Tag Archives: labour

Radio: Immigrant workers confronting the people who exploit them

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Scott

Simran Kaur Dhunna and Bikram Singh are members of the Naujawan Support Network, a group of international students and immigrant workers primarily based in Brampton, Ontario, who are challenging the exploitation and mistreatment that their members face using protest, mutual … Continue reading →

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Radio: Artists as workers — a new model for organizing

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Scott

Jonny Sopotiuk is a visual artist, a curator, and a community and labour organizer. Zandi Dandizette is a new media installation artist and an arts and culture worker. Both are founding members of the Vancouver Artists Labour Union Co-operative (VALU … Continue reading →

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Radio — Migrant agricultural workers demanding dignity

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Scott

Scott Neigh — Talking Radical Radio · Migrant agricultural workers demanding dignity Hector Balderos Campos is from Mexico and he has been coming to Canada as a migrant agricultural worker for 15 years. He is also a member of the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Black workers building links, fighting back

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310066061-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-195-dec-142016-black-workers-building-links-fighting-back.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Mark Brown about the work of the Canadian chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU). The CBTU brings together Black workers from across the labour … Continue reading →

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Radio — A new Canada-wide coalition of migrant workers

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309849417-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-143-dec-92015-a-new-canada-wide-coalition-of-migrant-workers.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Tzazná Miranda Leal. She is a long-time organizer with migrant workers, and she has been centrally involved in the recent founding of this country’s first-ever national coalition of … Continue reading →

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Radio — Bringing red and green together: The Vancouver Ecosocialist Group

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309581093-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-55-mar-192014-bringing-red-and-green-together-the-vancouver-ecosocialist-group.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Roger Annis talks about the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group and their commitment to the idea that thinking deeply about how capitalism works must be central to challenging the harm it does to … Continue reading →

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Radio — An unusual local and an unusual lockout?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309580545-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-54-mar-122014-an-unusual-local-and-an-unusual-lockout.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Saira Chhibber talks about Local 1281 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and about a long but recently ended lockout experienced by some of their members. We are living … Continue reading →

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