The Left ChapterJan 36 min2020: The year in review on The Left ChapterIt 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, t...
The Left ChapterNov 14, 20202 minOutrage as Loblaw profits and dividends rise, but workers left outProfits and dividends up, pandemic pay gone, and 12 week Dominion strike ends with little improvement for workers. Many took to social me...
The Left ChapterOct 30, 20202 minDominion 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 Pr...
The Left ChapterOct 29, 20203 minLabour actions in Alberta and Newfoundland met with legal and police threatsThis week saw two examples of rising labour militancy, one in Alberta and one in Newfoundland. Both were met with very rapid intervention...
The Left ChapterOct 16, 20203 minThe 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...
The Left ChapterOct 15, 20202 minDominion 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 mont...
The Left ChapterOct 8, 20202 min"Human solidarity chain" formed by Dominion workers at No Frills in St. John'sThe striking Newfoundland workers are asking for public solidarity in their fight for fairer wages and working hours. Striking Dominion w...
