This year, Labour Day marks the thirtieth anniversary of the largest single union strike in Canada’s history – the walkout by 115,000 federal public service workers, members of the Public […]...
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Organizing is a necessity, not an option
A political history of the Hamilton Unemployed Union By Sam Hammond and Terry Fraser In the summer of 1981, Canada’s economy was in a recession which by mid-1982 had deepened […]...
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“Senator Yussuff”
It has quite a ring to it – or maybe it’s sting we’re feeling. Heading into the Canadian Labour Congress convention in June, it was a pretty open secret that […]...
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CLC convention a fight for labour’s strategy, direction
PV Labour Bureau From June 15 to 19, nearly 4000 delegates met online in the first ever “virtual” Canadian Labour Congress convention. With less than 15 hours of floor time […]...
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