unions

The Year Ahead: Business in 2023

“In other words, fasten your seatbelt”

“I want to unionize as many Starbucks as I can get”

Union organizer Pablo Guerra helped employees band together at Canada’s only unionized Starbucks. Now, he’s at the head of unionizing efforts underway across the country

As the age of AI looms, what is the future for labour and unions?

Opinion: Amid fears that AI could threaten jobs, unions can keep doing what they’ve always done to survive in a brave new future—and even potentially inspire a more ambitious mission

York university strike: Confusion on campus

With professors contradicting official communications, attendance for some classes is sparse while others are still full

Trump has forced the left and right to ask: What do we stand for?

For the Conservatives and the NDP, both in the midst of leadership races, the new U.S. president’s policies have triggered a serious identity crisis. Call it the Trump test.

Why youth and unions can’t seem to see eye to eye

As unions try to find ways to attract young people, their membership remains dominated by older workers

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Why I’m skeptical of Ryerson’s food fix

The affordability problem is hard to address

Justin Trudeau and unions

Should a political leader accept thousands of dollars from an interest group and then take positions on policy issues that defend the interests of that group?

Q&A with Thomas Mulcair

The leader of the NDP talks to Aaron Wherry about Layton’s legacy, carbon pricing, the Liberal leadership race and Twitter

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C-377 passes

After two proposed amendments were passed and one defeated, C-377 passed the House last night by a vote of 147-135. Five Conservatives voted against: Brent Rathgeber, Mike Allen, Patricia Davidson, Ben Lobb and Rodney Weston.

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C-377 comes to a vote

Bill C-377, the union disclosure bill which John Geddes wrote about last month, will come to a vote in the House this evening. Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber, who expressed concerns about the bill in October, is planning to vote against it.