The diplomatic row between Canada and Saudi Arabia has become headline news around the world. In this episode of Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition, host Emily Leedham speaks with Anthony Fenton, an expert on Canadian-Saudi relations. Fenton speaks about the dispute, the controversial arms trade, the Canadian brand of “ethical oil”, and Saudi Continue readingSaudi Arabia & Canada: Arms, Oil and the Wheat Board
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On this week’s edition of Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition, host Emily Leedham speaks with two guests. First, Calgarian Nicole Montford from NationalizeBusRoutes.ca discusses the campaign and the days of action planned September 1-3 calling for nationalized intercity transit. Second, David Bush, editor at RankandFile.ca, talks about Ontario’s cancellation of the Basic Income Continue readingBasic Income and building working-class power
On this week’s edition of Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition, host Emily Leedham speaks with Aleem Chaudhary, President of the ATU Local 1505 representing Winnipeg Transit workers, and Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land, Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg, and Research Associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Continue readingWinnipeg transit safety and policing
The latest episode of Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition is out! Host Emily Leedham interviews Mike Palecek, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, and Paul Thorp, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Canada. Emily also talks about Amazon on the prairies, the rhetoric of the “border crisis” and the Justice for Continue readingDebating Greyhound’s future
Rankandfile.ca is happy to announce the launch of Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition, a radio weekly program created and hosted by Emily Leedham in Winnipeg. The show covers labour news from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. Rank and File Radio – Prairie Edition airs each Sunday, 4-4:30pm CST on Winnipeg’s CKUW 95.9FM and is available Continue readingIntroducing Rank and File Radio – Prairies Edition
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RFR_Aug22_1730.mp3|titles=August 22 2012 episode] Click here to download We spend the half-hour in discussion with Roger Annis, a former aerospace workers and member of the International Association of Machinists, on a variety of subjects ranging from the CAW’s recent aerospace policy paper, to the proposed CAW-CEP merger, to recent development at Air Canada, to the Continue readingAugust 22 episode
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RFR_Aug15_1730.mp3|titles=August 15 2012 episode] Click here to download Following our weekly labour news update, we play an excerpt of the “Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada” book launch in Toronto on June 17, 2012. The book is a collection of essays edited by Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage. The excerpt is from the excellent Continue readingAugust 15 episode
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RFR_Aug8_1730.mp3|titles=August 8 2012 episode] Click here to download Following our weekly labour news update, we play a talk delivered by Dan Coffman, president of ILWU local 21 in Longview, Washington, about the lengthy and defiant struggle of longshore workers against attempts to introduce non-union work at the port. The talk was delivered in Chicago on Continue readingAugust 8 episode
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/RFR_July25_1730.mp3|titles=July 25 2012 episode] Click here to download Following our weekly labour news update, we discuss the labour reforms being brought forward in Saskatchewan by Premier Brad Wall’s government that has been in power since 2007. We also examine the legal challenges confronting the government’s reforms as well as its similarities and differences with the Continue readingJuly 25 episode
After a month-long summer hiatus, Rank and File Radio is returning to air this week with new episodes, new interviews and more analysis you definitely won’t find in the mainstream media. What’s new? RFR welcomes John Rose as the new regular co-host of the show. Andrew has moved to Regina and will continue to contribute Continue readingRFR retakes the airwaves!