Labour
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Saturday, 01 January 2005 00:00 |
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It is with great happiness that we welcome the reprinting of Ian Angus' book Canadian Bolsheviks. First printed in 1981, this book details the birth, growth, and eventual Stalinist degeneration of the Communist Party of Canada covering the period from WWI to the mid 1930s. Angus provides an excellent antidote to both the Stalinist "official" history and to dry academic histories that see Marxism and Leninism as identical to Stalinism. Most importantly the book details the lessons learned by the early communists while building the most successful revolutionary party in Canada's history. In the words of Angus, "They have a lot to teach us." (January, 2005) |
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Saturday, 01 January 2005 00:00 |
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After nearly four years of attacks by the Gordon Campbell Liberals, British Columbia workers are fighting back. With the NDP in a position to win May's provincial election, a major confrontation is set to take place between rank-and-file workers and the leaders of the NDP and labour movement. The task of the Marxists is to penetrate these organizations and sow them with ideas that can win. (January, 2005) |
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Monday, 01 November 2004 00:00 |
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The so-called “blue collars” of Montreal have recently been subject to attack by a court of arbitration. They had formerly enjoyed a guarantee of a four-day, 35-hour work week. Following the decision of arbiter Gilles Lavoie, this important gain for a section of the working class has just been jettisoned in the interests of the City’s bottom line. While to many in other lines of work, even the current decision may seem like easy living, the fact is that it merely represents the first wave of an assault on the working class as a whole in Quebec. The elimination of living standards which allow for an increased quality of life is, in itself, a step backward for workers’ interests. Furthermore, it is an indication of what is to come for workers who are far less protected and have far less power than do the well-organized City workers. (November, 2004) |
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Wednesday, 01 September 2004 00:00 |
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Over 17,000 Parks Canada employees continue rotating strike action at various national parks and historic sites across the country. Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have been on strike since early August in a dispute that has cost the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost admission at various sites. (September, 2004) |
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Monday, 01 March 2004 00:00 |
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Quebec is undergoing a rapid change to its basic social order. After ten years of "paix sociale" - so-called social peace - under the Parti Quebecois, the election of Charest's Liberals has signaled a sharp polarization between the classes, and added another factor of stress to an already tense situation. (March, 2004) |
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Monday, 01 March 2004 00:00 |
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Frustrated by the lack of action against the BC Liberal government, CUPE BC President Barry O'Neill assured delegates to the BC Federation of Labour's November 2003 convention that CUPE was prepared to take action. A later meeting of CUPE local presidents committed to organizing a one-day political strike. (March, 2004) |
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Sunday, 01 February 2004 00:00 |
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The world's largest producer of aluminum, Montréal-based Alcan, announced on January 22, 2004 that it was closing its Jonquière Soderburg smelter in Arvida, Québec. In order to protect their jobs, the unionized workers of the smelter have seized it and demanded that it either remain open, or that Alcan replace the smelter with a new one. The old saying is true – workers don't need bosses and managers, but the bosses and managers need the workers. (February, 2004) |
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Written by Alex Grant
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Thursday, 01 May 2003 00:00 |
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After eight months without a contract, three weeks of strike action, government legislation, and illegal job action, the UBC strike is finally at an end. This was a strike that pitted some of the poorest student workers against an employer working hand-in-glove with the government. The strike was widely followed by workers in Canada and had a radicalizing effect on the students involved. Alex Grant analyzes the lessons coming out of this movement.
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Wednesday, 01 January 2003 00:00 |
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As contract talks are underway between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Long-shore and Warehouse Union, a Bush Administration task force has said that if the long-shore workers strike, troops of the National Guard will be sent to occupy the ports, and members of the Navy will be used to load and unload ships. But this threat has only made the workers of the ILWU more determined to fight. In the name of the "War on Terror" Bush is attempting to destroy the most fundamental gain of the Labour Movement - the right to strike. (January, 2003) |
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Friday, 01 November 2002 00:00 |
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Workers at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton have been on strike for six months and counting. The Shaw Conference Centre is a publicly owned facility, run by Economic Development Edmonton on behalf of the City of Edmonton. It is a facility used to host meetings, concerts, conferences, etc… and is a major source of revenue for Edmonton. (November, 2002) |
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