Thursday, August 6th, 2009
With the recent municipal workers’ strike ending in Toronto, it is useful to reflect on the role of public sector unions, and why so many of these unions have been going on strike in the recent months.
Unions were originally conceived in the days when employment conditions were poor, worker safety was nonexistent, wages were low, [...]
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
CUPE3903, “representing” graduate students, part-time faculty, and teaching assistants at York University and their three-month long strike charade is about to come to an end. After a government appointed negotiator finally told us what we all knew already – that the two sides are irreconcilable – Premier McGuinty finally decided to start the motions of [...]