We of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2 are committed to free public transit in the city of Toronto and beyond. No one should have to pay for transit. The fact is that right now Doug Ford and his…
Many Ontario construction workers, including those belonging to unions, are being dehumanized in the workplace through an array of repressive techniques. - Surveillance via on-site cameras. - Pressure to do precarious work, alone. - Pressure to complete tasks in unrealistic…
Read More Latest Deals in the Building Trades Deepen Wage Slavery
Mississauga Socialist Action presents a public forum on Fight the Education Cuts in Peel Speakers: Karen Ebanks, secondary school teacher, member of OECTA. Daniel Tarade, U of Toronto PhD candidate in Science and member of Socialist Action. Sabia Khan, community…
New Brunswick nursing home workers are waiting to see whether their right to strike will be upheld after an appeal filed by the province’s Attorney General was made to the New Brunswick Court of Appeal on July 24. The province…
Read More New Brunswick seeks to block right to strike, again
by Julius Arscott The triennial National Union of Public and General Employees’ Union (NUPGE) convention, held June 20 – 23, drew 350 delegates to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of them witnessed the unveiling of the Winnipeg General Strike memorial, situated across…
by Barry W. The convention was on Andrea Horwath’s home turf, but Jagmeet Singh stole the show. The federal New Democratic Party leader grabbed national headlines when he spoke to Ontario NDP delegates about his New Deal for People. It…
by Sam Cheadle Over 800 labour activists from across the province responded to the call of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) on March 25 to attend a “Take Back Ontario Conference” at the Metro Convention Center, just a few…
Read More Labour rallies downplay job action to stop Ontario Tory agenda
Postal workers, power workers, teachers and bus drivers are recent victims of a disturbing trend – loss of the right to strike. In the case of members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, federal Liberal back-to-work legislation on November…
Read More In Canada, the Right to Strike Exists… Until you Try to Use it
by Gary Porter On November 29, analysts making 12-month price forecasts for General Motors Co. projected $45.16 per share -- an increase of almost 23 per cent over the current $36.76. This is great holiday news, if you are shareholder.…
Read More GM shareholders get a boost. Workers get the boot.
Dear Friends, Fellow Workers, and Residents of Ward 1, I begin by acknowledging that the land on which we are standing is the traditional territory of many First Nations, including the Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa,…
