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Unifor: Workers united for all
Tuesday, September 3, 2013Work more for less pay? Welcome to "speedup": the new world of work -- more jobs -- and fewer people to do them. Outcome? Unpaid overtime and big-time stress. Corporate media...
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The best defence is a good offence: Lessons from Canadian labour history
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Changes in the law, including holidays, come as a response to labour's militancy, not as a reward for workers staying quiet. Contemporary labour activists might find...
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Labour Day 2013: Remembering the past and building for the future
Monday, September 9, 2013Another Labour Day has passed. Parents of young children know it as the day to get kids ready for school. Those without young kids may think of it as the last holiday of...
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Singing songs for the people: James Connolly comes to life in a new book of...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Aaron Leonard interviews 'The James Connolly Song Book' editor Mat Callahan about who Connolly was, the importance of revolutionary songs and what Connolly can teach us in...
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Let's celebrate May Day
May Day, also known as International Workers Day, is an international workers' holiday that celebrates the achievements of the labour movement.Celebrate May Day
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Then and now: Shining a light on labour struggles
Monday, August 11, 2014On travels this summer, I went to Rochester, NY, which was the home of the Eastman Kodak operation. I visited the Eastman Museum which featured a large exhibit of the photographs...
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Lest we forget: Workers' rights since the First World War
Monday, September 8, 2014This year marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Though there had been world conflicts between empires in earlier centuries, this one was different...
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Labour organizing 101: Hunting for union memberships
Monday, March 9, 2015As a full-time staff representative for the Canadian Auto Workers union (now Unifor), my work involved negotiating, presenting arbitrations, appearing before various labour...
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The life of a union man: Tales from Down East
Monday, April 13, 2015Though I was born in Toronto, I have spent much of my life in the Maritimes and have retired to Prince Edward Island. Now when Canadians elsewhere think of Prince Edward Island,...
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Histories of women in the labour movement
trr_rpn_may11-15_2015_women_labour_history.mp3On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Joey Hartman, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council. She talks about the...
View ArticleMuseum of History removes its Winnipeg General Strike exhibit
Council of Canadians activists gathered in Winnipeg this weekend are dismayed to hear that the Canadian Museum of History has removed its exhibit on the Winnipeg General Strike.read more
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Labour organizing 101: On the road to Michelin workers
Monday, June 8, 2015Author's note: Michelin is one of the global giants in the manufacturing of tires; they have been staunchly anti-union since they began in France. In the 1970s, they decided to...
View ArticleLet us remember, and teach, labour history in schools
There were some grim remembrances last week for those dwindling few of us who consider the past travails of unions and workers worth preserving as part of our collective heritage. Their struggles and...
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Grace Lee Boggs: A life of grassroots activism that spanned a century
Thursday, October 8, 2015Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporter of rabble.ca. Grace Lee Boggs died this week at the age of 100. She was not only a grassroots...
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Memories of 64 years as political junkies
Monday, December 14, 2015rabble is expanding our Parliamentary Bureau and we need your help! Support us on Patreon today!I'm a "political junkie." The Wikipedia definition of a political junkie is,...
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