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2023
INDEX
No. 1 - January 23
• Join Hamilton Rally at Liberals' Retreat to Demand Status for All
• Prince George Rally Protests Self-Serving Forestry Plans
No. 2 - February 7
Defend Public Health Care
• Rally Outside First Ministers' Meeting
Quebec Health Care Workers Wage Valiant Battle Against Untenable Conditions in Health Sector
• Nurses' Action at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Defends Patients' Lives
• Montreal Union Leader Explains
• Nurses Take Action in Seven Hudson Bay Communities
• Nunavik Nurses' Union Denounces Government's Response
• Concrete Improvements to Working Conditions Required to Rebuild Network – Interview, Julie Bouchard, President, Interprofessional Health Care Federation of Quebec
No. 3 - February 15
Housing Is a Human Right!
• Quebeckers Rally to Demand Social Housing Now
• Legault Government to Allow Rent Increases in Private Seniors' Residences
No. 4 - February 16
Communities and Society Not the Rich Must Benefit fromInvestments of State Funds
• Governments at All Levels Paying for Large-Scale Changes in Auto Industry – Enver Villamizar
• Changes to Education to Serve Private Interests in the New Economy – EmpowerYourselfNow.ca
• Artificial Intelligence in Education – Education Is a Right Interview with Dr. Beyhan Farhadi –
No. 5 - February 17
Dire Situation with Employment Insurance
• All Out to Defend the Rights and Dignityof Unemployed Workers! – Pierre Chénier
Interviews
• France Simard, Coordinator of the Unemployment Action Movement in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
• Line Sirois, Coordinator of the Unemployment Action Movement, Côte-Nord
• Demands of the Autonomous and Solidarity Movement of the Unemployed (MASSE)
No. 6 - February 20
Federal Public Service Workers Hold Strike Vote
• Public Service Workers Fight to Humanize the Work Environment, Respect and Dignity – Interview, Yvon Barrière, Regional Executive Vice-President, Public Service Alliance of Canada, Quebec Region
No. 7 - February 22
Fight of Telecommunications Workers for Their Rights
• All Out to Support TELUS Workers! Hold TELUS to Account!
• Some of Telus' Demands for Anti-Worker Concessions
• Information on Subcontracting and Offshoring
No. 8 - February 27
Mining
• Salt Miners Strike in Windsor – EmpowerYourselfNow.ca
Closing of Biopharmaceutical Company in Quebec City
• Total Incoherence Due to Absence of a Public Authority – Pierre Soublière
No. 9 - March 3
Attacks on Quebec Public Sector Unions
• Upping the Use of Executive Powers Against Workers – Pierre Chénier
All Out to Support Nurses and Health Care Workers!
• Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec Nurses Say No to Restructuring of Care on Backs of Workers• Nova Scotia Health Care Workers' Solutions to Immediately Improve Retention and Recruitment – Interview, Sandra Mullen, President, Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union
• Ontario Nurses Hold Militant Mass Rally and Province-Wide Pickets
• Windsor Nurses Speak Out on Right to Health Care – EmpowerYourselfNow.ca
No. 10 - March 6
Our Security Lies in Our Fight for the Rights of All!
• Defend the Resources, Livelihoodsand Work of Canadians!Stand with Windsor Salt Workers!
