Of the various social inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps none is greater than the discrepancy between the wealth accumulated by e-commerce companies like HelloFresh and the plight of their workforces.
For this week’s Class Struggle newsletter, I spoke with David Camfield about the ongoing faculty strike at the University of Manitoba.
Ford may have shifted his rhetoric, but his government is — and always has been — bad for workers.
Workers celebrated as essential only a year ago amidst a deadly pandemic are now being asked to accept stagnant wages, crumbling social infrastructure, and public sector austerity.
Rhetoric aside, the cancellation of the CRB shows that the Liberals are trying to return to the pre-pandemic status quo.
For this week’s Class Struggle newsletter, I had a conversation with economist Jim Stanford about public spending, deficits and debt, and what kind of program the left should demand in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Although many national economies are now rebounding, we’re far from replacing all the jobs that we’ve lost since February 2020 or from dealing with the broader pandemic economic fallout.
The Pandora Papers reveal that there is no shortage of wealth in the world with which to address the environmental, social and economic crises we collectively face.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is on the cusp of calling a strike that could grind Hollywood to a halt.