Canada-EU free trade agreement called corporate Trojan horse
With NDP and Liberals criticizing Canada’s secretive CETA agreement, this launches a series on its impact on Canada’s water, democracy, jobs and health.
Tag Archives: Labour
COPE 378’s David Black readies for battle with province over labour negotiations
With the province negotiating 250,000 job contracts with several unions in 2012, COPE 378 president David Black speaks about the coming fight, the age of austerity and today’s labour movement.
B.C. migrant farmworker advocates speak out in wake of Ontario tragedy
In the wake of the deaths of 11 Peruvian farmworkers in Ontario this week, concerns are again being raised about the safety of migrant workers in B.C.
Coping with COPE’s ouster
2011 Vancouver Municipal Election: Why was Vision’s campaign ally COPE flushed from City Hall?
Unions rally to support postal workers, as back-to-work law nears
Thousands of unionists rallied outside Canada Post’s offices in Winnipeg and Ottawa on Thursday in support of locked-out postal workers
Classroom warriors: Victoria’s high school activists
In December, the Martlet went behind the scenes to find out how strong high school activism is in Victoria and whether it is here to stay
David P Ball 