m.belanger@radiolabour.org

RadioLabourCanada

News EN ↓ 285 episodes

RadioLabour, the long running Canadian-based international labour news program, partners with rabble to produce a weekly Canadian edition. The program is available every Friday afternoon exclusively on rabble.ca.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: rabble.ca

Author

m.belanger@radiolabour.org

Category

News

Podcast website

rabble.ca

Latest episode

Oct 30, 2026

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android almost 10M downloads · 4.7+ rating iOS soon

Episodes

Why hundreds were infected at the Cargill meat plant 22.01.2021

An interview with UFCW Local 401 communications officer Michael Hughes about the COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill plant in Alberta where hundreds were infected and two workers died.

Labour fights to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 15.01.2021

Bill C-15 would affirm the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is applicable to Canadian law. Unifor's Indigenous Liason Gina Smoke discusses labour's fight to have the bill passed.

Fighting the rise of the radical right wing 08.01.2021

As fascism increases in the U.S. and Britain, unions have released a guide on how labour unions can fight back.

Union rights are human rights 11.12.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How to confront the far right. And more.

Saving Alberta's advanced education from privatization 04.12.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees is fighting ideological cuts to advanced education. Global wages fall because of the pandemic. And more.

Ontario won't fund the fight to save kids from COVID-19 27.11.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: The Ontario government has $9 billion to spend on schools, but refuses. Violence against women transport workers. And more.

New ways to fight grocery corporations needed 20.11.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Dominion workers won more full-time jobs, but new bargaining strategies needed. The pandemic's effect on women teachers. And more.

What African unions want from Biden 13.11.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: South Africa's COSATU wants a workers first agenda. Why huge data collection on students threatens privacy. And more.

Ontario government withholds $9 billion in COVID funding 06.11.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: 500 Ontario schools hit by virus while government withholds money. Union organizing during a pandemic.

Make Air Canada the people's airline again 30.10.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: An Air Canada bailout should mean government shares. The Canadian Labour International Film Festival. And more.

Extraditing Julian Assange would criminalize journalism 23.10.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Why Assange should not be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. The Newfoundland strike for Canadian grocery workers. And more.

How a little newspaper started labour journalism in Canada 16.10.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: More than a century ago the Rossland Evening World in B.C. showed what a union newspaper could be. Plus the plight of Amazon workers.

21,000 health-care workers infected with COVID-19 09.10.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Nurses' union says governments have mismanaged the pandemic. And the Ontario Labour Relations Board rules against education unions.

The huge holes in Canada's social safety net 02.10.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Labour is demanding services such as unemployment insurance must be fixed now.

Fighting anti-Indigenous racism in media coverage 25.09.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: a Unifor webinar focused on racism and genocide against Indigenous people and provided solutions.

Striking Dominion workers fighting for all grocery employees 18.09.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: grocery workers in Newfoundland and Labrador on strike to maintain pandemic pay and full-time jobs. Reforming post-pandemic corporations. And more.

Labour's action plan for a post-pandemic Canada 11.09.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report returns with a new season. The Canadian Labour Congress program for a greener economy and full employment.

How Foodora couriers won a major union victory 26.06.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Foodora workers proved that couriers are dependent workers. Plus: 200,000 seafarers are stuck at sea. And more.

CUPE says white privilege must be confronted 19.06.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: CUPE president Mark Hancock tells his 700,000 members that Black lives matter, and white privilege must be acknowledged and confronted.

WTO agreement will give corporations more control over countries' data 12.06.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: A world e-commerce agreement could give big data corporations control over Canadian regulations. And, a global law could help women during the pandemic.

Canadian union fights America's notorious immigration police 05.06.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: How the BCGEU used its shareholder power to attack Thomson Reuters' contracts with ICE.

Long-term care workers deserve long-term decent jobs 29.05.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: The shame of long-term care homes. CERB denies income to hundreds of thousands. And more.

The pandemic and women workers 22.05.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Pandemic hits women workers in male-dominated sectors the hardest.

Reorganizing the economy will be done under NAFTA 2.0 15.05.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: Steelworkers say CUSMA -- the new Canada-US-Mexico trade deal -- is flawed.

Labour working for a redesigned economy 08.05.2020

RadioLabour's Canada Report: The Canadian Labour Congress and Unifor are organizing to build permanent changes for front-line workers.

Listen to the RadioLabourCanada podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.