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2022

INDEX


JANUARY


January 17

Supply Chain Problems

• Pay First-Rate Attention to Working Conditions of Transportation Workers! – Normand Chouinard

Dairy Farmers Lose Under Free Trade Ruling

• Government Considers Ruling a Win – K.C. Adams

Crisis in U.S. Food Sector

• Untenable Situation for Workers, Farmers and Ranchers

January 19

Support Canada's Truckers!

• BC Truckers Demand Safe Driving Conditions

• Notice from West Coast Trucking Association

January 21

Alberta Workers Oppose Government Violation of Rights

• Untenable Emergency Order Reveals Government Hysteria

• Workers and Unions Condemn Egregious Alberta Order

• Joint Statement from Alberta Unions

• United Food and Commercial Workers Outlines Safety Measures Employers Must Take

January 22

Post-Secondary Education

• Militant Strike Settled at Edmonton's Concordia University – Dr. Dougal MacDonald

January 24

Quebec Workers Speak Out About Achievements in 2021 and Challenges in the New Year

• Mining – Andrι Racicot, President, USW Local 9291, Westwood Mine in Abitibi

• Aluminum Smelting – Ιric Drolet, President, USW Local 9700, ABI Aluminum Smelter in Bιcancour

• Health Care – Nathalie Savard, President, Union of Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Inhalotherapists of Northeastern Quebec

January 26

Migrant Workers Take Action

• Call to Join Online Town Hall January 30

• Organizer Fully Explains the Demand Status for All!

• Workers Speak Out

• Extend Permanent Residency Status to All Those Who Grow Our Food – National Farmers Union

• Auditor General's Report Provides More Evidence of Abuse of Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers –Barbara Biley

For Your Information

• Auditor General's Report

January 27

Reopening of Elementary and Secondary Schools

• Parents' and Educators' Voices Must Be Heard!

• Don't Follow the Herd – Enver Villamizar

• Ontario Educators Demand Government Action

• Return to School in Quebec Must Not Take Place by Reducing COVID-19 Safety Measures – Interview, Sylvain Mallette, President, Quebec Autonomous Teachers' Federation

For Your Information

• "Learning to Live with COVID Cannot Mean That We Give This Virus a Free Ride" – WHO Video

January 28

Consequences of Anti-Social Offensive on Health Care Systems

Anti-People Proposal of Saskatchewan Government – K.C. Adams

Voices of Concern over Direction of Saskatchewan Health Care Sector

BC Paramedics' Fight for Solutions to Province-wide Staff Shortages

Thunder Bay Injured Workers

Workers Present Their Concerns to Ontario "Pre-Budget Consultations"

Living Standards in Nunavut

Firmly Support Workers' Fight for Respect and Improved Living Standards for All Residents! – Interview, Jason Rochon


FEBRUARY


February 1

Workplace Health and Safety

• What We Achieved in 2021 and Challenges Facing Us in 2022 – Fιlix Lapan

Migrant Health Care Workers

• Legault Government Disregard for Vulnerable Health Care Workers Recalled – Diane Johnston

Working Conditions in Quebec Daycare Centres

• The Challenges Quebec Child Care Workers Face – Stιphanie Vachon and Lucie Longchamps

February 5

Our Security Lies in Defending the Rights of All

• Successful Truckers Rally in Vancouver Demands Actions to Save Lives

Prince George

• Let's Ride! Citizens' Group Calls for Public Transportation Service – Peter Ewart 

February 9

Residents Continue to Demand Rail Bypass in Lac-Mιgantic, Quebec

• Hold Governments to Account to Defend the Safety of Communities! – Pierre Chιnier

Labour Force Survey, January 2022

• Significant Job Loss During Month of January

• Reduction of Purchasing Power from Workers' Wages and Salaries

Steel

• Steelworkers in Quebec Launch Strike

• Stelco Shipments Fall in Fourth Quarter 2021

February 10

Ontario Advocates for Injured Workers Speak Out on Challenges in 2022

• Janet Paterson, President, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

• Steve Mantis, Chair of ONIWG's Research Action Committee

Migrant Workers' Town Hall Meeting

• Message to Parliament: Full and Permanent Immigration Status for All Now!

