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?
How are unions protecting workers’ health and safety as temperatures rise, fires and floods increase, and environmental regulations are gutted?

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.

The David Suzuki Foundation’s Stephen Thomas discusses the political challenges and possibilities for building a truly green Canadian electricity grid.

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.

The 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by Bhaskar Sunkara, who demonstrated a new vision for building economic democracy, removed from market dependence or centralized planning.

The UK-based climate activist and writer explains how the Conferences of Parties have bureaucratized climate organizing.

The longshoreman and leadership hopeful shares his vision for Canada’s NDP as the party of workers and everyday people.

Heather McPherson is channeling value-driven politics in her campaign for NDP leadership.

Tony McQuail is channeling decades of grassroots activism to platform rural issues and a green progressive vision for the federal NDP.


