Show us the money
Mar 25, 2011
You know you’re getting older when you can recall the minimum wage for Ontario in 1976 was $2.15. But the cost of living back when Disco was the music of […]
Republicans help only rich: unions
Mar 25, 2011
Embattled U.S. union leaders met here Thursday and cast themselves as the defenders of the middle class, vowing to fight Republican attacks on teachers and government workers. “There’s a new […]
Unions mobilize against Mexican Labour Law reforms
Mar 25, 2011
The IMF joins the independent labour movement of Mexico in urging unions and their members to call on government leaders and Mexican Ambassadors to stop these reforms NOW! MEXICO/GLOBAL: The […]
On Strike? Republicans Don’t Want Your Family to Eat
Mar 24, 2011
How low can Republicans go in their attacks on working families and their unions? Think Progress reports today that “a group of House Republicans is launching a new stealth attack […]
Billionaire Tea Party financiers to lobby Alberta government: Koch Industries owned by billionaire brothers who fund Tea Party, climate change denial
Mar 24, 2011
Edmonton – An American energy conglomerate owned by two powerful billionaire brothers who help fund the Tea Party and climate change denial movements in the U.S. has registered to lobby […]
Class war not welcome
Mar 24, 2011
If Marcel Latouche had his way, politicians in Canada would follow the lead of their American counterparts and declare war on public service employees (“Rethinking unions”, March 19). Latouche suggests […]