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    2020: The year in review on The Left Chapter
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 3, 2021
    • 6 min

    2020: The year in review on The Left Chapter

    It is hard to overstate how momentous a year 2020 was. Among so many other events, it was the year of the Black Lives Matter uprisings,...
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    Outrage as Loblaw profits and dividends rise, but workers left out
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Outrage as Loblaw profits and dividends rise, but workers left out

    Profits and dividends up, pandemic pay gone, and 12 week Dominion strike ends with little improvement for workers. Many took to social...
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    Dominion strike talks break down as Loblaw refuses to budge on offer
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dominion strike talks break down as Loblaw refuses to budge on offer

    “After ten weeks the company has not made one single improvement to their initial three-year offer,”: Unifor Assistant to the National...
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    Labour actions in Alberta and Newfoundland met with legal and police threats
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Labour actions in Alberta and Newfoundland met with legal and police threats

    This week saw two examples of rising labour militancy, one in Alberta and one in Newfoundland. Both were met with very rapid intervention...
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    The Weston Family: A century of union-busting and price-fixing
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Weston Family: A century of union-busting and price-fixing

    By Doug Nesbitt The current Newfoundland grocery strike against Loblaws & billionaire Galen Weston Jr. is the latest fight in a 100+ year...
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    Dominion workers expand Newfoundland strike action to other Loblaw facilities
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dominion workers expand Newfoundland strike action to other Loblaw facilities

    "Today is the day Loblaws is going to realize it's not going to be business as usual here in Newfoundland anymore". After nearly two...
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    "Human solidarity chain" formed by Dominion workers at No Frills in St. John's
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    "Human solidarity chain" formed by Dominion workers at No Frills in St. John's

    The striking Newfoundland workers are asking for public solidarity in their fight for fairer wages and working hours. Striking Dominion...
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