• Salt Workers Challenge Arrogant U.S. Holding Company
• Union-busting in Canada by Unscrupulous U.S. Law Firm Jackson Lewis
• Former U.S. Vice-Consul Represents Mine Owners
No. 11 - March 10
Windsor Salt Miners' Strike
• Picket on International Women's Day Stands with Striking Miners
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Major Investor in U.S. Company Attacking Windsor Salt Workers
No. 12 - March 13
Quebec Federation of Labour Holds 33rd Convention
• For Greater Unity in Action in Defence of Rights and an Open Discussion on the Future of the Trade Union Movement – Pierre Chénier
• Policy Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Resolutions on Issues of Concern
No. 13 - March 15
33rd Quebec Federation of Labour Convention
• Interviews with Convention Delegates
• Sylvie Thomassin, President, Private Seniors' Residences Division, Quebec Union of Service Employees
• Hugo Desgagné, Responsible for Occupational Health and Safety Issues for Unifor-Québec
No. 14 - March 17
Windsor Salt Strike Enters Fourth Week
• National Union President Sends Letter to Teachers' Pension Fund
• Salt Miners' Defence of Health and Safety a Matter of Life and Death Jeopardized by Contracting Out
• Mine Rescue: Vital to Workers' Health and Safety
• Role of Ontario Courts in Assisting U.S. Hedge Fund to Destroy Canadian Union
• Self-Serving Arguments to Justify Company Abuse
No. 15 - March 21
Worthy Fight for the Dignity of Labour
• Windsor Salt Workers Hold the Line
• Salt Miners in Pugwash, Nova Scotia Support Striking Windsor Salt Workers
• Information on Stone Canyon's Closure of Salt Production in Alberta
Resistance in the U.S. to Anti-Labour Laws
• U.S. Educators Develop Creative Ways to Uphold Their Rights and the Rights of All – EdisaRight.ca
No. 16 - March 27
Lac-Mégantic Rail Bypass
• Community Residents Must Have Decisive Say in the Project and Their Future – Pierre Chénier
Ongoing Mass Protests and Strikes in Greece Following Devastating Train Tragedy
• Greek People Seething with Anger
Successive Train Derailments at Norfolk Southern
• Firm Opposition to Dictate of Rail Monopolies and Their Backing by U.S. Government
No. 17 - March 30
Windsor Salt Workers Hold the Line!
• Workers Across the Country Provide Invaluable Support
• Strike Enters Its Seventh Week
No. 18 - April 3
Cross Canada Actions Demand Status for All
• More Tragic Deaths Show Urgent Need to End Safe Third Country Agreement
• Petition to End Safe Third Country Agreement – Migrant Rights Network
• Montreal Overnight Camp for Status
• Undocumented Workers Declare "We Are Not the Crisis"
No. 19 - April 7
European Workers' Mass Opposition to Anti-Social Offensive
• Clash in France over Pension Reform Goes to Heart of Crisis of Liberal Democratic Institutions
• German Workers Hold Mass Strikes Against Untenable Living and Working Conditions
• Wave of Strikes Across Britain Marks Pay-the-Rich Budget Day
India
• Farmers Continue Mass Meetings and Organizing – J. Singh
No. 20 - April 13
U.S. Cartel Steps Up Union-Busting at Windsor Salt
• May Day Rally at Windsor Salt Picket Line
• Charron Group's Operations in Chatham, Ontario
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Annual Meeting
No. 21 - April 18
News and Comment
• Public Service Workers to Strike If Tentative Agreement Not Reached Immediately
• Ontario NDP's Anti-Scab Legislation – Enver Villamizar
No. 22 - April 19
Federal Public Servants Set Up Picket Lines Across the Country
• Uphold the Dignity of Labour! Support the Public Service Alliance of Canada Workers!
• Unions Express Support for Striking Workers
Video
• Interview with a Public Service Worker Walking the Line in Windsor, Ontario
No. 23 - April 25
155,000 Federal Public Service Workers on Strike
• Keep the Support Coming for Striking Public Service Workers!
• More Unions Express Support for Striking Workers
Windsor Salt Strike Enters Week 11
• Active and Retired Teachers and Education Workers of Windsor-Essex Step Up Their Support
• Hamilton Steelworkers Visit Striking Windsor Salt Workers' Picket Line
Annual Meeting of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• Teachers Raise Concerns About Having a Say Where Pension Funds Invested
United Steelworkers
• Annual Policy Conference Convoked in Toronto April 23-25
No. 24 - May 1
May Day 2023
• Workers and Oppressed Peoples of All Countries Unite!
• Challenges Facing the Workers' Movement in 2023 – Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
• The Challenge for the Working Class Movement to Be Effective – Pierre Chénier, Secretary, Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
• Opposition to Stepped Up Attacks on Workers' Rights and Social Programs
• Work of the Workers' Centre in the Coming Year – Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
No. 25 - May 10
All Out to Uphold the Uphold the Dignity of Labour!
