Articles by Carolyn Egan
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Jun 19, 2015: Solidarity against precarityFor many years activists in the trade unions have been fighting for their leadership to take on issues that relate...
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May 23, 2015: Labour for the climateA march for “Jobs, Justice and the Climate” is being organized in Toronto on July 5 before the Pan Am...
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Apr 30, 2015: Austerity in OntarioA huge fight is brewing between the provincial government, teachers and the Ontario public sector.
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Mar 04, 2015: The World March of Women“We, women of the Quebec co-ordination of the World March of Women, issue a call to resist the social and...
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Jan 30, 2015: Build the on-the-ground campaignsThe next federal election is around the corner, most probably in the fall, but it could be earlier.
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Dec 21, 2014: Labour against violence against womenAt a recent meeting of the Assembly of First Nations, Rinelle Harper called on delegates to press for a national...
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Oct 25, 2014: Union activists confront IslamophobiaThe recent municipal election in Toronto had a lot of low points with Olivia Chow being told to go back...
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Oct 06, 2014: Peoples’ Social Forum: lessons from Alma, QuebecRecently at the People’s Social Forum in Ottawa thousands of young activists joined with trade unionists, environmentalists, and Indigenous peoples...
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Sep 04, 2014: Steelworkers on Labour DayAs hundreds of Toronto Steelworkers marched along Dundas St to meet the annual labour day parade a middle age couple...
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Jul 29, 2014: Labour and the Peoples' Social ForumThe Peoples’ Social Forum is taking place in Ottawa August 21-24, and 10,000 are expected to attend.
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Jul 08, 2014: Solidarity against repression in EgyptOne of the highlights of the International Women’s Day rally in 2012 in Toronto was a speech given by Yara...
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Mar 24, 2014: Labour against racismUnions across Canada are bringing trade unionists together to link workers struggles to the ongoing fight against racism.
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Mar 06, 2014: Steelworkers against HudakOver one 160 Steelworker activists crowded into their union hall in downtown Toronto checking their state of readiness if Tim...
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Mar 04, 2014: Steelworkers against HudakOver one 160 Steelworker activists crowded into their union hall in downtown Toronto checking their state of readiness if Tim...
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Feb 24, 2014: IWD: fighting against austerity and for women’s liberationInternational Women’s Day has long been celebrated in the trade unions as well as the women’s movement.
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Dec 28, 2013: Service workers fight backService workers at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, members of the Teamsters, recently struck fighting for greater wages than...
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Oct 30, 2013: Resistance and solidarity against Crown HoldingsOver 120 Steelworkers, members of USW Local 9176, have been on the picket line at Crown Holdings in Toronto since...
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Sep 23, 2013: First Nations, environmentalists and workers uniting against big oilOn October 22, 2012, thousands participated in the Defend Our Coast Rally in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Aug 28, 2013: Labour Day in TorontoLabour Day in Toronto usually draws 20,000 to 25,000 workers into the streets.
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Jul 03, 2013: Let’s rebuild the labour movement from the bottom upHundreds of thousands are demonstrating in Tahrir Square once more, and working people and the poor are taking to the...
