RadioLabour, the long running Canadian-based international labour news program, partners with rabble to produce a weekly Canadian edition. The program is available every Friday afternoon.
September 30 was the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. Unions and their members can help achieve reconciliation. An interview with the Diversity Vice-President for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Debra Merrier. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week September 26 to October 1, 2021: How Indian women are using WhatsApp…
The nursing crisis in Canada. How to get young people to vote. And more.
An interview with the president of the Canadian Labour Congress, Bea Bruske. Plus: The AFL-CIO’s first woman president. Better protection for Bangladeshi garment workers. And more labour news.
The BCGEU used its shareholder power to tell Thomson Reuters to stop using its software to help ICE in the United States. And more labour news.
The Canadian Labour Congress has elected a new leadership team with Bea Bruske as president and Lily Chang as secretary-treasurer. Plus more labour news
The national convention of the Canadian Labour Congress will elect a new team of officers. An interview with presidential candidate Beatrice Bruske. And more labour news
CUPE is trying to get a member released from a Turkish jail. Teachers want climate change built into school curricula. And more.
WestJet airport agents in Calgary and Vancouver joined Unifor by signing union cards. Plus more labour news.
Country music used to be about the experiences of working people. Has it now become a tool for the right wing? Plus more labour news.
Ken Neumann, the United Steelworkers’ national director, is retiring. He talks with RadioLabour about his career and the future of the labour movement.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is helping Brazil’s right-wing government to privatize a public water system in Rio de Janeiro. Plus labour’s plans for the climate crisis.
A little H&S committee named April 28 as the International Day of Mourning which is now recognized around the world. Plus Biden’s plan to unionize thousands.
