January 16, 2026
Countries adopt 15% corporate income tax plan
147 countries including Canada agree to a global minimum corporate tax. Guess which one didn’t.
RadioLabour
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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.
December 19, 2025
The AI financial bubble will burst and cause a great recession
Jim Stanford, the director of the Centre for Future Work, predicts that the AI financial bubble will burst, cause a recession, and thousands of workers may lose their jobs.
December 12, 2025
Being a trade unionist is your human right
The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is celebrated every year on December 10.
December 5, 2025
Steelworkers endorse Rob Ashton for NDP leader
The United Steelworkers Canada union has endorsed Rob Ashton, the national president of the International Longshore Workers Union Canada, as leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
November 28, 2025
Alberta’s plan to steal the pensions of working people
The United Conservative Party of Alberta is planning how to withdraw the province from the Canada Pension Plan to fund other projects.
November 21, 2025
Why postal workers are calling for a public bank
Tomas Marois, the director of the Public Banking Project at McMaster University explains why labour organizations should support and lobby for pro-public banks.
November 14, 2025
Heather McPherson’s fight against company unions
NDP leadership candidate and MP Heather McPherson talks about one of the proposals from her campaign: calling for a ban on company unions.
November 7, 2025
A banker’s budget is not a worker’s budget
The proposed federal budget released by the Carney government is designed for bankers, not workers. The LabourStart report about union events.
October 31, 2025
Rob Ashton: Canada needs bold action for workers now
Rob Ashton, a candidate for the leadership of the federal NDP, says working people need better representation at the federal level. This is the second in RadioLabour’s series covering the NDP leadership race.
October 24, 2025
Avi Lewis: How to create thousands of unionized jobs
Avi Lewis says the federal government could be using public policy to fight the Trump tariffs, build a green, care economy and produce many unionized jobs.
October 17, 2025
Choose: More nurses per patient or worse health care
Nurses unions across the country have been trying to convince governments to increase nurse-to-patient ratios in order improve the provision of health care. An interview with the president of the BC Nurses Union, Adriane Gear.
October 10, 2025
CUPE cries for an end to fascism in federal government
We share a speech from Mark Hancock, national president of CUPE made at the union’s national convention this week.