IT'S HARDBALL ALL THE WAY NOW for the Alberta Fed.  And the UCP (United Conservative Party) government in Alberta doesn’t like it one bit.

THE FRIDGE ON THE STREET CORNER IS FULL OF FOOD. Thadeaus Umpster makes sure of that. It was his idea to put it there. Right out on the street where hungry people can help themselves.

ONE MILLION OF US WERE IN ON IT. We made it the largest labour protest in Canada ever. We did on October 14, 1976.

HALIFAX COUNCIL SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST. They raised the wages of workers for businesses with city contracts September 30—at their last meeting before the October elections.

MAYBE THE FUTURE OF UNIONS LIES IN NOT BEING UNIONS. Two researchers from the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) say it’s a real possibility.

WORK FOUR DAYS, GET PAID FOR FIVE. It’s every workers dream. Employers are actually starting to like it too.

THINK TINY IS A BIG IDEA WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS. Tiny home communities for the homeless are being constructed all across North America as one solution to homelessness. It’s easy to see why.

DR. BRIAN DAY BENT THE RULES TO MAKE MONEY. The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered him to stop.

JASON MacLEAN REFUSES TO DUMMY UP. The president of NSGEU (Nova Scotia Government Employees Union) wants all Nova Scotia to know all his members know about what happened inside Northwood Manor—the long-term care facility that became ground zero for covid deaths in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia government not so much.

SHE’S ON STRIKE BECAUSE WELFARE IS NOT AN OPTION. “I want my kids to be proud of me,” says the middle aged, single mom in the Unifor video of striking Dominion store workers in Newfoundland and Labrador.