RadioLabourCanada

Mar 07 2025 231 ep. 14 mins 54

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RadioLabour, the long running Canadian-based international labour news program, partners with rabble to produce a weekly Canadian edition. The program is available every Friday afternoon exclusively on rabble.ca.

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Striking to teach Alberta how to treat students

Mar 07 2025 14 mins

Thousands of CUPE education workers in Alberta are standing up for the province's students. Many of the workers have not had a raise in ten years, work multiple jobs and rely on food banks to feed their families. RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. I

Black unionists are creating spaces for themselves in the labour movement

Feb 28 2025 16 mins

Kevon Stewart is the director of District 6 of the United Steelworkers union. In November 2024 he was elected the international union's first Black district director. Plus: the LabourStart report about union events. And celebrating in song Viola Desmond. RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a

Alberta education workers fight secret anti-labour department

Feb 21 2025 17 mins

A secret office of the Alberta UCP government has been preventing school divisions from paying decent wages to their workers for years. The lack of adequate funding has been hurting students. A RadioLabour interview with the president of CUPE Alberta, Rory Gill. RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world

Black people? What black people?

Feb 14 2025 42 mins

Black workers often need to fight just to be recognized in the workplace. A report from a United Steelworkers District 6 conference on the Black Experience in Canada. The LabourStart Report about union events. And rappin' "Africville." RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in

Has Amazon scared off unionization?

Feb 07 2025 15 mins

With the closing of warehouses in Quebec Amazon is trying to stop its workers from unionizing. But Unifor's director of organizing, Justin Gniposky, says workers are fighting back and still want the protection of labour unions. Plus: Billy Bragg singing' "There is Power in a Union." RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union ev

Ontario unions tell Ford what to do with his election

Jan 31 2025 16 mins

Unions in Ontario have come together to condemn Doug Ford's call of a provincial election instead of taking action. An interview with the president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, Laura Walton. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing: "We Shall Not be Moved." RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events ar

25% tariffs, eh? So was NAFTA a mistake?

Jan 24 2025 23 mins

Jim Stanford, the director of the Centre for Future Work, says Trump's claims that Canada is subsidizing the US are complete nonsense but democracy is in peril. The LabourStart Report about union events. And singing: "Freedom and Justice." RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in

The United States of Fascism

Jan 17 2025 23 mins

How fascism is at the core of the US national project. An interview with Jon Milton, a senior communications officer at the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives. The LabourStart report of union events. And singing: 'All You Fascists Bound to Lose.' RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focu

How rail companies are breaking collective bargaining

Dec 20 2024 12 mins

Teamsters Canada is fighting corporations such as CN that are trying to destroy the constitutional right of workers to bargain collectively. An interview with Paul Boucher the president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Plus: Joe Glazer singing 'Union Train.' RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the

55,000 postal workers fight for millions of Canadian workers

Dec 13 2024 16 mins

Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are on strike not only for themselves but to protect the jobs of many more workers. An interview with the president of the Canadian Labour Congress, Bea Bruske. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing: 'She's a Rebel Girl.' RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour unio