On Bill C-39: The Feds’ Controversial New Labour Law
Bill C-39 adopts a philosophy that labour rights are important, but also sometimes an impediment to “building Canada.” That is not a great message for labour rights.
Empowering Workers
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Terminal Profits: Carney’s Push to Privatize Canada’s Airports
Defenders of this privatization have already pushed back against concern, arguing that Canadian airports aren’t publicly owned. Then why the need to privatize, and who’s airport is it anyway?
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The Escalating Crisis in Canada-US Trade Negotiations: An Explainer
With the collapse of 2026 US-Canada trade negotiations in August and the implementation of counter-tariffs by Prime Minister Mark Carney in early September, Canadians are left wondering what happened and what comes next.
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The Price of a Promise
Since money always enables a claim on real resources, it provides power in the real world. How it does so, however, is a complicated story mediated by legal and political institutions.
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Unpaid Work Won’t Fly: How Air Canada Flight Attendants Organized
Flight attendants forced their employers back to the bargaining table to end unpaid work and negotiate for fair wages.
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Class & Climate: Workers’ Safety in the Climate Crisis
How are unions protecting workers’ health and safety as temperatures rise, fires and floods increase, and environmental regulations are gutted?
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Moses Coady: Antigonish Awakening
Moses Coady’s ideas about collectivism and co-operation represented the first real challenge to the conservatism of Nova Scotia’s political culture.
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Shaping Canada’s Economic Future with Barry Sawyer, Bea Bruske, and Magali Picard
At the Broadbent Institute’s 2026 Progress Summit, Canada’s labour leaders explained how unions are standing up for workers amid cuts to public services and war-shock inflation.
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Bâtir l’avenir économique du Canada avec Barry Sawyer, Bea Bruske, et Magali Picard
Au Sommet sur le progrès – édition de 2026, les leaders syndicaux ont expliqué comment les syndicats défendent les travailleurs et travailleuses, face aux compressions dans les services publics et à l’inflation liée aux guerres.