February 11

Quebec Days of Action to Affirm the Human Right to Housing!

• Actions Demand Funding for Social Housing

• No to the Eviction of Tenants of Private Seniors' Residences – Serge Lachapelle

• Defend Tenants' Rights! – Interview, Aditya Rao

February 16

Urgent Need to Affirm Right to Housing

• Week of Actions in Quebec Affirm Right to Housing

• Public Funds for Social Housing, Not Private Investors – Interview with Arnaud Duplessis-Lalonde

February 17

More Pay-the-Rich Schemes

• Ontario Public Funds Handed to the ArcelorMittal Global Steel Cartel

Workers' Fight to Defend the Right to Health Care and Education

• Quebec Paramedics Demand an End to Untenable Conditions – Interview, Jean Gagnon, Pre-Hospital Sector Representative, Health and Social Services Federation

• U.S. Nurses Hold Day of Action to Demand Safe Conditions for All

• University of Lethbridge Faculty Association Strikes After Concordia Settles – Dr. Dougal MacDonald

• Bill 115 Remedy Awarded to Elementary Teachers' Federation

February 18

Challenges Unemployed Workers Face in 2022

• Defending the Dignity and Rights of All Unemployed Workers – Interview, France Simard

Delays in Payments Owing to Quebec Health and Social Services Network Personnel

• Unions Condemn Government For Not Honouring Signed Commitments

Status for All Migrant Workers!

• Challenges to the Affirmation of Migrant Workers' Rights – Tess Tesalona, Migrante Quebec

• Battle of Migrant Workers for Health Care in Quebec – Diane Johnston

February 28

U.S. Railroads Declared Critical Infrastructure

• Railway Workers in Bitter Fight to Defend Their Livelihood and Their Lives

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's "Hi-Viz" Attendance Policy

• Court Grants Restraining Order Against Rail Workers


MARCH


March 1

Defence of Migrant Workers as Important as Ever

• Migrant Rights Network Protests Trudeau Government's Restrictive Immigration Plan

• Migrant Workers' Family Day Action Demands Status for All and Family Reunification

• Stop the Detention and Deportation of Migrants Now!

• Human Smuggling a Symptom, Not a Root Cause – Diane Johnston

March 4

The Role and Concerns of Steelworkers

• Big Changes Announced to Steel Production at Dofasco – K.C. Adams

• ArcelorMittal Strike Ends in Quebec: Workersβ Determination Ends Two-Tier Pensions

Workers Persist in Raising Just Demands

• Health Care Professionals Demand Abolition of Mandatory Overtime

• BC Hotel Workers Step Up Actions to Defend Their Rights

• Action in Gatineau Addresses Dire Housing Crisis

March 19

One Humanity, One Struggle!

• Join the Day of Action Against Increasing Racism and to Demand Full and Permanent Immigration Status for All!

• Migrant Rights Network - Press Release, March 16, 2022

• International Day for the Elimination of Racism

• Hypocrisy and Racism Underlie U.S., Canadian and European Union Policy on Refugees – Diane Johnston

U.S. Post-9/11 Wars

• Human Beings Forcibly Displaced

United States

• Activists Denounce Increased Funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Canadian Pacific Serves Notice of Lockout to Teamsters Canada Rail Conference

• Stand with Rail Workers! No to Criminalization of Their Just Struggle!

