May 24, 2024
Julian Assange and the death penalty
Julian Assange is continuing to fight his extradition to the US. The years-long legal battle has just taken another turn.
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May 17, 2024
Global union helping to unionize right-to-work states in the Deep South
The global union IndustriALL has been helping workers at the Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz plants in the traditionally anti-union south of the United States.
May 10, 2024
Labour’s global fight against fascism
With four billion people going to the polls this year the international labour movement has started a global campaign to support democracy against authoritarianism and fascism.
April 26, 2024
Alberta labour fights Canada’s first Right-to-Work legislation
A RadioLabour interview with AFL president Gil McGowan.
April 19, 2024
Public banks that are really pro-public
Thomas Marois, the director of the Public Banking Project at McMaster University explains why labour organizations should support and lobby for pro-public banks.
April 12, 2024
Food riders take on Deliveroo globally
A RadioLabour interview with the ITF’s Young Transport Workers and Future of Work Officer, Baker Khundakji.
April 5, 2024
Plastic, plastic, everywhere
The International Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution will be conducting a conference in Montreal April 23-29, 2024.
March 28, 2024
How the death of 26 Westray miners can save lives today
10 years after the Westray mine explosion, labour orgs and individuals gathered to remember and organize.
March 22, 2024
Labour’s Our Times magazine closes. What’s next for Canadian labour media?
In a special webinar, labour media activists and historians discussed the closing of the magazine, the state of labour journalism in Canada and what may come next.
March 15, 2024
Thousands of BC forest workers losing their jobs
The forestry sector in BC supports 44,000 direct jobs and close to 100,000 more indirect jobs.
March 8, 2024
Labour fighting fascists to protect democracy
This RadioLabour report features comments by Luc Triangle, the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.
March 1, 2024
The world needs 44 million more teachers
A RadioLabour report featuring comments by the general-secretary of Education International, David Edwards.