Photo by NOW Magazine It is no exaggeration to say that Ontario has elected the most right-wing government in its history, one that is far more to the right than the Mike Harris government of the 1990s. While both governments belong to the same socially conservative, neoliberal strand, the Ford
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Canadian Dimension: Canadian labour in crisis: the way forward
Photo by Roger Annis Workers across Canada, most of whom are non-unionized, will benefit from the success of the Fight for 15 & Fairness campaign that swept the province of Ontario recently. The campaign successfully pressured the Liberal government to increase the minimum wage to $14 in 2018 and $15
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Illustration by Marina Djurdjevic At the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) convention held in Toronto in May 2017, an emergency resolution in support of Palestinian prisoners’ Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike received support from the CLC Canada Council (executive committee). The resolution was later adopted after a good debate on the
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: What we need is a working-class politics
Photo by Daniel Perianu Reflecting on the state of our movement, we should be asking: Is the labour movement better positioned today to influence and affect meaningful change than under Harper? Are the prospects for workers in this country better than they were over the past 10 years? There is
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