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Michael Laxer
May 7, 20212 min read
Loblaw: Profits up, wages not
Loblaw Companies Ltd's "year-long pandemic winning streak marked by surging sales and profits" continues. But while profits may be up,...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 2, 20216 min read
2020: The year in review on The Left Chapter
It 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,...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 20202 min read
Outrage as Loblaw profits and dividends rise, but workers left out
Profits and dividends up, pandemic pay gone, and 12 week Dominion strike ends with little improvement for workers. Many took to social...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 20203 min read
The 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...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 29, 20202 min read
"Mr. Weston, give your employees a fair, decent, living wage": Striking Dominion workers
A new TV ad in support of striking Dominion workers in Newfoundland calls out parent company Loblaw and billionaire company chairman...
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