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MANY RIVERS STRIKE EXTENDS OVER 70 DAYS
By Zaid Noorsumar
Despite the modest demands of the employees of Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services, the union says that management is refusing to budge.
About a dozen staff members have been picketing since Nov. 2, fighting for better wages and greater autonomy at work. The employees and their union have expressed serious concerns about their working conditions and the behaviour of management.
Many Rivers is a non-profit that provides free services across Yukon with offices in Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Dawson City and Haines Junction. About 98 percent of the organization’s funding comes from the Yukon government. Read more!
INSIDE ALBERTA'S AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTRE
Alberta’s first Amazon fulfillment centre has only been open a few months, but is already planning to open a second one in 2020.
Here to provide a bit of insight into the working conditions at the fulfillment center in Alberta is a worker I’ll refer to as “M” to protect their identity. M was a seasonal Amazon worker through November and December, hired for “peak” season, meaning she would work anywhere from 40-60 hours a week. Read more!
A YEAR OF ONTARIO'S BILL 148: NOT WHAT THE BUSINESS LOBBY PREDICTED
By David Bush
A full year of big changes to labour law in Ontario has just passed. Newly released jobs numbers let us measure the impact of these changes, and gauge whether the nightmarish predictions of job losses and economic upheaval have come true.
Last January, Bill 148 ushered in a sweeping set of labour law reforms in the province. Read more!
LOS ANGELES TEACHERS STRIKE TO DEFEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE PRIVATIZERS
By Barbara Madeloni
Last spring a teacher uprising swept the red states. Today it reached the West Coast, as the 34,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles began a long-anticipated strike in the nation’s second-largest school district.
Teachers, parents, students, and community supporters hit the picket lines in their fight against the budget cuts and privatization being pushed by the school board and Superintendent Austin Beutner, a former investment banker. Read more!
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