Tag Archives: workers

Radio: Fossil fuel workers pushing for a shift to renewables

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Scott

Luisa Da Silva is a geoscientist who has worked in the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and in mining. She is currently the executive director of an organization called Iron and Earth, which according to their website is “a worker-led … Continue reading →

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Radio: Grassroots education workers organizing for a #SafeReturn and a #JustRecovery

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Scott

Laura McCoy and Leela Acharya are teachers in Toronto and members of Ontario Education Workers United, a grassroots group of education workers from across Ontario committed to fighting for a strong, equitable, public, safe K-to-12 education system. Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

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Radio — Standing up against mass firings in BC’s hotel industry

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Scott

Stephanie Fung is the communications organizer for UNITE HERE Local 40, which represents workers in the hospitality industry in British Columbia. Rajani Tadaka is a hotel worker in Vancouver and a member of Local 40. In the wake of the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Climate justice organizing within the labour movement

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Scott

Tara Ehrcke is a teacher in Victoria, BC, and throughout her career she has been active in her union, the British Columbia Teachers Federation. Since 2018, her energies have been largely focused on the climate crisis, and she is part … 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 — Unionizing during the pandemic

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Scott

Christine Bro is the lead organizer with Local 2 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and she is based in Vancouver. Quentin Rowe-Codner is a sales associated at a private liquor store in Maple Ridge, BC. Scott Neigh interviews them about SEIU Local … Continue reading →

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Radio — Unions and online technology from the 1980s to COVID-19

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Scott

Derek Blackadder went to his first union meeting in the 1970s, and since the 1980s has been involved in multiple ways in shaping how the labour movement has made use of digital communication techology. Scott Neigh interviews him about that long history of … Continue reading →

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