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Trade unions get scant coverage in modern mainstream media

Published on August 30, 2018 in Opinion/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

Back in the 1960s, 1970s, and into the ‘80s, almost all of the large newspapers in Canada had a reporter who specialized in labour-management relations. Wilf List covered labour for The Globe and Mail for an amazing 35 years. I wrote a labour relations column for the Toronto Star for 15 years (1968-1982), and the editorial staff of several other papers at the time also included labour columnists as well as labour reporters. Conventions of the largest labour unions and the Canadian Labour Congress attracted dozens of reporters. The names of union presidents were almost as well known as those of prominent politicians and corporate executives. Once a year, in my Star column, I listed, in order, the ten labour leaders I considered the country’s most influential, without having to identify them with much more than their names. Today, not a single daily newspaper employs a labour columnist, much less…

Disney’s workers: Realities, fantasies, and lessons for NL

Published on June 6, 2018 in Featured/Journalism by Conor Curtis

Disney is a word that inspires children across the world and the name of a company whose reputation stands for innocence, play, and beloved stories often featuring the victory of good over evil. But it’s a reputation built, squarely, upon the increasingly strained backs of America’s working class. In Orange County, California a Disney worker can expect to spend their day making every desire of visiting families come true, while watching their own hopes fade to dust as inflation and expenses speed ahead of their wages and benefits. “Sometimes I skip meals, so my kids can eat,” noted one worker speaking at a recent public roundtable entitled StopDisneyPoverty in Anaheim, California. The event, a live-stream of which is available for view, was intended to draw attention to the plight being faced by Disney’s employees, and was attended by Senator Bernie Sanders, who gave a speech defending workers’ rights to a fair wage…

We need solidarity now more than ever

Published on May 9, 2018 in Opinion/Uncategorized by Rizza Umali

“Power goes to two poles – to those who’ve got the money and those who’ve got the people.” — Saul Alinsky May 1st marks May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, when countless workers across the globe take to the streets to commemorate the sacrifice and struggle of a strong labour movement that faced state-sanctioned violence to bring us the 8-hour work day, wages, benefits, and safe working environments, while continuing to hold institutions and governments accountable in what shouldn’t be an uphill battle for fair working conditions and living wages but often is. As a student at Memorial University for the past six years, I am no stranger to the immense contribution workers on our campus make, to allow students to learn in a safe and supportive environment. Despite the crumbling infrastructure due to years of upper level mismanagement, a profound amount of effort goes into keeping classrooms,…

Measuring progress toward a better future

Published on November 23, 2017 in Featured by Mary Shortall

It’s time to look ahead toward the next provincial budget.

Acknowledging the labour movement on Canada’s 150th

Published on June 30, 2017 in The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

As we acclaim Canada’s builders after 150 years, the vital role of trade unions remains overlooked.

A movement is born

Published on May 1, 2016 in Journalism by Justin Brake

The provincial government’s 2016 austerity budget has sparked province-wide outrage and politicized a “whole new generation of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians [who are] not going away.”

Privatization of public services will hurt N.L.: town hall

Published on June 26, 2015 in Journalism by Justin Brake

“People Before Profit” speakers say privatization perpetuates inequality, reduces the quality of public services like healthcare and education, eats away at the fabric of our society — and most Newfoundlanders and Labradoreans can’t afford it anyway.

Budget 2015 is bad for the economy

Published on June 10, 2015 in Holding the Line by Mary Shortall

The PC’s austerity budget ignores the fiscal realities of a resource-based economy.

Great expectations

Published on February 19, 2015 in Holding the Line by Mary Shortall

Opportunities and challenges alike lie ahead for young workers in Newfoundland and Labrador

2014: Newfoundland & Labrador ‘Year in Review’

Published on January 16, 2015 in Journalism by Justin Brake

We need a ‘bigger picture’ perspective if we’re to achieve the large scale change we desperately need. The Independent was there to cover the stories that mattered most in 2014. Help us do it again this year: #GoIndy2015!

NL unions vow “fairness for all” fight in lead up to 2015 elections

Published on November 30, 2014 in Journalism by Daniel Miller

Members of the province’s labour movement gathered in St. John’s last week to discuss their mandate and strategy for ramping up efforts to achieve social and economic justice in Newfoundland and Labrador. Union leaders say political activism will be a key part of their fight.

Unions, political action, and fairness for everyone

Published on November 12, 2014 in Holding the Line by Mary Shortall

The NL Federation of Labour is holding a political action conference later this month, and there’s a lot on the agenda

Automation nation

Published on October 30, 2014 in Labour Pains by Deatra Walsh

In a world that’s desperate for jobs, why are we ‘innovating’ ourselves out of them?

How the government and unions solved their pension problem

Published on October 26, 2014 in Journalism by Hans Rollmann

In a country characterized by increasingly confrontational labour relations, an unlikely story of cooperation and negotiation emerges. Are there lessons in the experience for the rest of the country?

Working for the weekend

Published on October 16, 2014 in Home and Away by Nancy Cater

What do we do when our work ceases to be a motivational factor in our lives?

The threat of CETA: trade, investment and workers’ rights

Published on October 3, 2014 in Holding the Line by Mary Shortall

The damage CETA will wreak on our economy and our democratic rights is unprecedented. But it can still be stopped.

Minimum wage town hall spawns stories of poverty

Published on September 10, 2014 in Journalism by Justin Brake

Newfoundland and Labrador may be a so-called ‘have’ province, but despite the record corporate profits from our natural resource industries, thousands of minimum wage workers are living on or below the poverty line

Why Employment Insurance is an election issue

Published on August 6, 2014 in Holding the Line by Mary Shortall

A strong EI program is vital to strengthen our economy and our communities

Exotic bird goes North

Published on July 24, 2014 in Labour Pains by Deatra Walsh

Nowadays, being from Newfoundland is like being some sort of exotic bird.

Award-winning St. John’s songwriter releases fiery new workers’ anthem

Published on June 18, 2014 in Journalism by Hans Rollmann

TheIndependent.ca EXCLUSIVE DEBUT: Colleen Power’s “Crossing the Line” inspired by local strikes, takes aim at scabs.

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