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Labour

Historic leadership vote suggests appetite for change at OPSEU

PV Editor May 11, 2022

By Meagan Christou The Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OSPEU) just held its first hybrid in-person and online convention. The convention was attended by around 700 physical delegates and 180 online delegates over 4...

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Labour

90th anniversary of the Colonial Building Riot provides a lesson on class conflict and organizing

PV Editor May 11, 2022

By Ky Rees and Sean Burton In the early 1930s, the Dominion of Newfoundland was in a deep economic crisis along with many other parts of the capitalist world in the Great Depression. The...

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Labour

Racial equality and workers’ liberation – two sides of the same coin

PV Editor March 25, 2022

PV Labour Bureau On March 21, 1960 a group of 7000 people marched to the police station in Sharpeville township in South Africa, to protest apartheid “pass laws” which restricted the movement of Black...

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Editorial Labour

Liberal-NDP deal good for workers? Not without a workers’ fight!

PV Editor March 24, 2022

The Liberals and NDP have announced a “supply-and-confidence” agreement that will see the two parties work together on seven policy areas and avoid a federal election until 2025. But is it good deal for...