Michael Laxer
Red Review #49 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Greece, Australia, Panama, India, Canada, Colombia, Swaziland, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba and elsewhere. There are also a...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 13, 20227 min read
Resisting Dystopia: US Workers push back against a grotesque reality
Staggering levels of inequality, unsafe working conditions, low wages, wage theft and union busting are just some aspects of the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20212 min read
The BC NDP's disgraceful week
It is hard to get one's mind around the last week in the life of John Horgan's right-wing NDP government. Needless-to-say a variety of...
Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Union leaders Dias and Thomas give Doug Ford a big boost
In a truly shocking, short-sighted move Unifor President Jerry Dias and Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) President Warren...
Michael Laxer
May 8, 20217 min read
Victory in Kerala: Red Review #4 -- International Left and Labour News
The fourth edition of our new weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Canada, the United States, Russia and...
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,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 10, 20212 min read
Bell layoffs are the latest CEWS travesty
The massive telecommunications company not only paid out close to $3 billion in dividends after receiving $122.9 million in public CEWS...
Michael Laxer
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Dominion strike talks break down as Loblaw refuses to budge on offer
“After ten weeks the company has not made one single improvement to their initial three-year offer,”: Unifor Assistant to the National...
Michael Laxer
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Dominion workers expand Newfoundland strike action to other Loblaw facilities
"Today is the day Loblaws is going to realize it's not going to be business as usual here in Newfoundland anymore". After nearly two...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2, 20201 min read
Doug Ford "out of touch with the health care sector" - Unifor
While the Ontario Government is implementing wage increases for Personal Support Workers (PSWs) in Long Term Care and Community Care...
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