Articles by Ritch Whyman
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Oct 17, 2024: Strike levels show mood to fightIf you look at the state of class struggle over the past four years, the bright light is the remarkable...
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Aug 21, 2024: All out to support locked out rail workers!Nearly 10,000 rail workers are fightng against the billionaire rail barons in Canada.
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Jul 02, 2024: Poilievre rises because labour and NDP refuse to fight TrudeauThe recent by-election loss in what has for 30 years been a safe Liberal seat has exposed how deep the...
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Jun 28, 2024: Westjet decision exposes the sham of Liberal “anti-scab” legislationThe recent experience of the hundreds of airline mechanics at Westjet exposes the sham of the recent “anti-scab” legislation passed...
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May 06, 2024: Workers are fed up with cost of living increasesAfter a short lull in strikes workers across the country have returned to the picket lines, fighting to make up...
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Apr 12, 2023: Working class people in Hamilton fight greedy landlordsWorking class people in Hamilton have been facing a deepening housing crisis over the past decade.
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Dec 12, 2022: Keuhne+Nagle warehouse workers strike and win in Mississauga!140 Unifor Local 1285 members went out on strike against global logistics giant Keuhne+Nagle in early December, at the company’s...
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May 14, 2022: Strike wave: 45,000 construction workers on strike in OntarioNearly 45,000 construction workers are out on strike in Ontario.
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Apr 04, 2022: CP strike exposes Canada’s rail oligarchs and their Tory palsJust after midnight on March 20, 2022 train conductors, workers and yard employees walked off the job across the country...
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Aug 14, 2021: Striking backWith Labour Day and a federal election around the corner it is worth looking at the state of the Union...
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Jul 15, 2021: Steelworkers solidarity picket for NRI workers shuts down Tomlinson Systems in AncasterDozens of Steelworkers from locals in Toronto and Hamilton chanting “one day longer one day stronger” set up a solidarity...
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Dec 24, 2020: Leo Panitch 1945-2020On Sunday December 20th, the left and working class in Canada and globally lost a fighter and thinker with the...
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Nov 29, 2020: Support Workers United Local 1305 at Owens Corning in GuelphWorkers at Owens Corning have been pushed into a strike by the profitable multinational Owens Corning at its Guelph Filament...
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Nov 05, 2020: CLC: WTF!The decision by the Canadian Labour Congress leadership to join with the notoriously anti-union Chamber of Commerce and support ex-finance...
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Jun 05, 2019: Plumbers and steamfitters strike against concessionsPicket lines went up across cities, towns and worksites in Ontario this week as 12,000 members of the United Association...
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May 04, 2019: International Workers Day in HamiltonThere were several actions in Hamilton to celebrate International Workers Day.
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Apr 17, 2019: Justice for Janitors movement wins big in TorontoIn the last week of March thousands of workers in the janitorial industry made a historic breakthrough by winning a...
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Nov 30, 2018: Corporate Canada wages war on workers - emergency response neededIn the span of the past month Corporate Canada and their political allies the Liberals and Tory parties have waged...
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Nov 20, 2018: Fight for $15 and Fairness takes on local grinch, Tory MPP Donna SkellyActivists from the Hamilton $15 and Fairness group leafletted the city's Santa Claus Parade this past weekend.
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May 29, 2018: Interview: autoworkers vs WynneOne of the backdrops to the election in Ontario, is the changes that were made this year to the Employment...