By Charles Smith The Saskatchewan Party’s admission last week that it would not fully honour the negotiated salary increases for teachers is yet another blemish on this government’s poor commitment to respect and promote the principles of collective bargaining. For those following closely, this is the latest in a series of poor policy decisions that has Continue readingSaskatchewan government backtracks on teachers’ salaries
students
From the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s the campus anti-sweatshop movement was one of the largest and most prominent student movements on college and university campuses in Canada and the United States. The campaign against sweatshops grew to be a major force within the broader anti-globalization movement. Organizers targeted university administrations which had licensed university apparel Continue readingJust Don’t Do It: Students organizing against sweatshops
In the summer of 2015, summer student caseworkers at Parkdale Community Legal Services joined the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union. Two worker-organizers who were central to the campaign, Jenna Meguid and Parmbir Gill, took time to answer some questions from Jason Edwards for Rankandfile.ca. Rankandfile.ca: The Ontario Labour Relations Board certified your bargaining unit as Continue readingHow student caseworkers unionized their summer jobs