Labour - Unions

Ottawa’s light-rail transit system has made headlines in the last years – but not for any good reasons. Trains don’t work in the cold. Technical problems cause frequent delays, and a derailment once led to all the trains being taken out of service for weeks. On top of this, Ottawa’s city council voted to increase fares.

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British Columbia

Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet - Book Review

16/12/22

Author:

Casey Williams

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Portside

Dec. 14, 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The BC Government’s Struggle to Respond to the Gig Work World

14/12/22

Author:

Zak Vescera

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The Tyee

Thousands of people work in the gig economy in BC without basic protections like minimum wage and WorkSafeBC coverage if they get hurt on the job. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 14. 2022

Uber and the rest have changed the game, and solutions are complex — and slow. Part one of two.

Workers, unions and experts say B.C.’s government is dragging its feet on pledges to improve conditions for drivers and food courier workers eking out a living in the digital gig economy.

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B.C.’s new Premier David Eby hits the ground running

13/12/22

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

But what early climate signals can be found in B.C. Premier David Eby's new cabinet and their mandate letters? asks Seth Klein. Photo via Province of British Columbia/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Dec. 13, 2022

The past few years have hit most British Columbians hard — from COVID-19 to floods and fires to the escalating cost of living. The new premier has hit the ground running, delivering an ambitious string of initiatives in his first weeks.

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Luisa Cáceres: Commune-Building in Urban Venezuela

12/12/22

Author:

Chris Gilbert

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Monthly Review

Luisa Cáceres communards assembled beside communal mural. (Photo: Gerardo Rojas/Voces Urgentes)

Dec 01, 2022

Chris Gilbert is a professor of political science at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela, and the creator and co-host of the Marxist educational television program Escuela de Cuadros. This article is adapted from his upcoming book, Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela’s Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project (Monthly Review Press, 2023).

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Virtual launch of David Camfield's Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change.

06/12/22

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McNally Robinson Online Events

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You Tube

Virtual launch of David Camfield's Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change.

Streamed live on Oct 22, 2022

The virtual Canadian launch of Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change by David Camfield. This event moderated by Fiona Jeffries and includes conversation and words from Sara Birrell, James Hutt, and Saima Desai. This event is co-hosted by McNally Robinson Booksellers and Fernwood Publishing.

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Tenant unions could be the solution to fight rising rents

01/12/22

Author:

H.G. Watson

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Ricochet Media

Nov. 28, 2022

In some cities, landlords have to engage in collective bargaining with tenants

Like many transplants to Nelson, B.C., James Barbeiro first lived in resort housing when he came to the area. He had moved from northern Ontario to the “Queen City” of the Kootenays region, with easy access to all sorts of outdoor activities.

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How to Slow the ‘Wave’ of Homelessness in Canadian Cities

30/11/22

Author:

Jen St. Denis

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The Tyee

Fiona York, an advocate for people living in a homeless encampment in Vancouver’s Crab Park, outside the community’s warming tent in the spring of 2022. Photo for The Tyee by Jen St. Denis.

Nov. 30, 2022

Increased financial supports, not just new affordable housing, are needed to prevent people from falling into homelessness, says advocate.

The leader of an organization working to end homelessness is calling on the federal government to treat homelessness as an emergency and set up a system of cash transfers, much like the COVID-19 Canada Emergency Response Benefit program, to prevent people from losing their housing.

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The Staggering Price of Climate Inaction

30/11/22

Author:

Marc Lee and Ben Parfitt

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The Tyee

Climate-related disasters like 2021 flooding in the Fraser Valley will take an increasing economic and human toll. Photo via City of Abbotsford.

Nov. 30, 2022

In BC, 2021’s heat, fire and floods cost the economy $10.6 billion to $17.1 billion, a report calculates.

When Don and Mary Nowoselski moved from Dawson Creek in northeast British Columbia to the Creston Valley 30 years ago, they were looking for a little less winter.

A bit of land tucked near the U.S. border in a fertile valley in the province’s East Kootenay region seemed to fit the bill, and the couple settled into a new life that included an expanding cherry orchard operation.

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Labour News

Labour - Unions

There Is No “Migrant Crisis” - The problem isn’t new; it’s the bordered logic of global apartheid itself.

Building a Collective Movement Could be a Solution to Transit Woes: Free Transit or Fixing the System?

Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet - Book Review

The BC Government’s Struggle to Respond to the Gig Work World

Uber and the rest have changed the game, and solutions are complex — and slow. Part one of two.

B.C.’s new Premier David Eby hits the ground running

Luisa Cáceres: Commune-Building in Urban Venezuela

Virtual launch of David Camfield's Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change.

Tenant unions could be the solution to fight rising rents

In some cities, landlords have to engage in collective bargaining with tenants

How to Slow the ‘Wave’ of Homelessness in Canadian Cities

Increased financial supports, not just new affordable housing, are needed to prevent people from falling into homelessness, says advocate.

The Staggering Price of Climate Inaction

In BC, 2021’s heat, fire and floods cost the economy $10.6 billion to $17.1 billion, a report calculates.

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