Broadcast Date: April 21, 2019. Hosted & produced by Emily Leedham.

Chloe Rockarts reflects on conversations with public sector labour leaders in Alberta for a RankandFile.ca article called The Past, Present and Future of Workers' Power in Alberta. We reflect on tangible steps needed to build worker capacity to fight public sector cuts and privatization, build solidarity between unionized & non-unionized workers, and fight white supremacy.

http://rankandfile.ca/the-past-present-future-of-worker-power-in-alberta/

Emma Jackson from Climate Justice Edmonton reacts to Jason Kenney's 30 million dollar "war room" to fight "lies and misinformation" about Alberta's oil sands. CJE is fundraising to resist Kenney's attacks and build capacity among young organizers.

www.climatejusticeedmonton.ca

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Broadcast Date: April 21, 2019. Hosted & produced by Emily Leedham.

Chloe Rockarts reflects on conversations with public sector labour leaders in Alberta for a RankandFile.ca article called The Past, Present and Future of Workers' Power in Alberta. We reflect on tangible steps needed to build worker capacity to fight public sector cuts and privatization, build solidarity between unionized & non-unionized workers, and fight white supremacy.

http://rankandfile.ca/the-past-present-future-of-worker-power-in-alberta/

Emma Jackson from Climate Justice Edmonton reacts to Jason Kenney's 30 million dollar "war room" to fight "lies and misinformation" about Alberta's oil sands. CJE is fundraising to resist Kenney's attacks and build capacity among young organizers.

www.climatejusticeedmonton.ca

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Broadcast date is April 14, 2019. Hosted by Emily Leedham.

Today on the show, Robert Lee, an industrial electrician based in Alberta who has spent the last several years working on and off in the oil sands. Workers in the oil and gas industry have been used as a talking point by the Alberta NDP and United Conservative Party, both parties say they are the best choice for workers to get the trans mountain pipeline built and create more jobs in the industry. Albertans go to the polls on Tuesday, April 16th.

He’s an industrial electrician and oilfield automation programmer from Blackie, Alberta. He also teaches drop-in classes on handyman and home renovation topics for several continuing education facilities in Calgary. He's a married father of two, has worked as an electrician for 13 years, and was one of the first people in Canada to be CSA certified in solar power installation.

He has worked on and off in the oil sands and provides a bit of a window into the realities of working in the Patch, and why strong unions and labour standards matter for oil patch workers, and the challenges involved in building solidarity between migrant and non-migrant workers.

-Links-

https://www.pipestoneflyer.ca/provincial-election/no-government-can-bring-back-alberta-oil-boom-experts-say/

https://thenarwhal.ca/are-albertans-collecting-a-fair-share-of-oilsands-wealth/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suicide-rate-alberta-increase-layoffs-1.3353662

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-opioid-overdose-fatalities-hit-record-levels-last-year-data/

-Previous episodes on oil sands work--

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/fundraising-for-a-migrant-workers-organizing-centre-marco-luciano-migrante-alberta

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/the-saskatchewan-co-op-strikes-can-steel-workers-build-more-than-pipelines

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/a-just-transition-for-albertas-workers-dr-angele-alook-aupe-farid-iskandar-climate-justice-yeg

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Broadcast date is April 14, 2019. Hosted by Emily Leedham.

Today on the show, Robert Lee, an industrial electrician based in Alberta who has spent the last several years working on and off in the oil sands. Workers in the oil and gas industry have been used as a talking point by the Alberta NDP and United Conservative Party, both parties say they are the best choice for workers to get the trans mountain pipeline built and create more jobs in the industry. Albertans go to the polls on Tuesday, April 16th.

He’s an industrial electrician and oilfield automation programmer from Blackie, Alberta. He also teaches drop-in classes on handyman and home renovation topics for several continuing education facilities in Calgary. He's a married father of two, has worked as an electrician for 13 years, and was one of the first people in Canada to be CSA certified in solar power installation.

He has worked on and off in the oil sands and provides a bit of a window into the realities of working in the Patch, and why strong unions and labour standards matter for oil patch workers, and the challenges involved in building solidarity between migrant and non-migrant workers.

-Links-

https://www.pipestoneflyer.ca/provincial-election/no-government-can-bring-back-alberta-oil-boom-experts-say/

https://thenarwhal.ca/are-albertans-collecting-a-fair-share-of-oilsands-wealth/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suicide-rate-alberta-increase-layoffs-1.3353662

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-opioid-overdose-fatalities-hit-record-levels-last-year-data/

-Previous episodes on oil sands work--

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/fundraising-for-a-migrant-workers-organizing-centre-marco-luciano-migrante-alberta

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/the-saskatchewan-co-op-strikes-can-steel-workers-build-more-than-pipelines

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/a-just-transition-for-albertas-workers-dr-angele-alook-aupe-farid-iskandar-climate-justice-yeg

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Broadcast date: April 7, 2019. Hosted by Emily Leedham.

