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OFL CONVENTION 2015: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
By Chris Grawey, CUPE 4207 member and Vice-President Niagara Regional Labour Council for Niagara South
I attended my first Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Convention in Toronto last week as a young worker delegate representing the Niagara Regional Labour Council. The convention was an eye-opening experience that revealed the good, the bad, and the ugly of the labour movement and the OFL. On one hand, there were opportunities to collaborate with young workers, experienced trade unionists, and activists from numerous organizations and movements. However, the Convention also exposed the undemocratic and bureaucratic tendencies within the labour movement and the OFL that must be actively challenged. Read more!
ECONOMIC DIVIDEND SYMPTOMATIC OF STATE OF PUBLIC SECTOR LABOUR MOVEMENT IN BC
By Tara Ehrcke
With only a little bit of fanfare, the BC government announced last week that most of BC’s public sector workers would be receiving a surprise .45% pay increase next year under the “economic dividend” clause negotiated into most contracts.
With only a little bit of fanfare, the BC government announced last week that most of BC’s public sector workers would be receiving a surprise .45% pay increase next year under the “economic dividend” clause negotiated into most contracts. Read more!
IT'S TIME TO TALK: REFLECTIONS ON THE CO-OP REFINERY EXPLOSIONS IN SASKATCHEWAN
By Paul Dechene
Sean Tucker has a lot to say about Regina’s explodey refinery.
It’s been called “The People’s Refinery”: a made-in-Saskatchewan facility, co-operatively owned response to the international Goliaths of the oil industry. Its proper name is the Co-op Refinery Complex.¹ But, you may know it as that massive industrial plant in the city’s north east which has a nasty habit of getting into the news. Read more!
RE-ENERGIZING COMMUNITIES: BUILDING WORKER SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Call for Papers – CAWLS 2016 Conference
University of Calgary June 1-2, 2016
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
The conference organizing committee invites submissions for participation in the 3rd annual conference of the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS). The committee welcomes proposals for single papers, multiple paper panels, roundtables and/or workshops. The participation of researchers in union and community settings is encouraged. Read more!
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