If governments want to increase child care availability, they should make changes that make it easier and more effective to unionize the sector

Shift Storm newsletter—October 2023 edition

Time for a Giant Leap Forward for Workers’ Wages in Nova Scotia

Banning replacement workers in federally regulated industries will remove one of the employers’ most unfair tools against collective bargaining

There’s no evidence that banning replacement workers makes strikes longer. Employer organizations simply want to keep using scabs.

Shift Storm newsletter—September 2023 edition

Adapted from the CCPA’s fall 2023 submission to Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood & Marc Lee

With increased worker militancy, high cost of living, and majority public support, labour has a window of opportunity right now

Prices are not going to go down to what they were before. If workers want to keep their purchasing power, we need to fight for it.

Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on making decent work for workers

Alternative Federal Budget 2024: here's what the federal government could achieve on Employment Insurance (EI)

Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve for a fair and equitable transition away from fossil fuels

Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on gender equality

Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on immigration

An interview with Iron and Earth, which helps oil and gas workers transition to renewables and the net-zero economy

Shift Storm newsletter—June 2023 edition