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Tim Hudak’s threat to Ontario workers is not over
By Laura Kaminker, CUPE 966 Last September, when Tim Hudak announced that he intended to break Ontario’s unions, it came as no surprise to labour activists. The head of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party, cynically framing the issue as one of … Continue reading
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Tagged labour movement, Ontario, rank and file, Tim Hudak, trade union, Wisconsin
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Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Octavian Cadabeschi, Unite Here Local 75 An examination of the massive strike wave of 1909-1913 reveals that the history of women’s liberation, the early days of North American industrial unionism, and rank and file organizing are all very closely intertwined. … Continue reading
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Tagged garment workers, rank and file, trade union, women workers
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No Line 9 – Remembering the Teamster/Turtle Alliance
by Octavian Cadabeschi – From the Rank and File editorial board Enbridge’s Line 9 reversal project has become an increasingly debated issue in Ontario, and it has the potential of recreating the old divide that once existed between environ- mentalists … Continue reading
Shaking Off the Part-Time Blues
By Tracy MacMaster, steward in OPSEU L561, and president of the OPSEU Greater Toronto Area Council (GTAC) We all know that insecure employment is growing. As a member of OPSEU at an Ontario college, every day I work side by … Continue reading
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Tagged college workers, labour movement, OPSEU, precarious workers, rank and file, trade union, workers rights
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Workers’ Rights: Assessing the CUPE Campaign
by Laura Kaminker, CUPE 966 and Peter Votsch, Chief Steward CUPE 3202 The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) launched an important new workers’ rights campaign, Stand Up for Fairness (http://www.standupforfairness.ca/) in the Spring of 2013. It comes out of … Continue reading
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