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Today on the show, Marco Luciano, director of Migrante Alberta. Migrante is fundraising for a workers centre, where migrants can connect to resources, each other,and organize. We’ll talk about Migrante’s new Fort MacMurray chapter, the U.N migration compact and Jason Kenney’s changes to the temporary foreign worker program as federal immigration minister.

www.migrantealberta.ca

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/05/migrant-workers-lured-to-canada-with-promise-of-good-jobs-instead-endured-modern-day-slavery.html

-Winnipeg Library Security-

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/library-protest-security-1.5082340

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/millennium-library-security-1.5084834

Open letter from a library worker

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTwhdVLQIObiAgtSBem9dC1c8MWR1Cs1hQVTUZbPWoeVxVhNs4olXL3YBH82skEnn73ZFvxgp7NCKIa/pub

Previous episode on library security

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/library-security-harm-reduction-in-the-workplace-garth-mullins-crackdown-owen-toews-bar-none

"Now is a great time to call your city councillor and demand that the security screenings be immediately suspended while the issue is finally being properly studied by the library and city council. Especially important are those on the The Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks."

Councillor Vivian Santos - Point Douglas - 204-986-8401

Councillor Sherri Rollins - Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry - 204-986-5878

Councillor John Orlikow - River Heights - Fort Garry - 204-986-5236

Councillor Ross Eadie - Mynarski - 204-986-5188

-UFCW 1400 Co-op Strike -

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/saskatoon-co-op-board-rejects-resolutions-submitted-ahead-of-annual-meeting

Call for nominations and candidates for Co-op Board of Governors

https://www.facebook.com/events/1319282818213023/

-Fight for $15 Saskatchewan-

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/sask-drops-to-lowest-minimum-wage-in-canada-workers-call-for-increase

https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/moe-hits-back-at-meili-if-im-sullied-by-views-of-rally-organizers-why-arent-you

- ATU Local 1505 votes no-

Clarification: ATU is only in the position to strike after the union votes in favour of a strike in a separate strike vote. The union does not yet have an official strike mandate.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-transit-workers-contract-vote-1.5086944

Broadcast date: April 7, 2019. Hosted by Emily Leedham.

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Today on the show, Marco Luciano, director of Migrante Alberta. Migrante is fundraising for a workers centre, where migrants can connect to resources, each other,and organize. We’ll talk about Migrante’s new Fort MacMurray chapter, the U.N migration compact and Jason Kenney’s changes to the temporary foreign worker program as federal immigration minister.

www.migrantealberta.ca

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/05/migrant-workers-lured-to-canada-with-promise-of-good-jobs-instead-endured-modern-day-slavery.html

-Winnipeg Library Security-

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/library-protest-security-1.5082340

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/millennium-library-security-1.5084834

Open letter from a library worker

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTwhdVLQIObiAgtSBem9dC1c8MWR1Cs1hQVTUZbPWoeVxVhNs4olXL3YBH82skEnn73ZFvxgp7NCKIa/pub

Previous episode on library security

https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/library-security-harm-reduction-in-the-workplace-garth-mullins-crackdown-owen-toews-bar-none

"Now is a great time to call your city councillor and demand that the security screenings be immediately suspended while the issue is finally being properly studied by the library and city council. Especially important are those on the The Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks."

Councillor Vivian Santos - Point Douglas - 204-986-8401

Councillor Sherri Rollins - Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry - 204-986-5878

Councillor John Orlikow - River Heights - Fort Garry - 204-986-5236

Councillor Ross Eadie - Mynarski - 204-986-5188

-UFCW 1400 Co-op Strike -

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/saskatoon-co-op-board-rejects-resolutions-submitted-ahead-of-annual-meeting

Call for nominations and candidates for Co-op Board of Governors

https://www.facebook.com/events/1319282818213023/

-Fight for $15 Saskatchewan-

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/sask-drops-to-lowest-minimum-wage-in-canada-workers-call-for-increase

https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/moe-hits-back-at-meili-if-im-sullied-by-views-of-rally-organizers-why-arent-you

- ATU Local 1505 votes no-

Clarification: ATU is only in the position to strike after the union votes in favour of a strike in a separate strike vote. The union does not yet have an official strike mandate.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-transit-workers-contract-vote-1.5086944

Broadcast date is March 31, 2019. Hosted by Emily Leedham. This show is supported by CKUW listeners, Patreon supporters and UFCW Local 832. Partner with www.RankandFile.ca

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Today on the show, Darren Stebeleski, a graphic designer and graphic design educator working on Treaty 1 territory. He is also a union steward and a member of Spark Poster, a collective of graphic designers working to support worker's movements and social justice causes. We’ll talk about the role of graphic design in labour organizing.