• As Windsor Salt Strike Enters Week 13 Support Grows in Face of Companies Dirty Tricks
• Company Gives Spurious Reasons for Not Negotiating
• New York Salt Miners' Contract Expires May 31
New Breakthroughs Using Sodium for Electric Batteries
• Control Over Canada's Critical Mineral Resources – Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
• Sodium-Ion Batteries vs Lithium-Ion Batteries – Fernand Deschamps
• Strategic Sources of Sodium in North America
No. 26 - May 16
Windsor Salt Workers Continue to Hold the Line!
• Windsor-Essex Community, Canadian and U.S. Salt Workers Step Up Expressions of Support
• More Strike-Breaking Schemes Come to Light
No. 27 - May 17
Windsor Salt Strike
• Another Canadian Public Pension Plan Overseeing Stone Canyon's Anti-Union Activities
• Political Economy of Attack on Windsor Salt Workers – K.C. Adams
No. 28 - May 25
Quebec Government's Health Care Bill -- Radical Rupture with the Past
• A Modern Quebec Can and Must Guarantee the Right to Health Care
• Massive Concentration of Decision-Making Power and Union-Busting – Pierre Chénier
• Previous Restructuring of Quebec's Health Care System – Pierre Soublière
Ontario
• Nefarious New Health Act Receives Royal Assent – Enver Villamizar
• Ontario Health Coalition Referendum
No. 29 - May 29
Windsor Salt Strike
• Salt Workers Strengthen Their Resolve to Oppose Union-Busting
• Windsor-Essex Teachers Step Up Their Support for Striking Salt Workers
No to "Contract Flipping" and Union-Busting
• Stand with the Alberta Wapasu Creek Lodge Workers! – Peggy Morton
No. 30 - May 31
40th Anniversary of Injured Workers' Day -- June 1
Interviews
• Oppose Attempts to Restructure Workers' Compensation in the Name of "Value for Money" – Christine Nugent, Barrie and District Injured Workers' Group and Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups
• "I Want All of the People Who Have Been Disrespected, Ignored, and Hidden Away to Be Seen, to Be Counted, and to Be Heard!" – Liz Garant-Yaremcio, President, Windsor Injured Workers Group and Vice-President for Southwestern Ontario for Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups (ONIWG)
• "We are Honourable Canadian Workers" – Injured Workers' Stories – Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups
No. 31 - June 12
Windsor Salt Strike Enters 17th Week
• Workers Face Disinformation Campaign
• Active and Retired Teachers and Their Unions Expand Support
• Workers' Community BBQ a Great Success
• New York Salt Workers Reach Tentative Agreement
Salt Workers Across Canada Learning Together
• Another Windsor Salt Operation on the Magdalen Islands, Quebec
• Pugwash Salt Workers Facing Layoffs Together
No. 32 - June 26
Regularization Now!
• Emergency Rallies Denounce Trudeau Government's Lack of Action
• Migrant Workers Intensify Their Campaign for Status for All
• Regularization Assembly – Who Said What
• International Students Organize Successful 18-Day Protest
No. 33 - June 28
All Out to Stand with Striking Salt Workers in Windsor!
• June 29 Rally and Day of Action to Support Windsor Salt Workers!
• A Significant Demand from all Ontario Teachers' Unions to Their Pension Fund
For Your Information
• Salt and Those Who Extract and Process It Are a Critical Resource
No. 34 - July 2
Negotiate! Don't Dictate!
