands. And more.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Pandemic hits women workers in male-dominated sectors the hardest.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Steelworkers say CUSMA — the new Canada-US-Mexico trade deal — is flawed.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The Canadian Labour Congress and Unifor are organizing to build permanent changes for front-line workers.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The UFCW is helping retail food workers during the pandemic. Plus, the world needs a global social protection plan.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Naomi Klein explains how the right will use the crisis to implement its ideas; Unifor calls for post-pandemic restructuring.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: How unions are supporting health-care workers in Ontario and B.C.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: An interview with CLC secretary-treasurer Marie Clarke Walker, and a message of support to Unifor members.