Unfortunately Alberta’s unions retreated and now are running a much weaker campaign trying to recall some UCP members of the legislature. This is a crucial struggle for the Canadian labour movement, to defend the democratic right to strike. Now is a time for unions in Alberta and Canada to act — words will not defeat […]
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It’s been more than twenty years since Canada Post’s bosses set out to undermine the service — a public service that for most people in Canada is much valued and loved. Mike Palecek, a former letter carrier and former national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), recalls that although he was proud […]
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In Canada, 2025 is the year of the transit fare hike. Fares have gone up in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Victoria, with Edmonton and Calgary soon to follow. Many cities are also cracking down on fare evaders despite Human Rights Watch warning that such crackdowns disproportionately target poor and racialized people. Meanwhile transit service is […]
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Canadian governments want to produce more fossil fuels, even while the country burns. The 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst disasters spurred by climate change. In just nine years, 2024, that benchmark was broken. Around the world heatwaves, fires, floods, […]
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Mark Carney’s Liberal government launched a surprise assault on Canada’s 55,000 postal workers on September 25. This intensifies the battle for the future of Canada Post. In November 2024, the 33-day strike of CUPW members was stopped by then-Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon’s invocation of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, forcing the posties back […]
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The voters of Newfoundland and Labrador will have plenty of chance to express their voices in October. But the politicians on offer in two sets of elections are covering their ears to those voices. It’s only big business whose words count. Municipal elections will take place in cities and towns across the province on October […]
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Calling the government’s push toward resource extraction without genuine engagement short-sighted, Temagami First Nation Chief Shelly Moore-Frappier said, “This is not economic reconciliation. This is economic coercion.” The federal government, provincial governments and industry are increasingly using the mantra of “economic reconciliation” but what they really mean is development in the interests of big business, […]
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Times are tough for working-class people in Canada. The cost of living keeps going up, including the cost of housing, debt, transportation, and groceries. Wages aren’t keeping up with inflation. People are struggling to pay rent in inadequate or poor-quality housing, and welfare rates are insufficient to keep recipients above the poverty line. Youth face […]
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Flight Attendants Decisively Reject Air Canada’s Offer In a stunning show of determination, the flight attendants of Air Canada voted by 99.1 percent to reject the wage offer. The turnout was 94.6 percent. Virtually all the CUPE members voted no. This is a testament to the workers’ grassroots organizing and iron will. The flight attendants, […]
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Air Canada and Government Defeated Flight attendants working for Air Canada have won a victory for themselves and the entire the labour movement. In addition to winning important gains for themselves, their determination to defy the Labour Board’s return-to-work order has reinforced workers’ right to strike. The 10,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public […]
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