Labour - Unions

31/08/20
Author: 
Patrick Brethour

[Very interesting. I'm wondering when the other shoes might start dropping.  Those shoes could include evolving employment insurance into a "benefit" too small to actually live on, thus forcing people to take low-wage jobs. Or, it might transform, slowly or quickly, into what right-wingers want--a catch-all payment that replaces free health care, education, and other social services, which can then be privatised and charge fees. Gene McGuckin - ecosocialistsvancouver.org]

Aug. 30, 2020

29/08/20
Author: 
Jon Milton
'Dollarama is our Amazon': Warehouse workers organize against unsafe conditions, 'misery wages'

Rally aims to force retail giant to back down on plans to cut pandemic pay boost

28/08/20
Author: 
Lois Beckett
Teachers hold a ‘#Return2SchoolSafely’ protest in Phoenix, Arizona, on 15 July. Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP

15 Aug 2020

Arizona public school district forced to abandon plans after more than 100 teachers and staff members called in sick

[Editor: What about in Canada?  The situation isn't so different!!]

An Arizona public school district was forced to cancel its plans to reopen on Monday after more than 100 teachers and other staff members called in sick.

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