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Is this the end of unpaid internships? April 4, 2014 | By Cynthia Spring Cynthia Spring is one of the unpaid interns let go from The Walrus last week. Frustrated with much of what is being said, Spring captures the contradictions and complexities of unpaid internships.
Unifor delays vote, escalates campaign to unionize Toyota workers April 3, 2014 | By John Bonnar On Thursday evening, Unifor held another press conference to announce the next step in the Toyota unionization drive.
Jim Sinclair: 'We support the rights of migrant workers in B.C.' April 3, 2014 | By Jim Sinclair Jim Sinclair, President of B.C. Federation of Labour, responds to the issue of supporting Temporary Foreign Workers and migrant workers' rights in B.C. and states that BCFED supports these workers.
Nova Scotia nurses are pulling the red cord on health care April 3, 2014 | By Larry Haiven The threat of a strike is one of the only ways workers have of voicing that something's wrong with a system running all over them. And now the government wants to take that away that voice.
Bill 37: Taking away the voice of health-care workers in Nova Scotia April 3, 2014 | By Adrienne Silnicki This week, the Nova Scotia government is in the process of passing essential services legislation, Bill 37, that would restrict the right of all health-care workers from striking.
Pre-vote, Unifor outlines priorities of 1,000 surveyed Toyota workers April 2, 2014 | By H.G. Watson As Toyota workers in Cambridge and Woodstock prepare to vote on whether to certify Unifor as their union, Unifor hints at what might be in a collective agreement if the workers choose to unionize.
Unifor outlines priorities of 1,000 surveyed Toyota workers April 2, 2014 | By rabble staff As Toyota workers in Cambridge and Woodstock prepare to vote on whether to certify Unifor as their union, Unifor hints at what might be in a collective agreement if the workers choose to unionize.
A number is never just a number: The skills gap trope April 2, 2014 | By Hennessy's Index The conclusion based on a review of the "best peer-reviewed research in Canada" is that there "is no evidence of a national labour shortage." So why is the skills shortage such a popular trope?
Nova Scotia nurses raise important questions about health care March 31, 2014 | By Stephen Kimber Our new government's faux fix for what ails our health-care system -- combining regional health boards into a more bureaucratic, central one -- doesn't ask the right questions let alone offer answers.
Toyota workers to vote on joining Unifor March 31, 2014 | By John Bonnar Unifor has been working with Toyota workers for more than a year to form a union in Toyota's three Ontario facilities.
Left behind: Ontario's politicians are abandoning minimum-wage workers and people living in poverty. March 31, 2014 | By Michael Laxer The question, in the end, is how many people in Ontario have to be working for poverty wages before any political party or MPP making over $100,000 a year cares?
Will they unionize? Unifor kicks off voting process at Toyota March 31, 2014 | By H.G. Watson After months of organizing, today Unifor announced it has officially filed to be the certified bargaining agent of Toyota workers at plants in Cambridge and Woodstock, Ontario.
Organizing cleaners and security guards in Hong Kong March 30, 2014 | By Jiselle Hanna In this episode, an interview with John from the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions about organizing conditions in Hong Kong for cleaners and security guards.
Thailand's Red Shirts to come out against fascism and military coup March 29, 2014 | By Pier Moro This episode of Asia Pacific Currents features an interview with 'Tony,' a community activist living in Thailand, about the political instability in Thailand.
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