Union organizing

7 Minutes

Labour

Worker-led campaigns, not backroom deals with the boss, needed to build labour movement

PV February 15, 2022

Gig workers: A tale of two organizing strategies PV Labour Bureau The January 27 announcement that the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) had struck a country-wide agreement with Uber Canada, under which the...

7 Minutes

Labour

Organizing is a necessity, not an option

PV August 17, 2021

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 into one of the...

4 Minutes

Culture Women and Gender

Documentary provides organizing lessons for working women today

PV May 9, 2021

9to5: The Story of a Movement (2019) Directors and Producers: Steven Bognar and Julie Reichart The Vietnam War raged. Student protests on campus became deadly. The Pill gave rise to the sexual revolution. Gender...

3 Minutes

Labour

Labour – it’s not just about employed workers!

Editorial May 9, 2020

There’s a story about labour leaders from the AFL-CIO in the United States meeting with their counterparts from COSATU in South Africa. During their discussion, the question arose as to what the key job...