By Roger Annis, Feb 17, 2014–I have reported extensively on this website about the two sawmill explosions in northern British Columbia in January and April of 2012 that killed four workers and injured dozens. Many of the workers were of …
By Roger Annis, Feb 14, 2014 VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has decided it will appeal a damning BC Supreme Court ruling on January 27 that said the province has grossly violated the bargaining rights of teachers and Canada’s …
By Roger Annis, Jan 16, 2014 No charges will be laid against the owners of Babine Forest Products for the fire and explosion that destroyed its sawmill located in Burns Lake, B.C. in January 2012. The explosion killed two workers …
By Mike Treen, The Daily Blog, Dec 21, 2013 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND–In the course of this past week, Unite Union has dealt with several cases of extreme exploitation of migrant workers. It seems that some of the liquor shops around …
By Roger Annis Dec 13, 2013–As Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper was mixing it up with world leaders at the funeral service for Nelson Mandela, his government at home dropped a bombshell, a shocker. Harper’s government wants Canada to become …
The Unionization of McDonald’s and the McDonald’s-ization of Unions By Erik Forman, published in Counterpunch, digital exclusive, Vol. 20, #10, Nov 4, 2013, The author wrote an article on the example of the Unite union in New Zealand that was …
By Roger Annis, Oct 11, 2013 Nova Scotia’s NDP government went down to defeat on October 8 at the hands of the Liberal Party. It won 27% of the vote and only seven seats. Premier Darrell Dexter lost his seat …
Rank and File.ca is publishing a very informative series of interviews with members of the new Unifor union in Canada. I enclose the latest R&F bulletin below outlining the series to date. I highly recommend listening to the interview with …
By Roger Annis Sept 11, 2013–Below is an informative commentary by Toronto Star columnist on the conservative economic program of the federal NDP under leader Tom Mulcair. Enclosed below that is a letter to Walkom by myself, clarifying a point …
Ed Miliband set for TUC showdown over Labour’s union links Labour leader vows to press ahead with reforms despite Unite being cleared of allegations of vote-rigging Toby Helm, political editor, The Observer, September 7, 2013 Ed Miliband is heading for …