Adam D.K. King - The Maple

Quebec Is Taking Trudeau’s Lead And Attacking Unions

The province’s minister of labour has tabled a bill empowering the government to end strikes and extend essential services designations.

Cornell University’s Labour Action Tracker documents annual strike activity in the United States.

This is a local fight in a much larger battle against the erosion of working conditions in Canada.

An interview with the editors of a new book, Against the People: How Ford Nation Is Dismantling Ontario.

The immediate task for Canada should be to delink from the United States and the American Empire.

Unions need to innovate, collaborate and empower workers to combat further Amazon crackdowns like in Quebec.

But pensions cost employers, so winning retirement security for all will require class struggle with the bosses.

Ultimately, the only way to truly address the issues at the heart of the program is to do away with its closed work permit system.

Hopes of using the relatively robust post-pandemic economy as a springboard to build something better seem to largely be fading.