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Andrew Stevens
Doug Nesbitt
Gerard Di Trolio
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BC'S PIECE RATE FARM WORKERS LEFT OUT OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES
By Daniel Tseghay, Rankandfile.ca's BC correspondent
Last week, British Columbia’s Liberal government announced it would raise the minimum wage in two stages. From the current minimum wage of $10.45 – the lowest in Canada – the government will increase it to $10.85 in September of 2016, and then to $11.25 the following September. This increase will benefit around 93,700 people in the province who find themselves working well below the poverty line. Read more!
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BOSSNAPPING
By Evan Johnston
If you’ve never heard of bossnapping, it’s exactly how it sounds: workers kidnapping or detaining their bosses with the aim of pressuring them to concede to their demands. But who, exactly, are the targets of bossnapping, and what does it look like?
It varies depending on the context, but the “bosses” being kidnapped range from managers and human resource directors to executive officers. Read more!
LABOUR STRUGGLES IN PALESTINE AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
The global labour movement has long criticized Israel for human and trade union rights violations and abuse of Palestinian workers, while workers in Palestine are resisting oppression and building a movement we can support. Trade unions and federations of labour in Canada are heeding the call for solidarity made by 170 Palestinian organizations for a Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Let’s discuss how we can continue to build this solidarity. Read more!
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