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Event: Organizing the Tenant Class
A community conversation and book launch with author Ricardo Tranjan and local housing activists.
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Organized Labour Under an Organized System: An Introduction to Sectoral Bargaining in Germany
The German experience with sectoral bargaining should remind worker advocates that legislative reform is not a quick fix to the erosion of trade union power.
The German experience with sectoral bargaining should remind worker advocates that legislative reform is not a quick fix to the erosion of trade union power.
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Anti-Scab legislation does not increase strikes, despite corporate propaganda
There’s no evidence that banning replacement workers makes strikes longer. Employer organizations simply want to keep using scabs.
There’s no evidence that banning replacement workers makes strikes longer. Employer organizations simply want to keep using scabs.
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Losing sight at Site C
Court documents and FOI materials show BC Hydro knew shale would move at troubled construction project, yet Hydro proceeded with river diversion BC Hydro approved the pouring of massive amounts of concrete to build a buttress at its problem-plagued Site C dam project months before a critical drainage tunnel was…
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Getting to Net-Zero in Canada: Summary
Scale of the problem, government projections and daunting challenges The urgency of mitigating climate change through significant emission reductions is globally recognized—most recently with the call to transition away from fossil fuels at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28). Canada has long accepted…
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Canada at risk of huge lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended, warn civil society organizations and academics
Ottawa and London—Canada faces “huge financial risk” of lawsuits from British fossil fuel companies if the United Kingdom joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on present terms, warn civil society organizations and academics in a joint letter published today.
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Urgent action needed to control rent increases: Submission to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
On July 3rd, we shared our recommendations regarding BC’s Residential Tenancy Act and controlling rental costs in British Columbia with the BC Rental Housing Task Force. This is our submission. As we noted in our March submission to the BC government’s poverty reduction consultation, we believe that bold action to…
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Brief to House of Commons Finance Committee on Bill M-315
Download 102.73 KB 3 pages This brief was submitted on April 5, 2013 to the House of Commons Finance Committee for the hearing on Bill M-315. It was prepared by Dr. Christine Saulnier, Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Nova Scotia Office. Cette information est disponible en français: Mémoire…
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Over 125 organizations and advocates demand BC enact pay equity legislation
READ THE OPEN LETTER. VANCOUVER, UNCEDED XʷMƏΘKʷƏY̓ƏM (MUSQUEAM), SḴWX̱WÚ7MESH (SQUAMISH) AND SƏLILWƏTAɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) HOMELANDS – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates are calling on the BC government to urgently enact pay equity legislation. In an open letter addressed to Premier David Eby and key cabinet…
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Why Canada needs grassroots climate organizing
The climate crisis is a problem too big for anyone to solve on their own.
The climate crisis is a problem too big for anyone to solve on their own.
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How organizing led Nanaimo to adopt the doughnut economics framework
They started during the worst of the pandemic—and won.
They started during the worst of the pandemic—and won.
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Candidate forums can foster a collaborative climate movement
A Manitoba example of using the 5D framework for organizing
A Manitoba example of using the 5D framework for organizing
