Labour-community solidarity

2 Minutes

Canada Labour

Saskatchewan teachers fight for public education with one-day provincial strike on January 16

PV January 15, 2024

PV staff In response to government intransigence at the bargaining table, Saskatchewan teachers are launching a one-day strike action across the province on January 16. Their fight is a struggle for public education. The...

4 Minutes

Canada

Ontario-Toronto “New Deal” leaves a lot of the old problem still in place

PV January 3, 2024

PV Toronto Bureau In mid-December, Toronto City Council unanimously agreed to implement the Ontario-Toronto “New Deal” which was announced at the end of November by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Ontario Premier Doug Ford....

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Pharmacare delay means labour and health advocates must use next three months to press for stronger program

PV December 15, 2023

By Dave McKee The December 14 announcement that the Liberals and NDP have extended the deadline for implementing a pharmacare program is enormously frustrating for the millions of people in Canada who have insufficient...

7 Minutes

Canada Labour

Four ways workers can revive a fighting OFL

PV November 15, 2023

PV Labour Bureau In November 1995, some 2000 workers gathered at the Ontario Federation of Labour convention, and they made history. The backdrop, like today, was a hard-right provincial government that was intent on...