February 19, 2021
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, the long running Canadian-based international labour news program, partners with rabble.ca to produce a weekly Canadian edition. The program is available every Friday afternoon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As fascism increases in the U.S. and Britain, unions have released a guide on how labour unions can fight back.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How to confront the far right. And more.
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.
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.
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.
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The Ontario government has $9 billion to spend on schools, but refuses. Violence against women transport workers. And more.