Workers Issues in the Canada

Interview with striking Vale Inco workers

By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, September 10, 2009

The WSWS interviewed striking Vale Inco workers in Port Colborne, Ontario, on Tuesday.

Workers struggles: The Americas

September 8, 2009

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Workers struggles: The Americas

September 1, 2009

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Canada: Vale Inco unveils strikebreaking operation

By Carl Bronski, September 1, 2009

As 3,100 striking miners in Sudbury, Ontario enter their eighth week on the picket lines, mining giant Vale Inco has announced plans to resume production in what would be an unprecedented strikebreaki...

Workers Struggles: The Americas

August 18, 2009

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Workers Struggles: The Americas

August 4, 2009

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Toronto city workers no-concession struggle in danger

By Keith Jones, July 29, 2009

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has moved to shut down a five week “no concessions” strike by 24,000 City of Toronto inside and outside municipal workers.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

July 28, 2009

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“The union is not being responsible to its members”

Interviews with striking Toronto municipal workers

By a WSWS reporting team, July 27, 2009

As the strike has progressed, more and more workers have rejected their leadership’s gag order and spoken out, sometimes quite bitterly, about their experiences on the picket line.

Canada: Windsor city workers strike betrayed

By David Walsh, July 27, 2009

The 1,800 municipal workers in Windsor, Ontario, on strike for 101 days, were betrayed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union and the entire union appa...

CUPE leadership isolating Toronto city workers’ strike

By Carl Bronski, July 27, 2009

As the bitter strike by 24,000 Toronto municipal workers enters its sixth week, there is a growing disquiet amongst the membership.

Windsor, Ontario city workers strike

Reject the concessions contract!

By Socialist Equality Party (Canada), July 24, 2009

Windsor municipal workers should reject the tentative agreement that has been reached. Everything points to the fact that the Canadian Union of Public Employees has dropped the central issue in the st...