Prisoner riot reverses smoking ban A smoking ban at 18 prisons in Quebec was reversed this week after a riot by prisoners.
Occupation of Ledco plant ends Workers at the Ledco tool and die plant in Kitchener, Ontario ended a three day occupation after a judge ruled it illegal.
Canada: support workers strike at New Brunswick Community College 500 workers, including lab technicians and canteen, security and cleaning staff, are currently…
Canada: bank workers strike over pay 62 workers at CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in Sudbury went on strike today.
Canada: University teachers vote to strike An overwhelming majority of teachers l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQRT) voted in favour of strike action in support of demands for…
Women in the 1919 Winnipeg strike - Fireweed A brief article from the feminist magazine Fireweed about women in the 1919 general strike in Winnipeg.
Canada: Anthropology students end strike The strike began after the Charest government announced an increase in tuition fees.
Canada: metal-workers strike over pensions and pay Workers at the mining company QIT Fer et Titane in Quebec hav been on strike for over a month, with no end in sight.
Rural mail carriers in Alberta wildcat Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers in northern Alberta, Canada Wildcatted on Monday September 24th. Mail delivery was cut off in Stony Plain,…
Calgary 1919: The Birth of the OBU and the General Strike - Eugene Plawiuk Eugene Plawiuk's history of the Calgary general strike of 1919, which started off as a sympathy strike for the Winnipeg general strike and soon escalated into their own struggle for union recognition.
The Edmonton General Strike of 1919 - Eugene Plawiuk Eugene Plawiuk's account of the Edmonton general strike of 1919 which was sparked off in solidarity with the general strike in Winnipeg,
Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935 - Sam Lowry A short history and background of the 1935 dockers' strike and subsequent bloody confrontation with police in Vancouver that became known as the…
