Ticketmaster CEO weighs in on high prices“In sports […] it’s like a badge of honour to spend 70 grand for a Knicks courtside, but they beat me up if we charge $800 for Beyoncé.”
CUPE 79 execs sabotage Hot Cargo Kills campaignThis week, I was prevented from raising the Hot Cargo Kills campaign at my membership meeting.
The main idea that I heard over and over is that this struggle needs to be bigger, get more solidarity from the other unions in the industry, and to quote one worker: “At this point, I think we need a general strike.” — Jacob G., Toronto
Immiserate yourselves for the nation!While less office days is generally beneficial to workers, it’s not beneficial to corporate landlords and financiers who derive profits and rents from corporate real estate.
“We aren’t a charity!”—how Canadian banks rob the working classWhen my coworker raised their case with a supervisor, the response was blunt: “We aren’t a charity!”
Austerity continues to hurt the most vulnerableI used to volunteer for a domestic violence hotline and while I never took stats, I would say at minimum 85 per cent of the people could not leave their situation due to money.