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Article | 3/18/2022

The challenges of tenant unionism in British Columbia

Editor’s introduction As the housing crisis deepens in Canada, tenant unionism has re-emerged in many cities across Canada. In British Columbia, where the housing crisis is enormous, collective bargaining for tenants has become a central demand of Rent Strike Bargain (RSB). RSB is an organization coming from the new tenant unionism in British Columbia. Rankandfile.ca Continue readingThe challenges of tenant unionism in British Columbia

3/30/2020

Demanding Compassion: Rent Strikes & Emergency Benefits

by Emily Leedham So you want to organize a rent strike? On this week’s Rank & File Radio, Stefan Hodges discusses tenants unions, rent strikes & responding to evictions. Alvin Finkel discusses the future of the Canadian social safety net after COVID-19. Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy by Alvin Finkelwww.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/co…=9781352003093 Tenants Rights Provincial Continue readingDemanding Compassion: Rent Strikes & Emergency Benefits

10/11/2018

Class struggle at home: Hamilton’s rent strike

By Chloe Rockarts October marks the sixth month of the East Hamilton Rent Strike, where tenants from Stoney Creek Towers are fighting ongoing attempts by their landord, CLV and InterRent Group, to defeat the rent strikers. These tenants, who have been withholding their rent since May 1, are doing so in protest of the landlord’s Continue readingClass struggle at home: Hamilton’s rent strike

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