On January 5th, 2021, Unifor Local 444 President David Cassidy called for an immediate blockade of the Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA, now known as Stellantis) Windsor Assembly Plant Minivan Yard as another 60 workers were put on the chopping block, set to be laid off.
On Sunday, October 25th, trade unionists from across Canada gathered over Zoom for a meeting of the Action Caucus, an organization of trade unionists committed to a progressive, class-struggle vision for the labour movement in Canada.
On a cool Tuesday morning in November, Windsor Overdose Prevention Society (OPS), Family Services Windsor-Essex, YQG Cares, and members of the YCL-LJC Windsor-Essex club took part in a brief demonstration to raise awareness that the City of Windsor was planning to forcibly evict those in the local tent city.
par J. G. Markham, membre de la YCL-LJC Windsor-Essex (traduction par Igor Sadikov)
The COVID-19 pandemic has only made these experiences more imminent. Unpaid work, isolation, being forced to live with their employers, the denial of privacy and dignity, and living in constant fear are all amplified under the current pandemic.
Au cours des six derniers mois, les 20 patrons les plus riches du Canada ont accumulé une fortune de 37 milliards de dollars, soit près de 2 milliards chacun – comme quoi la pandémie n’affecte pas la lutte des classes…
CLIFF 2020 features 18 short films from around the globe, and all screenings are free to attend!
By Thomas Colbourne, YCL-LJC member in Ottawa
By Tyson Riel Strandlund, Communist Party of Canada candidate for Langford-Juan de Fuca.
By J.G. Markham, YCL-LJC member in Windsor-Essex
