Below is a resolution that unions, NDP electoral district associations, social justice movements and all working class organizations can discuss and adopt. Why now? If working class organizations go on record now in favour of mass action opposition to the…
by Julius Arscott * The Ontario Federation of Labour convention, held in Toronto, November 20 -24, saw several large affiliates that withheld dues for four years rejoin the House of Labour in Canada’s most populous province. The dues strike by…
by Julius Arscott The President of the Ontario Federation of Labour, announced on September 22 that he would not seek re-election after 3 terms in office. Sid Ryan, 63, is considered by many to be the most progressive leader of…
Over 400 people rallied on Saturday, September 20 outside the uptown Toronto constituency office of Conservative Finance Minister Joe Oliver to demand a halt to Tory and Canada Post Corporation plans to eliminate home mail delivery and set higher prices…
by Barry Weisleder Conservative leader Tim Hudak got exactly what he deserved. On June 12 Ontario voters rejected his plan to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs and to gut the unions. For the most part, labour’s campaign to stop Hudak…
Following the lead of the federal Conservative regime, the Ontario Liberal government announced that, starting in 2017, it will force its public service workers to pay more and work twice as long to qualify for retirement benefits such as life…
Read More OPS benefits cut, but NDP’s Horwath silent, and OFL’s Ryan pissed
Presentation by Barry Weisleder for Education for Activists Conference, Trotsky School 2013. Have your heard of the three famous guidelines for Bureaucrats? 1. When in charge, ponder. 2. When in trouble, delegate. 3. When in doubt, mumble. Does that ring…
Read More What is the Labour Bureaucracy, and What to do about it?
The crusading pro-choice doctor, Henry Morgentaler, died in Toronto, May 29, 2013 at the age of 90. His death came three months after the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Supreme Court decision striking down Canada`s federal abortion law. That victory…
Read More Henry Morgentaler and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom in the Canadian State
