Overview-to-Date: COVID-19 Labour Solidarity and Struggles
Since the novel coronavirus and cases of COVID-19 have been identified and grown in North America over the past month, instances of both labour struggles and solidarity have seen a …
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Peterborough Women in Labour
Way back in 1898, the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada called for the abolition of female labour in all branches of industrial life such as mines, factories, workshops, etc… …
Trent: A Neoliberal University
The year is 1982. Pierre Trudeau is still raising his children at 24 Sussex Drive. Ronald Reagan was elected just last year; he will occupy the White House for the …
Labour Day 2018
The Labour Day weekend… yay, a long weekend! The origins of Labour Day in Canada come from the late 1800s with the Nine Hour Movement started in Hamilton and the …
Food Service Workers Rally Against Precarity
On January 21, a rally took place in support of Food Service Workers who are currently in the midst of a labour dispute with Chartwells — a subsidiary of Compass …
A Quick Look at the Minimum Wage Increase
On January 1, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia saw the minimum wage take a drastic leap from $11.40 per hour to $14 per hour in the first installment of the …
Rally for Food Workers at Trent
The conflict between labour and ownership continues between food service workers at Trent University and Compass, a multinational corporation contracted by Trent University to manage the supply and delivery of …
Increase in Wages and Professional Development for Trent’s Academic Workers
On September 27th, CUPE 3908s’ second unit reached a 4 year agreement with Trent University that secured increases in wages for 350 academic workers at Trent University. Most of the …
4.3% unemployment in Peterborough: a misleading statistic
On April 9, the Peterborough Examiner’s local news featured a headline that read: “Peterborough’s March unemployment rate of 4.3% was lowest of Canada’s 34 census metropolitan areas.” The Statistics Canada …
Issue 20, college system investigation article
This is a response to the article entitled “Arthur investigates the controversial restructuring of the college system” by Reba Harrison and Ugyen Wangmo, dated March 25, 2016 on your website. …