Stories From the March on Blair Mountain – Part 1 The March
5812635770_02534c2672.jpg I arrived a few days early to headquarters in Marmet, WV with an overly large pack that threatened to topple me over with one slightly unbalanced step. A sleeping…
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Okay, so I get to eat my words
Yesterday I predicted that the tory government would not introduce legislation to end the contract dispute between Canada Post and CUPW. Today, it seems Labour Minister Lisa Raitt formally announced…
So this is how it’s going to be: CAW to be legislated back to work after one day on strike
After a single day of strike, labour minister Lisa Raitt has announced the government's plan to legislate CAW members at Air Canada back to work. Wow. Welcome to Stephen Harper's…
The Benefits of Higher Royalties
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has launched a great new blog, Imagine What We Could Do, about the things Saskatchewan should accomplish by raising resource royalties. It draws upon…
Air Canada Bargaining and the Fight for Middle Class Jobs
CAW members at Air Canada are coming down to the wire in their bargaining with the company, with a strike deadline set for this Monday at midnight. It’s really the…
The Winnipeg Jets vs. U2: This is why we can’t have nice things
So the Jets are coming back (I refuse to believe they’ll be called anything else), and that is good. I have found memories of the Jets games, from getting hit…
Why I support the postal workers
Not exactly a shock, I suppose, since I worked at CUPW for seven years. But I'm reading a bunch of stuff online about how we 'must' support postal workers because…
Exiting from the Crisis
“Exiting from the Crisis: Towards a Model of More Equitable and Sustainable Growth” is a new book (over 270 pages) now available on line. This volume of essays from global…
Lax labour laws in the US turning it into a sweatshop for European manufacturers
Olive: America, the world’s sweatshop - thestar.comAnd similar anti-worker/anti-union movements (promoted by corporations and conservative governments) are happening here too in Canada.Excerpt:Sweden’s Ikea was revealed in April to be operating…
What Newfoundland & Labrador Can Teach the Rest of Canada About 21st Century Globalization
A shorter version of this analysis appears at the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab. See article and comments here. Last fall Premier Danny Williams wondered what could drive anyone to…
Video: Canadian Labour in Crisis
On May 5, 2011, David Camfield launched his new book, Canadian Labour in Crisis – Reinventing the Workers`Movement, at the Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee House in Winnipeg, Canada. David Camfield…
The Perils of “Strategic” Voting
Several Toronto Star and Globe and Mail columnists have suggested that the Conservative majority resulted from too little strategic voting for the Liberals. In every federal election that I can…
The Political Economy of Professional Wrestling: Capital, Unions and Spandex
Wage Labour on the Fringes For all the attention it received, to my knowledge, no one provided much of a political analysis of Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 award-winning motion picture The…
Good Jobs For All
The policy paper to be presented to the CLC Convention next month is now posted on our web site and is well worth reading. http://www.canadianlabour.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/policypapergoodjosen.pdf
10 Ways Scott Walker Is Selling Out His Constituents to Corporations
Peacenik read this list of stuff the GOP is doing in Wisconsin and Peacenik realized that there is no common ground. All 10 of these GOP actions are insane. You…
10 Ways Scott Walker Is Selling Out His Constituents to Corporations
Peacenik read this list of stuff the GOP is doing in Wisconsin and Peacenik realized that there is no common ground. All 10 of these GOP actions are insane. You…
10 Ways Scott Walker Is Selling Out His Constituents to Corporations
Peacenik read this list of stuff the GOP is doing in Wisconsin and Peacenik realized that there is no common ground. All 10 of these GOP actions are insane. You…
10 Ways Scott Walker Is Selling Out His Constituents to Corporations
Peacenik read this list of stuff the GOP is doing in Wisconsin and Peacenik realized that there is no common ground. All 10 of these GOP actions are insane. You…
Chomsky: Only a Massive Uprising Will Change Our Politics
Are there enough progressives to stage a mass uprising in the U.S.A? Wisconsin seems to be the test. And in Wisconsin a majority of the citizens apparently elected a Republican/Tea…