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$10-a-day child care requires addressing Canada’s child care deserts

Canada has made big progress on child care costs—but has a lot of work to do on availability of spaces.

May 16, 2023

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Is my community a child care desert? New map shows availability across Canada
May 16, 2023

Is my community a child care desert? New map shows availability across Canada

New research shows that child care availability in Canada has a long way to go

A day in the life of migrant workers
May 1, 2023

A day in the life of migrant workers

Migrant workers are a large and growing part of the Canadian workforce—and face particular hurdles from employers and governments.

Non-union workers in Canada deserve the right to collective action too
May 1, 2023

Non-union workers in Canada deserve the right to collective action too

The United States has explicit protections for collective action in the workplace. Canada doesn’t—but some creative legal challenges could bring it about.

Rebuilding the working class

Rebuilding the working class

Organized workers have the power to fundamentally transform the economy

New union organizing puts employers on notice, but challenges remain

New union organizing puts employers on notice, but challenges remain

Organized labour needs a combination of ambitious organizing projects and policy change

This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis—and it’s time to pick a side

This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis—and it’s time to pick a side

Ricardo Tranjan's latest book, The Tenant Class, asks you to pick a side. Do you stand in solidarity with the rising tenant class, or will you uphold the exploitative status quo?

The 10 commandments of sustainable jobs

The 10 commandments of sustainable jobs

For a climate transition to be a just transition, it needs to follow some principles.

Inflation-busting with union contracts—a brief explainer

Inflation-busting with union contracts—a brief explainer

Your union contract could be the most powerful tool you have against the rising cost of living

We Can Do It: New leadership in Canada’s labour movement

We Can Do It: New leadership in Canada’s labour movement

There's a lot of new blood in Canadian labour leadership. We asked them what leadership means to them.

A transformational time for labour?

A transformational time for labour?

A new generation of leaders is gradually getting elected to lead unions and central labour bodies in Canada.

Increasing permanent residency for migrants strengthens labour power

Increasing permanent residency for migrants strengthens labour power

Working conditions are about power—and permanent status allows workers to exert it.

The solution to single-use plastics isn’t recycling—it’s to ban them

The solution to single-use plastics isn’t recycling—it’s to ban them

Reducing our waste is better than recycling, so why are single-use plastics still so popular when we have alternatives?

US–Canada agreement to close Roxham Road will cost lives, migrants say

US–Canada agreement to close Roxham Road will cost lives, migrants say

Legal observers worry the newly-expanded Safe Third Country Agreement contravenes international conventions on refugees.

Corporate profits are driving food price inflation

Corporate profits are driving food price inflation

Remarks to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee of the House of Commons

U.K. membership in Pacific trade deal threatens Canadian climate action

U.K. membership in Pacific trade deal threatens Canadian climate action

Canada should join Australia and New Zealand in neutralizing lopsided corporate protections in CPTPP