2,400 Vale workers are on strike at the Sudbury nickel mine, after they voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract that would have cut key health benefits for new hires. Members of United Steelworkers Local 6500 at Vale—which took over Inco in 2006 and remains Sudbury’s largest employer—rejected the company’s offer by 70 per cent on […]

In recent weeks a series of protests have spread across Canada in defiance of lockdowns, masks, and other preventative measures in place to stop the spread of COVID-19. These demonstrations have provided an outlet for various fascists and conspiracists who have used the opportunity to claim that they are the defenders of freedom—at the same […]

While at the beginning of the pandemic, essential workers were being praised as heroes, they are now facing a crisis of cuts and lockouts. There is a wave of attacks on union rights and decent working conditions across the country. With the rising cost of living, these attacks are creating an unbearable situation for working […]

As of Thursday, May 6 about 275 members of the Thompson Products Employees’ Association at THK Automotive St. Catharines were locked out during negotiations for a new contract. The St. Catharines plant is the linkage and suspension division, which makes components for steering and suspension to send to companies such as Ford, GM, Chrysler and BMW. […]

Health workers at Sarnia’s Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) stopped work on May 1, taking action against a wage freeze by the Ford government, and against an employer who refuses them paid sick leave and decent pay for their dangerous work. The 23 Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs), who work with high needs patients, have been […]

After a five-day strike that began on April 26, the Trudeau government deprived the dockers of CUPE 375 of their right to strike through passing back-to-work legislation. The union executive chose not to defy the law and agreed to return to work on Sunday, May 2. Even if the dispute is not settled, this government […]

470 Nestlé workers are on strike in Toronto, as the company continues to demand a large segment of Unifor 252 members accept lower pay, precarious work, and fewer benefits, without end. The 470 workers at Nestlé’s plant near Lansdowne Station—which manufactures KitKat, Aero, Coffee Crisp and Smarties chocolates—began picketing May 1. The union says talks […]

On May 1, Fightback played a pivotal role in organizing what was the largest anti-capitalist online International Workers’ Day rally in Canada. With 400 in the Zoom meeting and hundreds more watching the livestream, the event garnered endorsements from more than 60 organizations, including: the Ontario Federation of Labour (representing one million workers), NDP Federal […]

Labour Fightback activists have played a pivotal role in organizing what may become the largest online rally across the country, May Day Rally 2021, on May 1 at 1PM EDT. The event has garnered more than 60 endorsers, including large labour organizations like the Ontario Federation of Labour, which represents one million workers; the Ontario […]

Conventional wisdom tells us that Canadian federalists and Québécois nationalists are like cats and dogs. Yet when it comes to taking away workers’ right to strike, politicians and opinion-makers in both camps get along like old friends. For several weeks, as the threat of a strike at the Port of Montreal loomed on the horizon, […]