Think of academic work and you probably have an image of a professor, snuggled in a cardigan in a charmingly cluttered office enjoying a glass of brandy while pontificating through […]...
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Where has labour been during this federal election campaign?
During my second year of university, I was exposed for the first time to mass, extra-parliamentary political campaigning. It was the fall of 1988, and the “Free Trade Election” was […]...
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Will Pallister’s 100-Day Action Plan spark a labour fightback plan?
Working class Manitobans are in for the fight of their lives, against 4 more years of neoliberal austerity from Brian Pallister’s Conservatives. Fresh from winning a majority in the provincial […]...
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Canadian media attacks labour leader for Syria solidarity
One hundred trade union delegations from around the world gathered in Damascus on September 8-9, for the Third International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Syrian Workers. The purpose of […]...
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