By Dave McKee To hear him speak about it, Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre is the best political friend a working person could ask for. Of course, it doesn’t take much to...
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Union releases report on migrant agricultural workers, calls for urgent reforms including unionization
Coming in the wake of last fall’s remarks by the UN Special Rapporteur that Canada’s temporary foreign worker programs are “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery,” the United Food and Commercial Workers...
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Federal court ruling on Emergencies Act welcome, but does not vindicate far-right
The recent decision by Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley, that the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act to deal with the far-right “Freedom Convoy” in 2022 was unjustified and a Charter violation, is...
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Unions gear up for fight against NB Tories’ law gutting pensions and collective bargaining
PV staff Unions in New Brunswick are gearing up for a fight in advance of new legislation coming into force in February, which guts collective bargaining and forces thousands of public sector workers into...
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