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Telus Digital workers in Turkey spend eight hours a day monitoring disgusting TikTok videos. They are asking for mental health services. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing: "A Union for the Workers." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners wit...

The turmoil in the United States is encouraging US scholars to think about moving to Canada. What would that mean to them and scholars in Canada? An interview with the president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, Peter McInnis. The LabourStart about union events. And singing: "A Woman's Place is in Her Union." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It re...

The Ontario government has been underfunding the education of special needs students and that affects all students. The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has released a report about the situation and what can be done. An interview with ETFO first vice president David Mastin. The LabourStart Report about union events. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It rep...

The 1,200 employees of the American-owned company LifeLabs in British Columbia have been conducting rotating strikes to improve their wages, working conditions and medical services in the province. An interview with the president of the BC General Employees' Union, Paul Finch. Plus: the LabourStart Report about union events. And rappin' 'We Shall Not be Moved." RadioLabour is the international lab...

Thousands of CUPE education workers in Alberta are standing up for the province's students. Many of the workers have not had a raise in ten years, work multiple jobs and rely on food banks to feed their families. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabbl...

Kevon Stewart is the director of District 6 of the United Steelworkers union. In November 2024 he was elected the international union's first Black district director. Plus: the LabourStart report about union events. And celebrating in song Viola Desmond. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in th...

A secret office of the Alberta UCP government has been preventing school divisions from paying decent wages to their workers for years. The lack of adequate funding has been hurting students. A RadioLabour interview with the president of CUPE Alberta, Rory Gill. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unio...

Black workers often need to fight just to be recognized in the workplace. A report from a United Steelworkers District 6 conference on the Black Experience in Canada. The LabourStart Report about union events. And rappin' "Africville." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world....

With the closing of warehouses in Quebec Amazon is trying to stop its workers from unionizing. But Unifor's director of organizing, Justin Gniposky, says workers are fighting back and still want the protection of labour unions. Plus: Billy Bragg singing' "There is Power in a Union." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world...

Unions in Ontario have come together to condemn Doug Ford's call of a provincial election instead of taking action. An interview with the president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, Laura Walton. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing: "We Shall Not be Moved." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world wit...

Jim Stanford, the director of the Centre for Future Work, says Trump's claims that Canada is subsidizing the US are complete nonsense but democracy is in peril. The LabourStart Report about union events. And singing: "Freedom and Justice." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing wo...

How fascism is at the core of the US national project. An interview with Jon Milton, a senior communications officer at the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives. The LabourStart report of union events. And singing: 'All You Fascists Bound to Lose.' RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the de...

Teamsters Canada is fighting corporations such as CN that are trying to destroy the constitutional right of workers to bargain collectively. An interview with Paul Boucher the president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Plus: Joe Glazer singing  'Union Train.'  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus o...

Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are on strike not only for themselves but to protect the jobs of many more workers. An interview with the president of the Canadian Labour Congress, Bea Bruske. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing: 'She's a Rebel Girl.'  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the w...

Donald Trump has threated to impose a tariff of 25 per cent on goods from Canada. A RadioLabour interview with the president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, Laura Walton. Plus the LabourStart report on union events. And singing: 'Hold That Line.' RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the d...

The federal government has mandated against telework. But the Public Service Alliance of Canada is fighting back for its members - and all Canadian workers. Also: the LabourStart report about union events. And the Workers' Song Community project.  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the devel...

A report by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions  has shown that there has been a sharp increase in spending on for-profit nursing agencies. Billions of dollars are being spent in the sector without much regulation and transparency on how the private companies operate. An interview with the report's author Queen's University  professor Joan Almost. RadioLabour is the international labour movem...

When 200 Amazon workers in Laval Quebec unionized the company argued in court that signing cards to join the union was unconstitutional. No. Card-signing is legal in Canada and the best way to organize a union. An interview with McGill assistant professor Barry Eidlin. The LabourStart report about union events. And Billy Bragg singing: 'There is Power in a Union.' RadioLabour is the international...

The United States has elected a fascist president with unchecked powers. What the effect on Canada will be. An interview with the president of Unifor, Lana Payne. The resistance against fascism in the US. The LabourStart Report about union events. And singing: 'All You Fascists Bound to Lose'.   RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events aro...

Albertan consumers and businesses have overpaid $24 billion in electricity costs since the sector was de-regulated in 2001. The Alberta Federation of Labour has released a report calling for re-regulation and a new Crown Corporation to be called Alberta Power. An interview with AFL president Gil McGowan. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union e...

Artificial Intelligence is changing workplaces with some benefits and many risks. The Canadian Union of Public Employees has produced an AI guide for unionists. An interview with CUPE Senior Researcher Sarah Ryan.  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rab...

If Donald Trump is re-elected as US president he may once again impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. A RadioLabour interview with USW District 6 Director Kevon Stewart. Plus the LabourStart report about union events. And singing: U N I O N.  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the d...

In this, the second in a two part series the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is described. A RadioLabour interview with Harris Freeman, a professor of labour and employment law at Western New England University.   RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners w...

Unifor - Canada's largest private sector union – has developed a national industrial strategy for the country's aerospace sector. Plus: the LabourStart report.  And rappin' for a new solidarity.  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide cove...

The Republican policy document 'Project 2025' calls for an end to public service unions, mass deportation of immigrant workers and other attacks on labour. A RadioLabour interview with Harris Freeman, a professor of labour and employment law at Western New England University. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a...