Articles by Laura Kaminker
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Jul 04, 2016: Mississauga library workers vote overwhelmingly to strikeThe members of CUPE Local 1989, Mississauga Library Workers Union, voted overwhelmingly to strike.
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Apr 24, 2015: 20 years in prison for failed pregnancyThis month, four decades of anti-woman, anti-abortion hysteria in the US hit a new low.
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Feb 22, 2015: Walmart workers are winning, the struggle must continueWorkers in the US have won a significant victory in their struggle for dignity and a living wage.
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Dec 28, 2013: Kim Rivera released from prison, but the struggle for US war resisters in Canada continuesWar resister Kimberly Rivera has been released from military prison and has been reunited with her family, after serving 10...
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Aug 19, 2013: Free Bradley ManningWhile George Bush roams free after launching a war that killed a million Iraqis, Bradley Manning has been sentenced to...
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Jul 29, 2013: "Sharecroppers on wheels": port truckers are organizing, and they are winningWhen is an employee not an employee? The answer to this riddle is rapidly becoming the true face of employment...
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Apr 22, 2013: Resisting Harper's attacks on choiceOn a cold, wet April morning, pro-choice activists from Mississauga and Toronto turned out with signs and banners to stand...
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Apr 17, 2013: "Unpaid internships": unpaid labourThe New York Times confirms that increasing numbers of desperate university graduates are accepting unpaid work, in the hopes of...
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Apr 08, 2013: Fast-food workers walk off the job, demand a living wageHundreds of fast-food workers in New York City walked off the job this week, demanding a living wage.
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Feb 22, 2013: Stop the Tories from criminalizing choiceWladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga Cooksville East (my own riding), is back in the news.
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Jan 02, 2013: Workers Doing It For Themselves: Food service workers in New York and Chicago unite to improve working conditionsOne of the most exciting developments currently unfolding among the working class in North America is the organizing efforts of...
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Dec 19, 2012: The struggle for abortion rights in IrelandSavita Halappanavar died because women are not free to control their own bodies.
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Mar 02, 2012: Canada, US: the fight continues for reproductive rightsWhile women in North America enjoy greater equality and social participation than some of our sisters globally, our rights—particularly our...
