Direct action keeps us safe

A restaurant worker describes how he and his coworkers have used direct action to enforce safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic

Activists, not allies: Organizing in a distributed workforce

Bob Barnetson describes a campaign by his faculty association at Athabasca University, a public, higher education distance learning institution in Alberta. During a contract fight, the union made the bold move of just mobilizing members for pickets and not relying on community supporters

Attacking the trades in Alberta

K Turner reports from the Boilermakers’ Lodge 146 picket line at CESSCO Fabrication and Engineering in Edmonton, as the Alberta government introduces legislation to curtail workers’ ability to picket