Labour

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Alberta budget a downhill ride for working people

PV March 11, 2021

PV Alberta Bureau To market its new budget, released on February 25, Alberta’s United Conservative government chose the image of a family flying down a hill on a toboggan. It’s an eerily appropriate choice...

3 Minutes

Labour

Hotel workers’ struggle heats up in Vancouver, Burnaby

PV March 6, 2021

PV Vancouver Bureau The struggle by hotel workers in the Vancouver region for job security and decent income is heating up as the pandemic continues to hit the tourism sector. On February 19, workers...

9 Minutes

Labour Women and Gender

Women need to lead the way and labour needs to act!

PV March 6, 2021

Janice Folk-Dawson is Vice President of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), former president of the Guelph and District Labour Council and former president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1334. People’s...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Seafarers keep global economy moving during COVID-19, but face widespread abuse

PV January 25, 2021

By Alex C The transportation of goods by sea has always been vital to the global economy. Raw materials are first transported to factories, then the finished products are directed to various markets. It is...