Many Alberta health-care workers are breathing a sigh of relief now that their unions have ratified new collective agreements in the previous two months. In December 22,000 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) members, mainly health-care workers, ratified a new contract. The 30,000 United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) members were not far behind, voting in […]

As of 11:00 am on Feb. 10, 2022, the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA) has been on strike. Following the example of the faculty at Concordia University of Edmonton, the ULFA has become the second faculty association in Alberta’s history to go on strike. The roughly 500 members of the ULFA have been without […]

Across Canada, COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted. Despite the recent devastation caused by the Omicron wave, which is not completely over, provinces including Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Manitoba have announced that they are scrapping measures including capacity limits, mask mandates, and vaccine passports. In order to justify these decisions, governments are changing their tunes. From official […]

As of Feb. 17, Oakville Transit drivers and maintenance workers have gone on strike.  While Unifor reps initially thought they had negotiated a deal, the voting results make it clear that it didn’t live up to the expectations and needs of the workers.  The Oakville Transit workers of Unifor Local 1256 represents 179 employees. They […]

Justin Trudeau has finally found his “just watch me” moment. In Canada it seems that world-historic figures and events do indeed appear twice. Pierre Trudeau for Justin Trudeau, the War Measures Act for the Emergencies Act. Marx was right—it really is a tragedy the first time and a farce the second. After weeks of inaction, the Trudeau […]

On Saturday, Feb. 12, a counter-protest to right-wing populism of the so-called “freedom” convoy was organized in Montreal. During this face-off, the police treated the two sides very differently. The double standard was obvious: dozens of riot police surrounded and intimidated the counter-protesters, while peacefully aiding the far-right convoy movement. The counter-protest, organized by No […]

On Feb. 14, 2022, a student-led group, Students Against Kenney, led a walkout and subsequent rally at the Alberta Legislature.  Over 150 students, teachers, MLAs, and workers joined to protest the UCP’s irresponsible and scientifically unsupported decision to lift mask mandates in schools which took effect on Feb. 14. Not only did Jason Kenney throw […]

Two hundred and eighty faculty at Oshawa’s University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) have been on strike since Feb. 10, after years of class size and workload increases. UOIT has the second-highest faculty-to-student ratios in Canada. Since 2016, the university has increased its reported share of large classes in first and fourth year by […]

CAA workers in London, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph and Cambridge have been on strike since Oct. 29. The main issues are wages and working conditions and the workers, organized with Teamsters Local 879, have been holding rotating pickets at each south central Ontario store. On Feb. 4, Fightback activists went out to show solidarity and bolster […]

Working class residents of Ottawa have begun to take matters into their own hands. On Saturday, Feb. 12 there was a march attended by almost 4,000. This was followed by a spontaneous blockade stopping trucks trying to join the convoy on Sunday. This fantastic development shows how to defeat the far right. After the politicians […]