Since July’s austerity announcements, calls to ‘Bloquons tout! (‘Let’s block everything!’) have gained an enormous echo.

How did we get here?

Not since the Postal workers defied back-to-work legislation in the early 1980s have federal employees defied a back-to-work order.

The first major strike of the Carney era could be a pivotal moment for the Canadian labour movement.

“The fact that people came together for this strike just speaks volumes about how fed up everyone is. It’s given everyone a feeling of solidarity and optimism. Even though it’s unlikely that Air Canada will go down easy—or even give us a fair deal.”

The New Brunswick Federation of Labour’s ‘hot cargo’ resolution calls for its 35,000 members to refuse to handle arms shipments bound for Israel.

The problems of Canada Post are a problem of the capitalist system. Unless we develop a socialist solution and seize the private delivery companies, Canada Post must compete with them.

This assault on the post office is the opening salvo in a wider class war. If the Liberals are not stopped here, then health care and education will be the next target.

The solidarity pact between the AFL, AUPE, Unifor, the UNA, and CUPE is a big step forward. Now it’s time to make the pact concrete.

CUPW emerged from the largest illegal strike of government employees in Canadian history. They won collective bargaining rights for all federal public sector employees.