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.
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.
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.
In 2020 the United Conservative government in Alberta introduced the country’s first Right-to-Work legislation which restricted how unions worked, even restricting their charitable contributions. But the Alberta Federation of Labour has been fighting Bill 32 with success. Its “Everything is Core” strategy provides lessons for labour in other provinces. A RadioLabour interview with AFL president…
In 2020 the United Conservative government in Alberta introduced the country’s first Right-to-Work legislation which restricted how unions worked, even restricting their charitable contributions. But the Alberta Federation of Labour has been fighting Bill 32 with success. Its “Everything is Core” strategy provides lessons for labour in other provinces. A RadioLabour interview with AFL president…
A RadioLabour interview with AFL president Gil McGowan.
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A RadioLabour interview with the ITF’s Young Transport Workers and Future of Work Officer, Baker Khundakji.
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After 42 years the magazine of quality labour journalism, Our Times, is closing. In a special webinar organized by the Toronto Workers’ History Project (TWHP) labour media activists and historians discussed the closing of the magazine, the state of labour journalism in Canada and what may come next. The webinar was moderated by Frank Saptel…
After 42 years the magazine of quality labour journalism, Our Times, is closing. In a special webinar organized by the Toronto Workers’ History Project (TWHP) labour media activists and historians discussed the closing of the magazine, the state of labour journalism in Canada and what may come next. The webinar was moderated by Frank Saptel…
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.
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