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Canada’s silent crisis

Teachers left waiting at the bargaining table

Leaps and bounds

Understanding the Carleton University Contract Instructors and Teaching Assistants’ strike (spring 2023)

Alberta carries on as the world burns

Shift Storm newsletter—May 2023 edition

Does growth work for everyone in Saskatchewan?

Breaking down some of the latest economic data shows deeply unequal division of riches in the province

The future of union leadership: It takes a village

Workers are emboldened and frustrated. We need to build on the unity we feel in this moment.

Rebuilding the working class

Organized workers have the power to fundamentally transform the economy

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

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

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

A transformational time for labour?

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

New union organizing puts employers on notice, but challenges remain

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

Ontario’s Bill 28 is dead. Now what?

Laura Walton talks organizing, leadership, and the future of the 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.

Gig work tensions are not going away soon

Uber workers are still getting the short end of the stick

The 10 commandments of sustainable jobs

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