YOGA CLASSES AREN’T GONNA DO IT. The stress at work is still gonna get ya—and even kill ya—way too often. Proof of…
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PAULO’S RIGHT HAND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. The damage done in a meat grinder accident at work is too severe. You’d…
CANADA COULD USE A LITTLE URUGUAY. In 2013, The Economist named Uruguay the “country of the year.” How did an obscure, little…
THE DEMAND FOR DECENT WORK IN ONTARIO AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER. That was the message thousands flooded into downtown Toronto to…
THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW BRUNSWICK HAS DECIDED TO TRUST THE EXPERTS. It will continue to work with public service workers to improve…
THE DEMAND FOR DECENT WORK IN ONTARIO AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER. That was the message thousands flooded into downtown Toronto to…
ALL SHE COULD DO WAS SCREAM FOR HELP. Her personal security alarm was out of reach and next to useless anyway. It…
IT’S TOUGH TO FIND A GOOD JOB THESE DAYS. So tough even the banks admit it. That’s just what the Canadian Imperial…
OUT OF WORK. OUT OF MONEY. DIDN’T MATTER. THEY HAD EACH OTHER. Nine baristas are the worker-owners of a new coffee shop…
HOW DO WE HANDLE THE TRUTH ABOUT WORK? We ignore it.
We ignore the stark reality that working for a living for…
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS JUST SAID NO. They simply refused to be part of Donald Trump’s plan to separate immigrant kids from their moms…
WORKING AS A BUILDING MANAGER IS NO DREAM JOB. The responsibilities are high, the pay is low, overtime is almost never paid.…
COLIN KAEPERNICK FINALLY MADE THE STARTING LINEUP. But not with the NFL. The blackballed quarterback was picked by Amnesty International to receive…
THE BOSS LIED TO THEM FOR YEARS AND THEY KNEW IT. They knew their work was making them sick. They knew a…
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On day 597 of a lockout of workers by D-J Composites in Gander, N.L., Unifor…
FRENCH WORKERS ARE FREE AT LAST. They no longer have to be connected to work by mobile phone or internet 24/7.
Effective…
At the CALM Conference we hosted a trivia night for delegates. Here are the questions and answers!
Round 1
In Canada and…
2017 Annual Conference Trivia questions and answers
At the CALM Conference we hosted a trivia night for delegates. Here are the questions…
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled the North Bay Regional Health Centre was wrong to fire her in February 2016 for talking in…
LJUDMILA PETROVIC HAS RECURRING NIGHTMARES. Wulfgang (Serina) Zapf is “traumatized, burnt out and exhausted.” Sara Davidson fights the fear of working alone,…
JEAN SWANSON AIMS TO REVOLUTIONIZE POLITICS IN VANCOUVER. She says the first step will be to elect her to Vancouver city council…
RICHARD SOLOMON IS A HERO TODAY. He is also living proof of the value of a strong public service.
Richard is on…
DONALD TRUMP GIVES POPULISM A BAD NAME. The “populism” he purveys is not even real populism. It is a deformed and twisted…
BETTINA SCHUURMAN DIDN’T WANT TO DIE FOR SUPPLY MANAGEMENT. She wanted to live for it. That’s not how it worked out.
Bettina, 55,…
WALK THE TALK AND EVERYBODY WINS. That’s the lesson school teachers left their classrooms to teach in West Virgina in March. They…
BETWEEN THE LINES BOOKS IS A BOSS-FREE ZONE. And it works.
It works so well the collective is one of the most…
YOU JUST CAN’T TRUST THE BOSS. Irving Shipyard workers in Halifax learned that lesson again January 25 when they checked their pay…
LIANE TESSIER HAS A BURNING DESIRE TO SEE JUSTICE DONE. It brought her victory in her battle against systemic sexual discrimination and…
WE DON’T NEED MOVIE STARS TO REMIND US. We all know far too many men prey on the women who work for…
WORK CONSTRUCTION AND YOU KNOW DEATH OR INJURY IS JUST ONE FALL AWAY. Any time, any place falls happen: from the top…