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DEFENDING PALESTINIAN RIGHTS SHOULDN'T PUT YOUR JOB AT RISK
By Yara Shoufani
When I was deeply involved in the fight for Palestinian justice at my university I found myself on a Zionist website called Canary Mission, This website features the profiles of hundreds of pro-Palestine activists, who are slandered as radicals and anti-Semites for their criticisms of the Israeli state and support for the peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement with the aim of hurting their future employment opportunities. As they state on their website, the goal of the Canary Mission is to “ensure that today’s radicals are not tomorrow’s employees.” As alarming as this website was, I could not imagine that future employers would discriminate against workers for supporting Palestinian human rights and self-determination. Read more!
WORKERS-RUN LOCAL XPRESS PUTS CHRONICLE HERALD TO SHAME
By Robert DeVet
Chronicle Herald newsroom workers have been walking the picket line since management left them no choice but to go on strike more than seven months ago.
And they have been reporting the news.
The Local Xpress, a news website run entirely by striking reporters, photographers and editors, saw the light of day just one week after the strike began. Read more!
BARGAINING OVER CORPORATE INVESTMENT: INNOVATION OR TRAP?
By Sam Gindin and Herman Rosenfeld
Ever since the sit-down strikes of the 1930s, the cycle of ‘Big Three’ auto bargaining has been a major economic and political event, an indicator of the progress of the class struggle in North America. If such interest has sagged of late, it charged back into the news with the aggressive declaration of Unifor’s president, Jerry Dias, that winning new investments for Canada is at the top of the union’s agenda in its current bargaining round with General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler. Read more!
TEAMSTERS UNITED ONE STEP CLOSER
By Alexandra Bradbury
As of July 1, the challengers for Teamster leadership are officially nominated. Now their supporters are out seeking votes among the union’s 1.3 million members.
Ballots will be mailed October 6 and counted November 14. The result will depend on how many hours volunteers spend leafleting at workplace gates—and how many phone numbers and email addresses they collect. Read more!
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