Articles by Pam Johnson
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Sep 21, 2016: Fighting precarity in Ontario public sector unionsThe rise in precarious work in Ontario in the past decade has been dramatic.
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Jun 29, 2016: Anti-PEGIDA rally: refugees welcome, no to IslamophobiaBloor West Village community members marched to welcome refugees and say no to hate on Saturday June 25, following a...
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Nov 18, 2015: Nipissing University Faculty strikeNovember 2, Nipissing university faculty in North Bay went on their first ever strike.
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Nov 13, 2015: What will we strike for? Ontario Public Service ‘No’ campaignAfter almost a year of bargaining, 34,000 OPSEU members who work directly for the government of Ontario ratified two contacts...
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May 09, 2015: Cégep professors join student strike on May DayCégep professors in a dozen schools joined many Quebec students who went on strike on May Day, May 1 following...
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Feb 04, 2015: Corporate puppet Wynne: OPSEU workers say enoughOntario Public Service (OPS) workers, members of OPSEU, have said enough to Wynne’s attempt to cut wages, jobs and push...
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Jan 30, 2015: Save door-to-door deliveryThe Community Mailbox (CMB) implementation to replace door-to-door mail delivery has been a disaster.
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Dec 16, 2014: Labour and the fight against austerityIt has been six years since the global economic crisis of 2008, which produced bailouts and tax cuts for banks...
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Jul 06, 2014: Save Canada PostThe plan to end door-to-door postal delivery has been massively unpopular from the moment it was announced by Canada Post...
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Jun 21, 2014: Labour’s fight against austerity: lessons from Hudak’s defeatAlthough Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals won a majority in Ontario, the real story of the 2014 election is the sound defeat...
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Apr 25, 2014: Art gallery workers against austerityArt Gallery of Ontario (AGO) workers, OPSEU local 535, are fighting concessions.
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Feb 22, 2014: Motherhouse: ground zero for political theatreMotherhouse is designed to be used as a political intervention by the anti-war movement, but it can also hold its...
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Feb 04, 2014: Hudak’s million job plan: Do not believe the hypeYou could drive a truck through the logic and holes in Ontario PC premier candidate Tim Hudak’s million jobs plan.
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Jan 04, 2014: Postal workers: pensions, privatization and the public goodScrooge-like Canada Post CEO, Deepak Chopra, announced the phase out of door-to-door mail delivery by 2015 just before the Christmas...
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Aug 28, 2013: Plaza Hotel Strike: hotel owner demands concessions and punches SteelworkerWorkers on strike at Toronto’s Plaza Hotel--who have been keeping the pressure on owner, Rehan Chaudary for three months--leafleted inside...
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Aug 27, 2013: A brief history of neoliberalism part 1The economic period since the 1970’s has been referred to generally as the neo-liberal period both by the right and...
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Mar 19, 2013: Rank-and-file solidarity wins strike at Homes FirstHomes First strikers have a victory after four brutal weeks on the picket line.
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Mar 06, 2013: Workers' Rights Campaign Kicks-offOn March 2 in Toronto, over 700 hundred trade union activists from both private and public sector unions met to...
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Feb 08, 2013: The Liberal convention and the fight against austerityOntario Liberals met in January at the historic Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to choose a new leader.
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Jan 19, 2013: Bill 115 = union bustingSaying that “we all need to tighten our belts” due to budget deficits, McGuinty’s Liberals turned their austerity guns on...
