Articles by Carolyn Egan
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Jul 29, 2017: Labour for $15 and fairnessAnother Labour Day is coming up at the beginning of September and in Toronto 25,000 union members are expected in...
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Jun 13, 2017: Workers for the Leap: a great step forwardThe Canadian Labour Congress convention took place in Toronto in May.
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Jun 08, 2017: Steelworkers Convention: a determined mood in wake of Trump winAlmost 6,000 delegates and observers arrived in Las Vegas to attend the United Steelworkers convention in April as the union...
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Apr 13, 2017: The United Front: a strategy for todayWe are seeing the rise of racism and Islamophobia across the country.
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Mar 10, 2017: Stop the hate, unite the fightWashington DC is still reverberating from the women’s march that took place on January 21.
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Feb 03, 2017: Women’s March built confidence for the fights aheadAs the Steelworker bus loaded up for the 12 hour drive to Washington DC for the Women’s March it was...
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Dec 19, 2016: Toronto Community Benefits Network wins green jobsIn 2008 during financial crisis, which saw the loss of hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in Canada and Quebec,...
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Nov 13, 2016: Labour and Standing Rock solidarityOver five thousand people rallied at Queens Park recently and marched to the US consulate in solidarity with the Standing...
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Oct 07, 2016: Liberals close job action centresThe attacks on workers continues unrelentingly.
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Aug 23, 2016: Solidarity grows at the World Social ForumThe World Social Forum (WSF) brought thousands of activists to Montreal in early August.
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Jul 23, 2016: The community has its sayThe United Steelworkers along with many other unions organizes a float in the Pride Parade in Toronto.
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May 30, 2016: France: resistance risesThe so called “Socialist” government in France is under siege, though you would never know it with the limited press...
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May 09, 2016: The Leap Manifesto and oil workersThe discussion over the Leap Manifesto which erupted after the NDP Convention seemed to reopen the debate over jobs versus...
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May 03, 2016: Students and workers fighting for changeFrench student have taken to the streets supporting the unions in their fight against the socialist prime minister Francois Hollande’s...
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Mar 14, 2016: Trade Unionists for BernieIt has been fascinating watching the Sanders phenomenon in the United States.
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Feb 02, 2016: Solidarity with Hamilton SteelworkersBuses from all over Ontario rolled into Hamilton, Ontario on Saturday, January 30 to support workers at US Steel.
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Dec 23, 2015: Report back from Paris climate protestsI had the opportunity to attend the COP 21, the United Nations Conference on the climate, as part of a...
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Nov 01, 2015: No honeymoon for the LiberalsNow that there is a Liberal government in Ottawa the working class, social justice and climate movements must be relentless...
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Sep 19, 2015: Take the climate justice leap“No Jobs on a Dead Planet! Trade Union Climate Summit” was the name of the labour conference that took place...
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Aug 28, 2015: Lessons of the Crown strikeThe Crown strike is over after 22 long months and the workers fought til the very last.