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The 1,200 employees of the American-owned company LifeLabs in British Columbia have been conducting rotating strikes to improve their wages, working conditions and medical services in the province. An interview with the president of the BC General Employees' Union, Paul Finch. Plus: the LabourStart Report about union events. And rappin' 'We Shall Not be Moved."

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. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

The Nova Scotia Government General Employees Union has reacted to a rise of domestic and intimate partner violence in the province with a campaign called 'Turn The Tide.' An interview with NSGEU president Sandra Mullen. The LabourStart Report about union events. And singing: "I'm Not Your Punching Bag." 

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. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

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 focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.