Mitchell Thompson is a writer, editor and occasional radio producer based in Toronto.
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MagazineBusting the union-busters
As thousands of workers push to unionize, their bosses are hiring union-busting companies to cling to power. Here’s how you can out-organize your boss.
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MagazineThe strike-breakers’ playbook
For over 30 years, Canadian employers have turned to a private security firm called AFIMAC to help surveil picket lines, provide scab labour, and break strikes.
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Online-onlyAmazon, McDonald’s, A&W, Sleep Country, TJX Linked To Anti-Union Conference
Top Canadian companies were among the sponsors and attendees of Canada’s largest union-busting event, according to photos and documents obtained by Briarpatch.
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Online-onlyHow Honda’s anti-union monitor works
At a manufacturing plant in Ontario, Honda management maps out vulnerable “hot spots” on the shop floor as part of an effort to stop its workers from unionizing.
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Online-onlyPolice across Canada test out military equipment at private supplier ‘range day’
Experts say rising police militarization is a consequence of mixing police and military vendors at equipment expos