• Spirited Rally and Day of Action in Support of Striking Salt Workers in Windsor
• Negotiations Yes! Extortion No! – Enver Villamizar
Video
• Nova Scotia Scotia Salt Workers Share Their Experiences
No. 35 - July 5
Defend the Dignity of Labour
• BC Port Workers on Strike in Defence of Their Rights
• Statement from ILWU Canada Bargaining Committee
• Significant National and International Support for BC Port Workers
• Officials' Response to Port Workers' Strike
For Your Information
No. 36 - July 12
BC Port Workers' Strike
• Port Workers Hold Powerful Rally
Bloated Fortunes of World's Richest
• The Rich Get Richer So the Poor Get Poorer
No. 37 - July 17
Week 22 of Windsor Salt Strike
• Salt Workers Oppose Divide-and-Rule Tactics
• Talk About Neutrality in Labour Relations – Enver Villamizar
• First Nations' Concerns About Windsor Salt's Mining Leases on Their Lands
• Windsor Salt Pays Ridiculously Paltry Rent
No. 38 - July 19
BC Port Workers Resume Strike
• State-Organized Attack on BC Port Workers
Strike at National Steel Car in Hamilton
• Stand with Striking Rail Car Workers
Negotiations in K-12 Education in Ontario
• Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Ontario Teachers' Federation
No. 39 - July 24
Week 24 of Windsor Salt Strike
• Tentative Agreement at Windsor Salt
• Salt Workers Will Consider the Tentative Agreement Seriously – Empower Yourself Now
Information on Salt Production in the Americas
• Salt Production on the Magdalen Islands
• Untapped Salt Deposit in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Stone Canyon's Control Over Salt Production in the Americas
• Stone Canyon, the "Buy America" Provisions and Canada
No. 40 - July 26
10th Anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic Tragedy
• A Lesson in Nation-Building – Diane Johnston
• Lac Mégantic – This Is Not an Accident
No. 41 - July 28
Salt Workers Courageously Reject Tentative Agreement
• Stand as One with Windsor Salt Workers! Negotiate Don't Dictate! – Empower Yourself Now
• Education Workers Visit Picket Lines
Video
• Salt Workers Reject Tentative Agreement
No. 42 - July 31
Continue to Stand as One with the BC Port Workers!
• Breakthrough in BC Port Dispute
Stop Paying the Rich!
• The World Is Drowning in Debt to the Rich – K.C. Adams
No. 43 - August 2
Salt Workers Deliberate on a Way Forward
• Workers Gain More Confidence in Their No! to Union-Busting
• Stone Canyon's Destructive Activities With a Critical Canadian Resource
• Is Stone Canyon Hiding Its "Leadership"?
No. 44 - August 10
Challenges Facing the Workers' Movement
• Workers' Pension Funds Must Not Be Used to Finance Union-Busting – Empower Yourself Now
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's Talk About Responsible Investing
• Dirty Activity of Canada Steamship Lines in Salt Strike
No. 45 - August 21
Negotiations in K-12 Education in Ontario
• Ontario Teachers' and Education Workers' Unions to Hold Strike Votes
• A Way Forward Can Be Found by Refusing to Submit to Dictate and Addressing Conditions in Schools – Empower Yourself Now
Education in Britain
• An Important Landmark in the Teachers' Struggle to Defend Their Rights and the Future of Education – Workers' Weekly
No. 46 - August 23
Wild Fires Thirteen Times Worse Than Ten Year Average
• Our Respects for Wildland Firefighters Who Have Died
• About the Massive Wildfires Raging Across the Country – Peggy Askin
• Conditions of the Wildland Firefighters – Peggy Morton –
• Alberta Firefighters Speak Out
• Government Irresponsibility in Response to Climate Crisis and Private Interests
• Wild Fires Still Raging in Quebec
No. 47 - August 26
Windsor Salt Strike
• Workers to Consider Second Tentative Agreement – Empower Yourself Now
• Pathetic Attempt by Legacy Media to Incite Opinion Against Salt Workers
No. 48 - August 28
Upholding the Dignity of Labour
• Windsor Salt Workers Ratify Tentative Agreements
No. 49 - September 4
Labour Day 2023
• Speaking In One's Own Name Is the Starting Point to Establishing a Way Forward
No. 50 - September 13
U.S. Steel Industry in Turmoil
• The Need for Modern Strategies and Tactics to Defend the Interests of Labour – K.C. Adams
No. 51 - September 18
Bargaining Impasse in Ontario K-12 Education
• Teachers Discuss Union Proposal to Use Voluntary Binding Arbitration
• Message to Members from Secondary School Teachers' Toronto Bargaining Unit
• Information and Views on Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Proposal – Empower Yourself Now
More Views
• Arbitration and the Right to Strike – Enver Villamizar
• The Urgent Need Is to Stop Paying the Rich and for Investments in Education – An Elementary Teacher
• The Right to Strike Is a Legal Mechanism That Can Hold the Government in Check – A Retired Teacher
• Secrecy Is a Big Problem – A High School Teacher
• Arbitrators – An Educational Assistant
No. 52 - September 22
Important National Day of Action in Quebec September 23
• All Together with Public Sector Workers!
