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2022
INDEX
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 – André Racicot, President, USW Local 9291, Westwood Mine in Abitibi
• Aluminum Smelting – Éric Drolet, President, USW Local 9700, ABI Aluminum Smelter in Bécancour
• 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!
• 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
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 1
Workplace Health and Safety
• What We Achieved in 2021 and Challenges Facing Us in 2022 – Félix 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 – Stéphanie 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-Mégantic, Quebec
• Hold Governments to Account to Defend the Safety of Communities! – Pierre Chénier
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 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: Workersâ 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!
• 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 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 Soublière
• 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 Soublière
• 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
• 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 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
• Frantz André, Solidarité Québec-Haïti
• Leny Simbre, Migrante Ontario
• Sultana Jahangir, South Asian Women's Rights Organization
• Harshill Dhingra, Migrant Students United
• 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 Mégantic 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 Chénier
• Congratulations to Hilton Metrotown Workers in Burnaby, BC
June 8
Nunavik, Northern Quebec
• Raglan Mine Workers Strike for Rights and Dignity – Interview, Éric 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, Frédéric Labelle
June 23
New Ontario Cabinet to Be Sworn In June 24
• Ford Government Is Not the Voice of the People
Workers' Mass Rallies
• 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 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 Konaté's Application for Judicial Review – Diane Johnston
• Quebec Government Determined to Deprive Refugee Claimants of Subsidized Daycare
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