Nestlé workers demand equal pay for equal work
Nestlé Canada workers strike outside the factory entrance in Toronto’s west end. Photo courtesy of Unifor Local 252. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at the Nestlé manufacturing plant in Toronto’s…
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Amazon’s Brampton warehouse is back in business—but workers are still at risk
Boxes and packages move along a conveyor belt at the the Amazon Fulfillment Centre in Brampton, Ontario. The warehouse was the site of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in March. Photo…
Tracking the pandemic’s toll on Canada’s largest retail network
The government is failing to ensure that Canada Post employees are treated like frontline workers, and exposing them to additional stress and unsafe working conditions amid the pandemic. Photo from…
Canada Goose workers fight for fairness in Winnipeg
Workers protest to demand improved health and safety standards and the right to unionize outside one of Canada Goose’s Winnipeg factories. Photo courtesy of Canada Goose Union. On the face…
COVID-19 exposing Canada’s dependency on temporary foreign workers in the agri-food sector
A temporary agricultural worker tends to vegetables at a farm. Photo from Unsplash. Edible mushrooms are a cash crop for Canada’s agricultural capitalists, and the multimillion-dollar industry is tied to…
Canadian mining abuses continue amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Toledo City, on the western coast of Cebu Island, central Philippines. It was the site of the country’s largest copper mine until it closed in 1994 after being flooded; operations…
COVID-19 and the Racialized Dimension of Seafaring Work
Filipinos dominate the workforce in the global shipping industry. Photo courtesy Grieg Star AS, a shipping company based in Bergen, Norway. Seafaring work is uncertain, demanding and, at times, dangerous.…
Filipino healthcare workers are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic
Myn Bee Farnazo, a Medical Technologist at the Provincial Hospital of South Cotabato, is assisted in correctly wearing her PPE before entering an isolation room. Photo by Louie Pacardo/UN Women.…
Under the Shadow of Contagion: Abuse of Filipino Workers in Alberta’s Largest COVID-19 Outbreak
The Cargill plant in High River, about 60 kilometres south of Calgary. Photo by Brent Calver. COVID-19 continues to expose Canada’s capitalist contradictions and the exploitation of workers this country…