Tag Archives: labour movement

Radio — The fight to raise the minimum wage in Ontario

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309584316-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-61-may-12014-the-fight-to-raise-the-minimum-wage-in-ontario.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Sonia Singh of the Toronto Workers Action Centre and Anthony Tambureno of the Peel Regional Labour Council talk about the province-wide campaign by community groups, workers centres, unions, faith organizations, and … 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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Radio — Changing times, changing labour: IAMAW District 78

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309566724-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-44-dec-252013-changing-times-changing-labour-iamaw-district-78.mp3] On this week’s Talking Radical Radio, lead organizer Scott Jackson of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) District 78, talks about how his union, historically based in large manufacturing workplaces, has responded to changing times by … Continue reading →

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Radio — Coffeeshop workers in Halifax get organized: Baristas Rise Up

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309557616-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-30-sep-182013-coffeeshop-workers-in-halifax-get-organized.mp3]   On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, coffeeshop workers Charlie Huntley and Shelby Kennedy talk about being worker-organizers with the Baristas Rise Up campaign.   Workers in the service sector often don’t make a lot of money, … Continue reading →

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Talking Radical Radio: Shop-Floor Organizing in the Non-Profit Sector

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, worker/organizer David Stannton talks about his involvement in building a successful shop-floor response to counter management attempts to impose significant concessions on workers at the immigrant-serving not-for-profit agency where he works. The … Continue reading →

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Talking Radical Radio: Challenging wage theft with direct action

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Alex Diceanu, a trade unionist and a community organizer in Hamilton, Ontario, talks about his work with Steel City Solidarity. Rather than depending on bureaucratic mechanisms or government action, SCS mobilizes people … Continue reading →

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