Our Times back issues from October 2001:
Canadian labour's untold stories: The Workers' Millenium Project [Four videos documenting labour history 1900-2000, and a CD: Working/Travailler, The Story of Canadian Labour/L'Histoire du travail au Canada (1900-2000)]
Oct 01, 2001; ... "WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, the labour movement finds solidarity!" declared Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour. His fighting words brought a stomping crowd of B.C. teachers to its feet this past summer, the same week that the newly elected Liberal government declared ...
United States and Nations: solidarity for how long?
Oct 01, 2001; ... SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE outrage committed in New York and Washington, D.C., by a group of religious fanatics, I wrote a column for this space that, ironically, portrayed the United States as an international outlaw on the world's stage. This is not that column -- though its point is still valid ...
[Building a better world: an introduction to trade unionism in Canada]
Oct 01, 2001; ... THINK FAST. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR Canadian workers of syndicalism and social democracy? The Wagner Act and the Padlock Laws? Operation Solidarity and the Social Contract? Proletarianization and pay equity? If you're feeling a bit vague, read this book. Most well-read ...
The job of helping people find jobs: an employment counsellor's story
Oct 01, 2001; ... ONE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BEING an employment counsellor is that we have jobs to give people. If only. "You don't have jobs to give them, so what do you do?" asked my traditional Chinese mother, while I was working as a counsellor in Toronto. (She laments my recent decision to go ...
Corporate misconduct in the Americas: asking questions, building solidarity [United Steelworkers inquiry into corporate conduct at the Peoples' Summit, Quebec City]
Oct 01, 2001; ... JANET BARZOLA IS USED TO TRAVELLING, but not on holidays. In her case, travel often means the time she spends getting close to the mining camp where her husband lives and works, so she can secretly meet him. If the company he works for finds out he has a wife, he could be fired. "The companies ...
Our movement, our future: what's next?
Oct 01, 2001; ... IN JUNE 2001, THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH on Work and Society, in Toronto, brought together 100 academics, trade unionists and community activists for a two-day conference called Two Faces of the New Work Order. The first day was called Challenging the Market: The Struggle to Regulate Work and ...
Shaking things up: unions in a rapidly changing world
Oct 01, 2001; ... CHANGE IS ABOUT SHAKING THINGS UP. This can be a little annoying, since most of us don't like things to be shaken up. In fact, our first response when faced with a demand to change is often to become defensive, and even to go through denial about the need to change. I'll give you a U.S ....
Young people and unions: making the connection [UFCW Local 401 youth conference]
Oct 01, 2001; ... ABOUT 37 PER CENT OF WORKERS IN CANADA ARE unionized. However, only about 11 per cent of young people are union members. So, if the labour movement is to have a future, the question must be: How can we organize more young people? I called Chris O'Halloran recently to see what he thought about ...
Standing the gaff: the end of Cape Breton's coal mining tradition
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE DEMISE OF COAL MINING in Cape Breton appears to be just another instance of jobs being eliminated in an economically depressed area, without any feeling for the local communities. However, there is more to this story than just more lost jobs in Cape Breton, or more lost jobs in Canada's ...
Canadian Labour's Untold Stories: The Workers' Millennium Project; Brave Beginnings (1900-1929) // Hard Times & High Hopes (1929-1945) // The New Militancy (1965-1984) // Holding the Line (1984- The New Millennium) // Working/Travailler; The Story of Canadian Labour
Oct 01, 2001; ... Canadian Labour's Untold Stories: The Workers' Millennium Project; Brave Beginnings (1900 - 1929) Hard Times & High Hopes (1929 - 1945) The New Militancy (1965 - 1984) Holding the Line (1984 - The New Millennium); Working/Travailler; The Story of Canadian Labour "WHEN THE GOING GETS ...
Corporate misconduct in the Americas: Asking questions, building solidarity
Oct 01, 2001; ... CORPORATE MISCONDUCT IN THE AMERICAS: Asking Questions, Building Solidarity JANET BARZOLA IS USED TO TRAVELLING, but not on holidays. In her case, travel often means the time she spends getting close to the mining camp where her husband lives and works, so she can secretly meet him. If ...
Shaking things up: Unions in a rapidly changing world
Oct 01, 2001; ... SHAKING THINGS UP: Unions in a rapidly changing world CHANGE IS ABOUT SHAKING THINGS UP. This can be a little annoying, since most of us don't like things to be shaken up. In fact, our first response when faced with a demand to change is often to become defensive, and even to go through ...
Unions Don't Bite
Oct 01, 2001 ... UNIONS DON'T BITE In the summer of 1999, six young members participated in a youth task force organized by UFCW Canada Locals 175 and 633 (United Food and Commercial Workers). During that summer, some of them decided they wanted to find out exactly what young people in general had to say ...
The ABCs of the movement: Building a Better World; An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada; By Errol Black and Jim Silver
Oct 01, 2001; ... The ABCs of the MOVEMENT: Building a Better World; An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada By Errol Black and Jim Silver THINK FAST. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR Canadian workers of syndicalism and social democracy? The Wagner Act and the Padlock Laws? Operation Solidarity ...
Our movement, our future: What's next?
Oct 01, 2001; ... OUR MOVEMENT, OUR FUTURE: What's Next? IN JUNE 2001, THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH on Work and Society, in Toronto, brought together 100 academics, trade unionists and community activists for a two-day conference called Two Faces of the New Work Order. The first day was called Challenging the ...
Have Your Say: Standing the gaff; The end of Cape Breton's coal mining tradition
Oct 01, 2001; ... HAVE YOUR SAY: STANDING THE GAFF; THE END OF CAPE BRETON'S COAL MINING TRADITION "Cape Breton's once-mighty coal industry died in a drab government conference room yesterday when Natural Resources Minister Ralph Goodale announced plans to shut the island's last mine. `The government of ...
Solidarity yes, racism never
Oct 01, 2001 ... SOLIDARITY YES, RACISM NEVER Since the attacks on the United States of America on September 11, Canadian Muslims, or of Arabic origin, have been the victims of a number of unforgivable incidents. These acts have been condemned by the Canadian Labour Congress and its affiliates. "I urge ...
United States and Nations
Oct 01, 2001; ... United States and Nations SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE outrage committed in New York and Washington, D.C., by a group of religious fanatics, I wrote a column for this space that, ironically, portrayed the United States as an international outlaw on the world's stage. This is not that column ...
The job of helping people find jobs: An employment counsellor's story
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE JOB OF HELPING PEOPLE FIND JOBS: An Employment Counsellor's Story ONE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BEING an employment counsellor is that we have jobs to give people. If only. "You don't have jobs to give them, so what do you do?" asked my traditional Chinese mother, while I ...
Young people & unions: Making the connection
Oct 01, 2001; ... YOUNG PEOPLE & UNIONS: Making the Connection ABOUT 37 PER CENT OF WORKERS IN CANADA ARE unionized. However, only about 11 per cent of young people are union members. So, if the labour movement is to have a future, the question must be: How can we organize more young people? I called ...
Is work working for you?
Oct 01, 2001 ... IS WORK WORKING FOR YOU? Working families in this country have seen their wages stagnate or diminish through the 1990s, while the public services and social programs that help maintain their quality of life have been cut back, privatized, deregulated, or eliminated. "The decline in ...
A better world for all
Oct 01, 2001; ... A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL "AFTER THE FIRST PLANE HIT, THE FIRST THING I thought of was the cleaners who were likely still in the trade-centre towers, finishing their shift," said Jonathan Eaton, one of Our Times' directors, during a magazine board meeting after September 11. When the ...