The world was shocked and outraged to see the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman carried out while onlookers pleaded for his life. The words “I can’t breathe” – which marked the dying breaths of Eric Garner in New York in 2014 – were repeated by George Floyd as the policeman’s knee crushed his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.
Canadians and citizens around the world have taken to the streets to demand anti-Black racism be addressed after the brutal murder of George Floyd, and the deaths of far too many others.
Cargill. JBS. Chartwell. Southbridge. Foodora. These are just some of the names that stand out in the profiles of corporate greed brought to stark relief by the impact of COVID19.
Uncertain times are never easy. Our history as a labour movement and as Canadians shows time and again how together we can meet adversity.
In the last few weeks, the Wet’suwet’en Nation and land defenders have forced Canadians to grapple with the legacy of injustice and discrimination that has been central to this country’s development.
Canadians are devastated to hear General Motors announce it will close the Oshawa assembly plant. There are over 2,500 union jobs at stake, which impacts all the surrounding communities.
The global climate crisis is real. Canada’s Parliament has declared that we are in a national climate emergency – Canada is warming at twice the global rate. Forests and towns are burning, heatwaves claim more and more lives, and great cities now face once-in-a-century floods every few years.
Canada’s unions have led a long struggle for a national universal pharmacare program that will
On May 15 the state of Alabama brought into law the Human Life Protection Act, which bans abortion in all cases except where the mother’s health is at risk.
June 7th is the first anniversary of the Conservative victory in Ontario. It has been
