The December 23rd Black Friday Walmart strike in the US is about dignity and fairness for Walmart workers and an end to Walmart retaliation when they speak out for those reasonable and just demands.  It is informal and decentralized, yet has proven to be exceptionally effective – perhaps for those very reasons. I am  Read more »

Below are some pictures I took at the CUPE 4948 library workers  strike rally at Toronto city hall today.  If you love your library, please support them! Check out their site here: CUPE local 4948 I have lived in a few different cities over the years and I have seen how devastating funding cuts can  Read more »

On January 1st, 2012 Caterpillar, Inc locked out 465 workers at Electro-Motive, its London, Ontario locomotive plant, after offering a contract that would cut workers’ wages & benefits by more than half (to approximiately $16.50/hr). Picket lines have been set up (photo), a long lockout is expected, and there are indications that Caterpillar is simply  Read more »

Here are a few photos I took at the rally and picket line on Saturday in London in support of the locked out Caterpillar/Electro-motive workers (click to pop up images and for captions):

  In light of Occupy Wall Street and the spinoffs that are growing in many other cities, there have been a large number of excellent articles and studies going around looking at the top 1% of income earners in the United States.  I have included links to some of them below. This U.S. focused reading  Read more »

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and its allies in the labour movement rallied at Canada Post’s Yonge and Dundas offices. They rallied against Canada Post’s lock out of workers and the Harper government’s back-to-work legislation. Here are a few photos I took at the rally (click to pop up images and for captions):

Wednesday June 22nd 9am, Yonge and Dundas I just received this postal workers mass picket and rally flyer from the Toronto and York Region Labour Council.  The Harper government’s rapid push for back-to-work legislation has essentially rigged bargaining in favour of Canada Post, writes CEP VP Fred Wilson, and is a message that “Labour will  Read more »