Articles by Pam Johnson
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Sep 04, 2019: Bigots shut down in Toronto—againOn August 31, Toronto trade unionists, faith groups and anti-fascist activists, once again, shut down an attempt by Pegida, Patriotic...
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May 16, 2019: “Gig economy same old crap, exploitation in an app!”“Gig economy same old crap, exploitation in an app!” was the chant of over two hundred Foodora bicycle and car...
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Apr 24, 2019: A blustery wind from AlbertaOn election night in Alberta, Jason Kenney began his slick victory speech declaring Alberta ‘open for business!’ Again and again...
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Apr 05, 2019: "We can't wait for adults, we have to do this now"Tens of thousands of elementary, middle and high school students walked out of class in Ontario to protest cuts to...
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Mar 22, 2019: Ontario students walk-out against Ford's cutsThousands of students at 17 Ontario universities and colleges walked out of class on March 20 to protest Ford’s cut...
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Jan 31, 2019: Trump crumbles and LA teachers win: the power of organized workersIn mere hours, a sick-in and strike threat by air traffic controllers brought Trump to his knees.
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Jan 19, 2019: Angry students protest Ford's latest cutsOn Thursday Ontario Premier ford announced his latest attack on the people of Ontario.
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Jan 11, 2019: Challenging back to work legislationIn December, Doug Ford called an emergency session of the Ontario legislature to pre-emptively legislate power workers back to work...
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Dec 18, 2018: Hands off Unist'ot'en! Respect Indigenous sovereigntyTransCanada has filed an injunction for the forceful removal of the Indigenous re-occupation of Unist’ot’en territory.
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Dec 12, 2018: Solidarity action blockades South Central in TorontoTrade union members from CUPE, OPSEU, Steelworkers, teachers’ unions and community members blockaded South Central letter sorting plant in Toronto...
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Nov 16, 2018: CUPW rejects new offer from Canada PostThe strike by Canadian Union of Postal Workers is beginning to bite as it enters it 4th week.
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Jul 25, 2018: Stagehands locked-out at Exhibition PlaceOn July 19, the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place locked out members of stagehands and stage technician’s union, IASTE...
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Apr 25, 2018: Teachers Rising!The West Virginia teachers’ strike has ignited a wave of mass resistance among US teachers.
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Jan 03, 2018: Ontario college faculty: organize/strike/winAfter a five-week strike, an arbitrator has awarded Ontario college faculty gains on every demand put forward in bargaining, despite...
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Nov 27, 2017: Lessons of the Ontario college strikeMere hours after 12,000 striking Ontario college faculty massively rejected a forced offer vote by the College Employer Council, Premier...
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Oct 31, 2017: Ontario college strike: #StandWithFacultyTwelve thousand full-time and partial-load college faculty in 24 colleges in Ontario are on strike.
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Sep 27, 2017: Ontario college faculty: organizing and bargaining hardFaculty in Ontario’s 24 colleges reach two critical junctures in the coming week that will impact faculty jobs and student...
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Sep 07, 2017: NAFTA: no sugarcoating a bad dealCanada, Mexico and the US are doing mutual back patting as the new North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations...
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Jun 08, 2017: LCBO workers prepare for a strikeLCBO workers are preparing to strike after saying no to attempts to privatize and contract out their work, the entrenchment...
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Jan 13, 2017: The Vimy Trap is an anti-war celebrationThis timely book drops a grenade on the almost sacred notion that the WWI battle at Vimy Ridge was the...
