Care for a glimpse of the venomous agenda of the Conservative government for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation? Just look at a report emanating from the widely discredited Senate. The Conservative-dominated Senate committee on transport and communications, in a document titled…
by Robbie Mahood Since it was elected with a majority in 2014, the Quebec Liberal government of Philippe Couillard, has embarked on an aggressive austerity drive aimed at liquidating the social gains remaining from the class and national insurgency of…
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Presentation to the Socialist Action workshop at the Toronto People's Social Forum held on July 11, 2015 at Ryerson University by Barry Weisleder, Federal Secretary, SA/LAS Let's begin by saluting the workers and farmers, women and youths of Greece. They…
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Strikes for social justice have taken hold of Canada's two largest universities. 6,000 members of Local 3902 (unit 1) of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are on legal strike against their employer, the University of Toronto (U of…
by Julius Arscott Employees of the Ontario Public Service are getting ready to hit the bricks. Negotiations for a collective agreement for the 35,000 workers, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union, are stalled. The old agreement expired on…
Over 10,000 people will gather in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario, August 21-24, for the Peoples’ Social Forum. The PSF web site describes it as “a critical public space aimed at fostering activist involvement of individuals and civil society organizations…
by Julius Arscott, former OPS Mobilizer (resigned), Region 5, currently Vice President of OPSEU Local 532 On January 9, 2013, after several months of negotiation, the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union (OPSEU) reached tentative agreements for Central, Unified and the…
Read More Vote NO to OPS deal! Concessions Cripple Labour’s Struggle Against Capitalist Austerity