Follow Sparkposter

twitter.com/sparkposter

instagram.com/sparkposter

-Fight for $15 Art Build, Monday, April 15, 6-9 PM-

https://www.facebook.com/events/2456316431119233/

- Pallister's 30-cent increase is not enough-

https://soundcloud.com/user-500028046-910395830/pallisters-30-cent-min-wage-increase-is-not-enough-cjob-680-march-28

- News-

-SFL solidarity committee with co-op workers-

http://www.sfl.sk.ca/news/media-releases/2019/march-25-2019-saskatchewans-labour-movement-forms-solidarity-committee-to-help-striking-saskatoon-co

-URFA tentative agreement-

https://www.urfa.ca/images/pdf/Negotiations/UofR-Academic/2019-03-26_BargainingUpdate_V02.pdf

-Kenney declares war on workers-

http://rankandfile.ca/kenney-declares-war-on-workers/

-Cornwall alternative school funding restored-

https://globalnews.ca/news/5103679/saskatchewan-government-restores-funding-to-cornwall-alternative-school/

-Manitoba teachers protest closure of curriculum support centre-

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teachers-protest-resource-centre-closure-1.5076359

-Read-in at the Winnipeg library to protest security screenings-

https://www.facebook.com/events/303181287020286/

Broadcast date is March 31, 2019. Hosted by Emily Leedham. This show is supported by CKUW listeners, Patreon supporters and UFCW Local 832. Partner with www.RankandFile.ca

-Donate on Patreon-

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Twitter:

Twitter.com/Emily_Leedham_

Twitter.com/RFRadioPrairie

Today on the show, Darren Stebeleski, a graphic designer and graphic design educator working on Treaty 1 territory. He is also a union steward and a member of Spark Poster, a collective of graphic designers working to support worker's movements and social justice causes. We’ll talk about the role of graphic design in labour organizing.

Follow Sparkposter

twitter.com/sparkposter

instagram.com/sparkposter

-Fight for $15 Art Build, Monday, April 15, 6-9 PM-

https://www.facebook.com/events/2456316431119233/

- Pallister's 30-cent increase is not enough-

https://soundcloud.com/user-500028046-910395830/pallisters-30-cent-min-wage-increase-is-not-enough-cjob-680-march-28

- News-

-SFL solidarity committee with co-op workers-

http://www.sfl.sk.ca/news/media-releases/2019/march-25-2019-saskatchewans-labour-movement-forms-solidarity-committee-to-help-striking-saskatoon-co

-URFA tentative agreement-

https://www.urfa.ca/images/pdf/Negotiations/UofR-Academic/2019-03-26_BargainingUpdate_V02.pdf

-Kenney declares war on workers-

http://rankandfile.ca/kenney-declares-war-on-workers/

-Cornwall alternative school funding restored-

https://globalnews.ca/news/5103679/saskatchewan-government-restores-funding-to-cornwall-alternative-school/

-Manitoba teachers protest closure of curriculum support centre-

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teachers-protest-resource-centre-closure-1.5076359

-Read-in at the Winnipeg library to protest security screenings-

https://www.facebook.com/events/303181287020286/

Today’s broadcast date is March 24, 2019.

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Today on the show - lightning round of Prairie labour news, because a lot happened this week. Basia Sokal resigned as president of the Winnipeg Labour Council, the University of Regina Faculty served a strike notice, CUPW held a solidarity picket for UFCW 1400 Saskatoon Co-op workers, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver involved in the Humboldt crash, was sentenced to eight years in prison, prompting a look at trucking safety regulations in Canada, Saskatchewan's provincial budget review, and Manitoba Teachers protested the closure of a curriculum support centre.

Truck driver isn't the only one at fault in Humbolt tragedy

https://ricochet.media/en/2504/truck-driver-isnt-the-only-one-at-fault-in-humboldt-tragedy

CUPW Solidarity Rally with UFCW 1400 - recording by Mike Trottier

https://www.facebook.com/mike.trottier.77/videos/10158365712129899/

URFA Strike Notice

http://www.carillonregina.com/urfa-strike-notice-served/

Basias's resignation speech

http://rankandfile.ca/basia-sokal-resigns-as-winnipeg-labour-council-president/

Sask Budget Review

http://behindthenumbers.ca/2019/03/21/sk-budget-2019/

Winnipeg Curriculum Support Centre Read In

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/teachers-fighting-decision-to-close-curriculum-support-centre-1.4344975

Today’s broadcast date is March 24, 2019.

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Visit www.RankandFile.ca for more labour news across Canada.

Today on the show - lightning round of Prairie labour news, because a lot happened this week. Basia Sokal resigned as president of the Winnipeg Labour Council, the University of Regina Faculty served a strike notice, CUPW held a solidarity picket for UFCW 1400 Saskatoon Co-op workers, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver involved in the Humboldt crash, was sentenced to eight years in prison, prompting a look at trucking safety regulations in Canada, Saskatchewan's provincial budget review, and Manitoba Teachers protested the closure of a curriculum support centre.

Truck driver isn't the only one at fault in Humbolt tragedy

https://ricochet.media/en/2504/truck-driver-isnt-the-only-one-at-fault-in-humboldt-tragedy

CUPW Solidarity Rally with UFCW 1400 - recording by Mike Trottier

https://www.facebook.com/mike.trottier.77/videos/10158365712129899/

URFA Strike Notice

http://www.carillonregina.com/urfa-strike-notice-served/

Basias's resignation speech

http://rankandfile.ca/basia-sokal-resigns-as-winnipeg-labour-council-president/

Sask Budget Review

http://behindthenumbers.ca/2019/03/21/sk-budget-2019/

Winnipeg Curriculum Support Centre Read In

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/teachers-fighting-decision-to-close-curriculum-support-centre-1.4344975