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    The Left Chapter
    • Jan 3
    • 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, t...

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    The Left Chapter
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 5 min

    Snapshots from the pandemic class war in Canada

    As the year ends the rich are not only getting richer, they are doing so so brazenly at the expense of everyone else that they obviously ...

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    The Left Chapter
    • 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 me...

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    The Left Chapter
    • 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 Pr...

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    The Left Chapter
    • Oct 29, 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 Left Chapter
    • 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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    The Left Chapter
    • 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 mont...

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    The Left Chapter
    • 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 w...

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    The Left Chapter
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    "Mr. Weston, give your employees a fair, decent, living wage": Striking Dominion workers

    A new TV ad in support of striking Dominion workers in Newfoundland calls out parent company Loblaw and billionaire company chairman Gale...

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