Articles by JY Hodge
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Oct 28, 2013: 12 Years a Slave: Hollywood gets it half rightTwelve Years a Slave is being rightfully feted as a “searing portrayal,” a “visceral experience” with “monumental performances,” and other...
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Jan 17, 2013: Chinese workers at heart of protestsIn April 2012, a group of jewelry workers in Guangzhou barged into their factory manager’s office demanding payment of long-denied...
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Apr 02, 2012: Toronto library workers show that sometimes it's better to fight than to run awayToronto Public Library workers ended a ten-day strike recently, scoring a significantly better contract then their brothers and sisters in...
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Mar 02, 2012: Library Workers vote to Strike!After much stalling and foot-dragging by the employer, Toronto Public Library workers voted in favour of strike action in late...
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Feb 14, 2012: Library workers defend servicesThe 2,400 members of CUPE local 4948, workers at the Toronto Public Library (TPL), have been prepping for job action...
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Nov 21, 2011: Air Canada settlement a harbinger of ill times?In a potentially damaging and certainly disappointing settlement, flight attendants at Air Canada have had their bargaining rights disregarded and...
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Nov 21, 2011: Business as usual after historic prisoner swapLess than two weeks after Israel freed over 1,000 Palestinian political prisoners in exchange for a single Israeli soldier captured...
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Nov 21, 2011: Israel hijacks aid ship, tasers activistThe Canadian Boat to Gaza made a second attempt in early November to deliver medical aid to Gaza and break...
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Nov 21, 2011: Ford tries to cut libraries through the back doorAfter a summer mobilizing campaign that saw Margaret Atwood and Giller-winner Vincent Lam, among other writers, come to the library’s...