November/December 2017

Between nursing, nurturing, and sleep deprivation, how does a freelancer making a stable living while parenting?

Letters between long-time friends Aina Kagis and Barb Byers on the labour movement past, present, and future.

How workers and activists are rebuilding their local economy in the aftermath of one of the world’s most devastating mining tragedies.

In B.C.’s biggest private-sector organizing drive in nine years, workers took on Canada’s casino giant.

How workers on the front lines of Canada’s opioid crisis are coping – and what organized labour can do to support them.

Funding for basic research is declining, leaving scientists unable to work effectively. While researchers are spending more time applying for scarce and competitive grants, scientific labour is placed on hold.

The history of segregated labour in Canada’s Jim-Crow era

An exclusive interview with this year’s Writing in the Margins contest judges, Janet Rogers and Fathima Cader.

How does the labour movement use the courts to advance the rights of workers?

Building a humane system to organize labour and resources is an enormous task, but it’s possible and urgent.

The world of work has changed and the labour movement has to meet this challenge and move beyond it.