Class Struggle - The Maple (Page 14)

As Union Density Plummets in Canada, New Strategies Are Need

If Canada’s long-term decline in union density is to be reversed, a combination of new organizing and legislative reform will be needed.

However, as is becoming increasingly obvious, lasting labour victories require mass mobilization, not dependence on the courts.

This month, nearly all workers at a Loblaw distribution warehouse in Calgary received layoff notices amid failed contract talks.

Multinational corporations are utilizing social justice rhetoric to portray a progressive public image while exploiting labour.

The Bank’s aggressive rate hikes will eventually produce the desired effect: thousands unemployed, wage stagnation and price deflation.

For this strike to be successful, unions across Ontario and Canada will need to offer more than strong words.

Governments and employers often hide behind the commitment of those doing gendered care work to justify substandard pay and conditions.

Reading the report, we see how unleashing the very ‘market forces’ the authors praise has created the problems they identify.

If the onset of the crisis last summer didn’t motivate us to fight for a progressive policy response, what’s coming down the pike should.