One year before the provincial elections, Québec’s premier, François Legault, no longer needs to pretend at “social dialogue.” He now openly exposes his anti-union agenda. Various propositions for attacks on unions have circulated within Québec’s Labour ministry, even suggesting a questioning of the Rand formula, which is a foundation of Canadian unions since 1946. This […]
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By March 22, 2025, more than 2,000 employees will lose their jobs following Amazon’s decision to close its seven warehouses in Quebec. This decision will lead to the direct or indirect loss of over 4,500 jobs related to the company’s operations. It comes at a time when Amazon was about to be forced into its […]
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November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is 35 years since the École Polytechnique massacre in Montréal on December 6, 1989, when fourteen women engineering students were murdered, and another ten women and four men were injured. Violence against women continues to be scourge of society. December 6, […]
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Solidarity with Longshore The Federal Labour Minister, MacKinnon, has imposed compulsory arbitration on the disputes that have closed the ports along BC’s coast and in Montréal. The ports were closed after the employers locked out the workforce. Canada’s three busiest cargo ports, Vancouver, Montréal and Prince Rupert, were shut. With MacKinnon’s action on November 12, […]
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Socialist Alternative #30 This is a bumper 20-page issue! Contents include: Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and […]
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The University of McGill in Montreal is in the midst of a wave of unionization and militancy not seen for over 50 years. Strikes and actions of unions and student groups have rapidly followed each other on campus over the past few months. The pro-Palestine encampment, which began on April 27, 2024, is the most […]
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Ford Canada announced in April that it would postpone all electric vehicle production at its Oakville assembly plant in Ontario by two years until 2027 due to “softening demand,” meaning that people aren’t buying EVs because their price is too high. “We are committed to scaling a profitable EV business, using capital wisely and bringing […]
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Carlo Mosti is a member of Alternative Socialiste, ISA in Québec Québec’s Minister of Economy, Fitzgibbon, has been defensive about the construction of the multi-billion-dollar Northvolt battery plant south of Montreal. The most recent criticism is that the mega-plant project is being rushed through, even dodging a proper environmental assessment. The right-wing CAQ government changed […]
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Solidarity with Gaza … and more from Canada and abroad! Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and build […]
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After two months of rolling public sector strikes, starting on November 6, involving up to568,000 workers, the government of Québec has put forward an improved offer to the Common Front and another union, which the unions are putting to their members for a vote. There were two million strike days in November alone. The Common […]
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