2016 was another big year for RankandFile.ca. We posted 320 stories, videos, interviews, news updates and job posting this year. 145 of those were original stories, news reports or interviews. We had over 60 different authors writing for us. This year we launched two amazing projects: our podcast which has in-depth interviews with labour activists across the country and our new organizer’s handbook, 15 and Fairness Now!. The latter has now sold roughly 500 copies so far. Our readership has also continued to grow, almost doubling over the last year. Thanks to all those whose financial support and hard work make RankandFile.ca possible. Thanks especially to Daniel Tseghay, Denise Leduc and Robert Devet who have done incredible work for us this year. Without our writers, donors, and readers we could not have achieved all that we did in 2016. 2017 we will be looking to expand on this by hiring more writers, covering more stories and hopefully publishing more printed materials. Please consider becoming a monthly donor to help us expand our coverage. To celebrate our achievements the editors have chosen their top three stories of the year.
Gerard Di Trolio:
Picking apart the produce of injustice by C.J. Chanco
We we should vote down the GM contract by Cory Weir
Defending Palestinian rights shouldn’t put your job at risk by Yara Shoufani
Samantha Ponting:
The wonderful world of bossnapping by Evan Johnston
Letter’s from Saskatchewan’s inmates by Denise Leduc
WSIB’s Reforms: Smoke, mirrors and broken workers by Orlando Buonastella and Kathrin Furniss
Doug Nesbitt:
Remembering the Gainers’ Strike by James Wilt
Let’s hate NAFTA like we used to by Gerard Di Trolio and David Bush
The struggle to organize WestJet Flight Attendants by Andrew Stevens and Sam Ponting
Andrew Stevens:
The Leap Manifesto hits home: Reflections from a family working in natural resources by Denise Leduc
R&F.ca Podcast Episode 3 – Migrant Workers in Canada by Daniel Tseghay
In solidarity with Colonialism No More: A place for labour in anti-colonial struggles by Denise Leduc
David Bush:
Newfoundland is Rising Against Austerity by Robert Devet
Trudeau’s war on a small Alberta town by Crystal Warner
BOYCOTT! Sharpening a workers’ weapon by Doug Nesbitt