• Quebec Common Front Calls for Defence of Public Services
• Demand for Government to Assume Its Social Responsibilities and Negotiate in Good Faith – Pierre Soublière
Health Care
• "There Are Limits" Nurses Tell Government
• Solving Health Care Crisis from Nurses' Point of View
Quebec Government's Unacceptable Education Bill
• Changes to the System Must Be Based on Teachers' and Education Workers' Experience – Geneviève Royer
• Centralization of Powers in the Hands of the Minister Under Pretext of Efficiency
No. 53 - September 25
Mass Common Front Demonstration in Montreal
• Public Sector Workers Declare: With One Voice, We Defend Public Services!
• Demonstration Targets Real Disruptors of Social Life – Pierre Soublière
Auto Industry
• Wage Demands of U.S. Auto Workers
No. 54 - September 26
Proposal for Binding Arbitration in Ontario K-12 Education
• An Advance Can Be Made by Holding Government to Account for Its Corruption
• Elementary Teachers' Federation Reaches Tentative Agreement for Education Workers
No. 55 - September 29
Health Care Is a Right!
• Ontarians Converge at Legislature on Opening Day to Say No! to Privatization of Hospitals!
• Worsening Crisis in Ontario Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes
No. 56 - October 2
Hands off Haiti!
• No to the Deployment of an International Armed Force to Haiti!
• Haiti -- Another United States Invasion Scheme – A.T. Freeman –
• Assembly of Caribbean People Issues Important Open Letter on Haiti
No. 57 - October 4
Education in Ontario
• Secondary School Teachers' Federation Announces Results of Vote on Interest Arbitration
• Test Results Used to Push Narrative that Strikes Undermine Public Health – Enver Villamizar –
Britain
• Unrelenting Fight Against Assaults on Education, Students, Faculty and Staff
No. 58 - October 26
St. Lawrence Seaway Workers on Strike
• All Out to Support the Just Demands of Seaway Workers – Normand Chouinard
Quebec Public Sector to Hold Strikes in November
• Workers Determined to Fight Until They Achieve Acceptable Working Conditions and Wages – Geneviève Royer
• A Historic 95 Per Cent Strike Mandate for Common Front – Common Front Press Release, October 17
United States
• Workers Fighting for Their Rights in the U.S.
No. 59 - November 8
First One-Day Strike in Quebec Public Sector
• Exposing a Government at Odds with Needs of a Modern Quebec
• Workers Reject Wage Offer as Non-Starter
• Militant Participation in First One-Day Strike
• Strike Days in the Coming Weeks
No. 60 - December 4
Quebec Public Sector Workers Hold Series of National Strikes
• Striking Workers Are One With the Needs ofQuebec People for Public Services
• Legault Government Wants "Flexibility" to Continue Privatizing and Destroying Public Services – Georges Côté
• Pension Fund a Neglected Issue in Public Sector Negotiations – Claude Moreau –
• There Are Limits Say Quebec Health Care Professionals
• Quebec Independent Community Action Network Supports Public Sector Workers' Mobilization
Letter to the Editor
• Stop Paying the Rich to Build a Truly Public Health Care System
Photo Review
No. 61 - December 15
Quebec Public Sector Workers' Strike
• An Authority at Odds With Current Conditions
• Public Sector Workers Remain Determined to Win Working Conditions That Meet Peoples' Needs – Geneviève Royer
• Hidden Agenda of Minister Dubé and the Public Sector's Struggle – Claude Moreau
• Unwavering Support for Teachers' Courage
• All Out in Defence of Public Education!
Letter to the Editor
• On the Picket Lines at Saint-François d'Assise Hospital
Photo Review
• Public Sector Workers Take to the Streets
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