By Tim Heffernan (retired Toronto secondary school teacher) Monday was the start of an important strike by secondary school teachers in the Durham District School Board. Six other boards could soon be joining them on the picket lines, depending on the speed of the negotiations. Together they (Durham and the other 6), make up what the Continue readingTeachers strike against Liberals’ austerity agenda
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R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. Ongoing tension between CUPE members and the USW puts pay equity project at risk By Shannon Clarke When United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1998’s pay equity team decided to unionize this Continue readingState of the unions
by Doug Nesbitt With management and scabs crossing a picket line limited by a court injunction, the 34 striking workers of SGS Canada in Sarnia are facing a tough battle. “There should definitely be some sort of legislation or some kind of criteria where you can’t just fill all our jobs in a couple weeks, Continue readingScabs & Injunctions: Solidarity needed in Sarnia strike
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. This year RankandFile.ca has published a number of stories about the burgeoning Fight for 15 movement in Canada. The campaign has spread to three provinces, while the movement in Continue readingThe Fight for 15: A Reader
By Paul Kahnert If you’re driving your car and the steering wheel comes off in your hands, do you step on the gas or step on the brakes? Hydro rates are out of control in Ontario and with the proposed sale of Hydro One, Kathleen Wynne is stepping on the gas. On April 1, 1999 Continue readingPrivatizing Ontario’s Hydro One: Liberal, Tory, same old story
By David Bush On April 8, members of Unifor Local 2002 and supporters gathered at the headquarters of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) to demonstrate against the outsourcing of jobs at Air Canada. The GTAA is demanding that Air Canada contract out services for passengers requiring wheelchair/special assistance. This means the loss of roughly a Continue readingAirport workers say no to contracting out
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. By Pam Frache Ontario’s Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage and the Fight for $15 movement in the United States have renewed the struggle for decent work by raising Continue readingBuilding working class solidarity: The fight for $15
Solidarity with foreign and migrant workers: Interviews with Syed Hussan and Caitlin Craven R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. By Andrew Stevens Once again, migrant and foreign workers in Canada are being victimized by the federal government’s Continue readingFighting the 4 and 4
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. By Shay Enxuga On April 1, minimum wage workers in Nova Scotia got a raise. But unfortunately for Omar Joof, and thousands of other workers, the meagre 20 cent increase Continue readingWorkers in Nova Scotia Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. Click here to find out how you can donate.
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. by Ella Bedard “To whom can a girl go from the house of vice? Who will believe her? She is an utter stranger.” Canada’s War on White Slave Traffic, Continue readingThe Failures of Canada’s New Sex Work Legislation
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. Airport cleaners speak out about poor working conditions by Robert Devet For the cleaners working at the Halifax airport, members of Teamsters Canada Local 927 , better wages and Continue readingHalifax airport cleaners speak out