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WORKERS IN QUEBEC ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HISTORIC MOMENT
Public sector negotiations have been going on for months. From the start of the bargaining (indeed, from the start of the Liberal mandate), it’s been clear that the Liberal government would not bargain in good faith. They’ve barely bargained at all. Unions, anticipating this at the start of negotiations, have built an impressive and important common front, and it’s nearly reaching its fever pitch.
The negotiations are historic not because of what the workers stand to gain, or even because they’re close to victory (they’re not). They’re historic because for the first time ever workers and social movement organizations are connecting their struggles and aiming to stop Phillippe Couillard’s austerity agenda. Read more!
UNITE HERE LOCAL 75: THEIR FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT
By Stephen Ellis
As they head into the seventh week of their strike and the weather turns cold, workers of UNITE HERE local 75 at the Holiday Inn on Norfinch Drive in North York, Ontario remain hot on the trail of a fair contract.
On October 5, 2015 hospitality workers walked off the job to demand fair wages, benefits, job security and pensions. For more than 18 months workers have been without a contract. The Hamilton based Vrancor Group acquired the hotel two years ago and has continued to demand concessions from the union. Read more!
THE LABOUR MOVEMENT SHOULD SAY NO TO WAR!
Support for resettling Syrian refugees from the Canadian Labour Congress and the wider labour movement is to be commended. The Labour movement has stood strongly against the Islamophobia and racism that reactionary forces inject into the issue.
But the calls to welcome refugees and fight racism aren’t enough. The labour movement must take a principled position against Canada’s war in Iraq and Syria and take the lead in rebuilding the anti-war movement.
The Liberals promised to end the bombing mission against ISIS, but have waffled on the timeline. Read more!
DON'T MOURN, ORGANIZE! REMEMBERING JOE HILL
One-hundred years ago this week, the state of Utah executed Joe Hill, silencing the union organizer and songwriter who gave us “There is Power in a Union” and “Casey Jones — the Union Scab.”
Born Joel Hägglund in 1879 to Swedish parents, Hill became a staple on picket lines and at worker rallies, belting out songs collected in the Industrial Workers of the World’s “Little Red Songbook.” In 1914, after a dubious trial, Hill was convicted of murdering a grocer and his son. An extensive exoneration campaign failed. Read more!
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