THE NUMBERS JUST AREN’T THERE. There is no “strike wave” as a sign of a rising tide of union militancy—despite all the talk and wishful thinking. In fact it’s pretty much the reverse.

WILDCAT STRIKES ARE THE WORST. At least that’s the way our rigged labour laws make them. But, maybe not so much in Alberta anymore. A recent decision by the Alberta Labour Board (ALB), meant to to punish a union for a wildcat strike, may encourage more wildcats.

THE RAIN DIDN’T STOP THEM. Hundreds of tenants, from two highrise appartments in west Toronto, ignored the afternoon rain on July 15 and filled the sidewalks in front of their buildings. They were on a rent strike and they wanted the whole world to know it.