• Our Position and the Facts - Teamsters


APRIL


April 9

Defending Public Education in Alberta

• Oppose Anti-Post-Secondary Education Budget – Dr. Dougal MacDonald

• Curriculum Reform Must Serve the Public Interest

• Actions Across Alberta Demand Kenney Government "Ditch the Draft" Curriculum

• Teachers Demand Bill on Teacher Professional Discipline Be Withdrawn – Kevan Hunter

University of Alberta Staff Reach Settlement

• New Contract Poisoned by Two-Tier Wage System for New Sessionals

April 11

In Action in Defence of Rights

• Congratulations to New York Amazon Workers on Historic Win

• New Brunswick Public Sector Workers Defend Right to Retirement Security

• Canadian Actors Provide Negotiating Committee with Overwhelming Strike Vote

April 12

Extent of Integration of Canadian Energy Sector Within U.S. Economy

• Dangers Posed by "North American Energy Security Network" – K.C. Adams

• Gas Prices Surge Across the Country

For Your Information

• Analyzing Economic Impacts of U.S. Oil and Gas Industry

• Analyzing Contributions of Canadian Crude Oil Sector to U.S. Petroleum Refineries

• U.S. Refining Capacity Reaches 17 Million Barrels Per Day in 2019

April 14

Government Handouts in the Name of "Greening the Economy"

• Stop Paying the Rich! Demand a New Direction for the Economy!

• Canada's First Electric Vehicle Battery Plant to Be Built in Ontario

• Integration of Education with Needs and Demands of Global Oligarchy

Blatant Violation of Human Rights by German Oligarchs

• Video Addresses Brutal Treatment of Immigrants In Europe

April 15

Economic Matters of Concern

• Profits in 2021 Over Pre-Pandemic Averages

• Confronting Public-Private Partnerships

• Public Versus Private Enterprise for Big Ticket Items

• Why We Suffer from Price Inflation – K.C. Adams

• Quebec Institutions' Partnership with Blackstone Hedge Fund – Pierre Soubliθre

• The British Penchant for Acknowledging the Obvious

April 18

Human-Centred Solutions Are Urgently Required

• Quebec Bill on Ending the Public Health Emergency Endorses Ministerial Impunity

• Ontario Workers Demand Repeal of Anti-Social Legislation

• Open Letter to Ford Government

• Rail Workers' Families Continue to Demand Accountability

April 19

Human-Centred Public Services Are Urgently Needed

• Quebec Government's Pay-the-Rich Health Care Action Plan – Pierre Soubliθre

• BC Needs a Public Intercity Transportation Service – Peter Ewart, Alex Hemingway and Dawn Hemingway

Economic Matters of Concern

• Discussion on the Increase in the Price of Necessities

April 28

April 28 Day of Mourning

• Step Up the Fight for the Right to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions for All!

• Health Care Unions' Demands to Protect Workers and Society

Interviews

• Sean Staddon, Mining Worker

• Rhonda Bruce, Health Care Worker

• Luz Jones, Long-Term Care Worker

• Patrick Colford, Construction

• Janet Paterson, Injured Workers' Organizer

• Steve Mantis, Injured Workers' Advocate

• Michel Pilon, Migrant Agricultural Workers' Network

• Peter Page, Injured Workers' Organizer – Audio Interview


MAY


May 1

May Day 2022

• Call of CPC(M-L) – May 1, 2022

• Poems by USW Local 1005 Poet Bill Mahoney

• Solidarity Song — Poem by Bertold Brecht

Messages of Greetings from Frontline Workers

• Laura Chesnik, MLPC Spokesperson

• Rhea Gamana, Bayan Canada

• Frantz Andrι, Solidaritι Quιbec-Haοti

• Leny Simbre, Migrante Ontario

• Sultana Jahangir, South Asian Women's Rights Organization

• Peter Page, Injured Workers' Advocate

May 20

Upholding the Right of Communities to Live Decently and Safely

• "The Rail Bypass Must Be About the Recovery of the Mιgantic Community, Not Canadian Pacific Profits" – Interview, Robert Bellefleur

May 27

Workers' Affirm Their Rights

• Montreal Longshore Workers Oppose Government Interference in Negotiations – Normand Chouinard

• Report on Fatal Train Derailment Indicates Need to End Railway Self-Regulation – Pierre Chιnier

• Congratulations to Hilton Metrotown Workers in Burnaby, BC


JUNE


June 8

Nunavik, Northern Quebec

• Raglan Mine Workers Strike for Rights and Dignity – Interview, Ιric Savard, President of United Steelworkers Local 9449

Justice for Temporary Migrant Workers

• Constitutional Challenge Being Prepared to Employer-Specific Work Permits

• Why a Constitutional Challenge at This Time?

