The Life And Death Of Worker Resistance
When it comes to jobs, we live in very precarious times, with fewer and fewer people securing full-time work with benefits. Paradoxically, union membership continues to decline, while right-wing propaganda…
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Walmart’s Shameless Anti-Union Propaganda
This epitomizes why I don’t shop at Walmart. A training film was released yesterday showing the shameless propaganda the corporate giant uses to discourage those entertaining the seditious thought of…
A Cudgel Resurrected
To the red-meat crowd (a.k.a. the Harper base et alia), few things can seem more gratifying than an attack on unions. Viewed as the enemy of all that is good…
A Bit Of Anti-Union Hysteria From John Ivison
It’s funny, isn’t it, that the Harper regime can use our tax dollars to monitor us, manipulate us, and promulgate all kinds of propaganda, but somehow it’s not right, indeed…
Poilievre Declares War on "Radical Unions"
Posted by MoS, the Disaffected Lib: Pierre Backpfeifengesicht Poilievre has declared Conservative war on Canada’s “radical” unions and their electoral meddling. The Parliamentary Punk has sent out a letter asking…
Too Good Not To Share
This one’s for you, young Tim. H/t Union Thugs Recommend this Post
A Day Of Rest
Once again in my neck of the woods, we are experiencing punishing cold, cold that is predicted to remain throughout the week, so it seems like a propitious time to…
Walmart: Skirting Around Labour Laws
Excerpted from a slide on how management should speak to employees to discourage union talk. As reported by ThinkProgress, the above is but one of the ‘clever’ strategies for ensuring…
Hudak’s ‘Truth’ Exposed For The Lie It Is
In response to an opinion piece written by Stephen Skyvington espousing the Tim Hudak canard that mandatory union membership is one of the reasons Ontario is faring so badly economically,…
Oh Tim, Why Don’t You Stop Bothering Us?
When considering the political motivations of Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, the boy who would be premier, there seem to be only two possibilities: he is either an indefatigable…
On The Minimum Wage And Tim Hudak’s ‘Bold’ Plan For Ontario
Continuing on with the theme of the minimum wage, which groups in both Canada and the United States are demonstrating to significantly increase, The Star had a good letter in…
Joseph Stiglitz On Income Inequality
Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz recently gave a powerful speech at the annual AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles. Watching this video leaves one little choice but to feel a…
On Tasers And Tim
As usual, Star readers offer their penetrating commentary on recent events and the benighted Tim Hudak. Enjoy! 80-year-old woman tasered a day after rules changed, Sept. 4 I find it…
Another Union-Busting Eatery I Will Not Patronize
Several days ago I commented on a story from The Star about the unsavory labour practices of Richtree Market, a Toronto restaurant that ‘closed’ its business, terminated all of its…
So Many Stories, So Little Time
Most days that I post a blog entry, I choose my topic based on my reaction to news stories. Today, two disparate pieces seem particularly noteworthy, one that confirms what…
The Struggle For Dignity
All of us have a right to respect and dignity. Many of us do not receive it. Having been ‘educated’ in the Catholic system at a time when the application…
On Tim Hudak’s Evangelical Political Fervour
Crazed clerics are not the only ones possessed of an evangelical fervour. Young Tim Hudak, leader (at least for now) of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, is well-known for wanting…
Is Pierre Poilivre Related To Joe Oliver?
They certainly seem to be singing from the same hymn book. Orwellian and hypocritical are inadequate descriptors of this little twit: And speaking of Orwellian, how else might one describe…
Porter Air, Pension Funds, and Invisible Strikers
Many years ago, in the midst of my teaching career, there was a movement by a group of us to try to get the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to divest…
No Free Ride
I do hope young Tim Hudak enjoys this brief video, directed by Bruce McDonald: Recommend this Post