The industrial struggle is heating up in the Prairies, as momentum is building in a drive to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Nisku, Alberta just south of Edmonton. 

The election result, although closer than any result in Alberta’s history, is a disappointment to all those who wanted to discard the UCP. Hatred for the party has been building since they first took power in 2019. A huge portion of the population was motivated to see the end of the UCP’s reign. In the end, the NDP failed to capitalize on this sentiment, and stand holding the silver medal in a two-horse race once again. This has posed the question “What now?” for everyone involved in the struggle against the UCP.

The Ontario Superior Court on May 8 struck down “essential service” legislation from 2011 that took away Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) workers’ legal right to withdraw their labour, with Justice William Chalmers finding it unconstitutional, after more than 10 years of cuts.

More than 1,800 Halifax-area school support staff, represented by CUPE 5047, have been on strike for better pay since May 10. These staff support some of the students most disadvantaged by the capitalist system, including African Nova Scotian students, Indigenous students, and students with disabilities.

The CUPE Ontario Convention 2023 will take place in Toronto from May 31-June 3, concluding at Queen’s Park with a rally in conjunction with the Ontario Federation of Labour. The convention is being held at a critical moment. Society is in crisis not just in Ontario, but across the globe. Let’s not fool ourselves, the class war is at our doorstep—let us prepare for it!

A deal to build a new hockey arena in Calgary has been struck. After years of negotiations, the ageing Saddledome will be replaced with a new, modern arena, thanks to the intervention of Premier Danielle Smith. But while the Flames’ owners—led by billionaire oil baron Murray Edwards—are toasting their success, not everyone is happy. The deal has been criticized on social media as a corporate handout.

A mental health crisis is sweeping its way across Canada, with Indigenous groups facing the brunt of it.

Since May 8, almost 1,000 casino workers have been locked out of their workplace at Casino Woodbine in Etobicoke, Ontario.

After four catastrophic years of UCP rule, many assumed that the NDP would be elected in a landslide. However, in a surprise to many, things have turned around and polling for the 2023 Alberta provincial election has the NDP in a dead heat with the UCP.

A new report by the volunteer-run project RenovictionsTO finds that corporate landlords including Pulis Investments and Riley Real Estate Ventures are, among themselves, increasingly open about their strategies to displace long-term tenants and evade rent controls.