February 10, 2023
Black women and union leadership
An interview with Karen Brown, the president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
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February 3, 2023
The heartbreak of being a teacher
Education International, which has affiliates in Canada, has started a global campaign to Go Public! Fund Education.
January 27, 2023
Unions saving the families of 50,000 Ukrainian seafarers
When Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of Ukrainian seafarers were on their vessels away from their families. Transport unions helped by flying families out of the country, purchasing supplies and providing mental health counselling for the children.
January 20, 2023
Cancelling the right to strike in the UK
The British government has adopted legislation demanding minimum work levels during a strike.
January 13, 2023
Stop the violence against women journalists
Violence aimed at women journalists is increasing and includes threats of rape, stalking and the killing of their children.
December 16, 2022
The right to join a union is a human right
The UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that everybody has the right to join a union.
December 9, 2022
The labour movement and Twitter
LabourStart has produced a programme exploring what unionists can do if Twitter closes or, worse, if Elon Musk lets it become a place where racist, misogynist, anti-LGBTQ+ and antisemitic views are the loudest voices on the platform.
December 2, 2022
Climate change and unions in the global south
Labour unions in the global south are calling for a just transition to more sustainable economies through education.
November 25, 2022
USW registers complaint against $1 per hour garment worker wages
The United Steelworkers union in Canada has registered a complaint with the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
November 18, 2022
Canadians at labour’s World Congress
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is calling for a new social contract and wealth distribution at its 5th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia.
November 11, 2022
How labour bashed Ford
Union solidarity stopped an attack on CUPE education workers in Ontario. With the threat of a province-wide general strike unions in Ontario forced the provincial government to withdraw its legislative attack on 55,000 CUPE education workers and cancel Bill 28 with its use of the constitutional not-withstanding clause. RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio…
November 4, 2022
Labour at the UN’s COP27
Education unions are key to confronting the climate crisis.