Tag: Elections

Strikes aren’t dangerous, but Tory and Liberal union-busting rhetoric is

In a tweet published last week, Ontario’s Liberal Party called strikes “disruptive” and said that they “can become downright dangerous,” using this anti-union rhetoric as a shot against the province’s New Democratic Party. Text in a video included in the tweet read: “The NDP puts unions first. And the public second.” These anti-worker comments and… Read More Strikes aren’t dangerous, but Tory and Liberal union-busting rhetoric is

Haseena Manek

Tracking Harper’s 9-year-long assault on unions

September 3, 2015 Stephen Harper has been Prime Minister for almost a decade. In that time, the system of protections that have been put in place by decades of advocacy by labour organizations and unions has been partly dismantled. “This government has been clear in its dislike of unions and collective bargaining,” said Angella MacEwan, Senior Economist with… Read More Tracking Harper’s 9-year-long assault on unions

Haseena Manek

Workers must remember Harper’s attacks when they go to the polls in October

August 28, 2015 Harper has been Prime Minister for almost a decade. In that time, the Conservative government’s war on workers has touched nearly every sector and industry. Through a combination of policy and propaganda, the Conservatives have started to dismantle the system of protections that have been put in place by decades of advocacy… Read More Workers must remember Harper’s attacks when they go to the polls in October

Haseena Manek

Keeping politics on the streets: a post-election reflection

November 2011 I have to say, after all of those personal attacks, the slights against immigrants and the clever NDP ad involving a pair of bright orange pumps, the outcome of this years provincial election was decidedly anticlimactic. I’ll admit, a small part of me did fear a conservative trifecta, the hat trick of doom.… Read More Keeping politics on the streets: a post-election reflection

Haseena Manek