For Your Information

• Employer-Specific Work Permits

• Historical Overview of Recruitment of Temporary Foreign Workers

June 13

Death of a Worker at Hamilton Plant

• Workers Protest Deadly Unsafe Conditions at National Steel Car

• Steelworkers Union Calls on Ministry for Immediate Action

• Three Deaths in Less Than Two Years

Court Ruling in Death of Migrant Farm Worker in Ontario

• Shady Deals to Perpetuate Violation of Migrant Workers' Rights

• Uphold the Rights of Migrant Workers! Support the Call Status for All!

June 15

Workers Defend Rights in Face of Stepped-Up Attacks

• Alberta Teachers Look for a Way Forward for Public Education – Kevan Hunter

• Film Workers Fight for Their Rights – Celia Cohen

Health Care Workers in France Organize Strikes and Demonstrations

• Urgent Demand to Retain and Attract Workers to Defend Services

June 16

"Profiting from Pain"

• Damning Reports Underscore Necessity for a New Direction for the Economy – K.C. Adams

• Oxfam Report "Profiting from Pain" - Excerpts and Comments

• More Than 50 Million U.S. Workers Earn Less Than $15 Per Hour

June 17

Three Months of Lockout at the Rolls-Royce Canada Plant in Lachine, Quebec

• Firmly Support the Workers' Fight for the Dignity of Labour for All – Interview, Frιdιric Labelle

June 23

New Ontario Cabinet to Be Sworn In June 24

• Ford Government Is Not the Voice of the People

Workers' Mass Rallies

• Ten of Thousands in Washington, D.C. Uphold the Dignity of Labour and Demand an End to Their Impoverishment

• March and Rally in London, England Says "We Demand Better – Enough Is Enough"

• National Strike in Belgium Against Price Increases, Wage Restriction and War

June 20

Economic Matters of Concern

• The Ruling Elite Are Deliberately Provoking a Recession – K.C. Adams

Privatization of Health Care

• Human Consequences of Governments' Abdication of Responsibility for Health Care – Barbara Biley

• The Harm Caused by Use of "Agency Nurses"

June 27

Workers Organize in Defence of Their Rights

• Education Workers Issue Demands

• Education Is a Right Podcast: What Election of PC Majority in Ontario Means for Education

• Health Care Workers Call for Paid Sick Leave

• Apple Workers Unionize in Maryland, U.S.

• Buffalo Starbucks Union Organizers Demand Reinstatement

June 28

Stop the Deportations! Status For All!

• Migrant Rights Network Launches Campaign to Achieve Full Status for all Migrants and Refugees

• Petition to Stop Deportation of Vangie and McKenna Rose Cayanan

• Self-Serving Justification for Imposing Civil Death on Undocumented Workers – Peggy Morton

• Canada's Ongoing Violation of its Obligations Under UN Convention on Rights of the Child


JULY


July 12

Truth on the Ground in Quebec

• Urgent Need for Pro-Social Solution to Housing Crisis

• Crisis Deepens in Employment Insurance Regime – Interview with France Simard

July 15

Status for All!

• Migrant Rights Network Organizes Actions to Defend Rights of All

• Successful Campaign to Stop Edmonton Activist's Deportation

• Montreal March for Status For All

• Federal Court Rejects Mamadou Konatι's Application for Judicial Review – Diane Johnston

• Quebec Government Determined to Deprive Refugee Claimants of Subsidized Daycare




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