Michael LaxerMay 7, 20212 min readLoblaw: Profits up, wages notLoblaw Companies Ltd's "year-long pandemic winning streak marked by surging sales and profits" continues. But while profits may be up,...
Michael LaxerJan 2, 20216 min read2020: The year in review on The Left ChapterIt is hard to overstate how momentous a year 2020 was. Among so many other events, it was the year of the Black Lives Matter uprisings,...
Michael LaxerNov 14, 20202 min readOutrage as Loblaw profits and dividends rise, but workers left outProfits and dividends up, pandemic pay gone, and 12 week Dominion strike ends with little improvement for workers. Many took to social...
Michael LaxerOct 16, 20203 min readThe Weston Family: A century of union-busting and price-fixing By Doug Nesbitt The current Newfoundland grocery strike against Loblaws & billionaire Galen Weston Jr. is the latest fight in a 100+ year...
Michael LaxerSep 29, 20202 min read"Mr. Weston, give your employees a fair, decent, living wage": Striking Dominion workersA new TV ad in support of striking Dominion workers in Newfoundland calls out parent company Loblaw and billionaire company chairman...