Politics and its Discontents

When (s)he is a 'replacement worker'. I have always loved the word 'scab'. A fitting description of strikebreakers, it is ...

Continuing on with the theme of the minimum wage , which groups in both Canada and the United States are demonstrating to significantly incr...

Several days ago I commented on a story from The Star about the unsavory labour practices of Richtree Market , a Toronto restaurant that &...

The union movement is one of the last remnants of the great postwar pact between labour, capital and government. That pact provided ...

Although I believe unreservedly in the vital role that unions play in both protecting and promoting workers' rights, I make no apol...

Reading my morning Star , I learned that there is wide-spread support among the public for austerity measures to reduce Ontario's defici...

While it will likely come as no surprise to many, the Harper Government has within its sights the CBC, the sometimes irksome public broadcas...