Partner Organizations
Canadian Labour Institute
TEMP CONTEMPT
Topic
Iran Jasmine gave $2,000 to a recruiter in Mexico who promised her a $4,000-a-month job in Canada
WE TREAT MIGRANT WORKERS LIKE SHIT. We did when we brought them from China to build our railroads over a century ago. We still do when we bring them here today to work our farms. It’s the Canadian way.
In 2017, the government...
UN-APP-ATIZING
Topic
Tess Siksay is part of a team organizing a union for the app-based food delivery company Foodora
TESS SIKSAY WANTS TO ADD A UNION TO THE MENU. She is part of a team working to organize the food delivery workers at Foodora in Toronto.
The Foodora couriers and CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) launched their “Justice for Foodora couriers” union drive on May 1 with a loud bike rally in front...
LEO PUDDISTER TRIBUTE
Topic
to go to the wall’
Newfoundland and Labrador labour movement
loses one of its best-loved leaders
A tribute from CLI President James Clancy
LEO PUDDISTER was well known in Newfoundland and Labrador as flashy, stylish, charming and blustery trade...
This month in labour rights history
Pay rate reductions took effect for all Prince Edward Island public employees as a result of the Public Sector Pay Reduction Act passed by the Catherine Callback Liberal government. Pay rates were more...
May 17, 1994