Montreal warehouse workers strike over wages, respect

Vol. 88/No. 25 - July 8, 2024

MONTREAL — Some 130 Teamsters union members at the Richelieu Hardware warehouse here went on strike June 17 demanding higher wages and some respect from the bosses. Picket lines, up 12 hours a day, Monday through Friday, are greeted by…


Rona home improvement store workers strike over wages, hours

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

MONTREAL — “In April our strike vote was approved by 98%,” Massara Kamagate, Confederation of National Trade Unions shop steward at the Rona home improvement big-box store in Anjou, told the Militant May 9. The 172 union members walked out…


800 Toronto airport Teamsters strike for higher pay, safety

Vol. 88/No. 18 - May 6, 2024

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario— “Share the news. It must get around to everybody,” striker Maged Awad told the Militant as we walked the picket line at Toronto Pearson International Airport here April 20. Some 800 Teamsters Local 647 members struck airline meal…


Quebec public workers vote new contracts up

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024

MONTREAL — Common Front Quebec union federations representing 420,000 public sector employees, including hospital, education workers and teachers, announced Feb. 23 that union members had voted by 75% to accept a new contract with a wage increase of 17.4% over…


‘Jewish Question’ draws interest at Montreal book fair

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Pathfinder Press was among 650 publishing houses setting up booths at the Salon du Livre in Montreal, which was attended by some 88,000 visitors Nov. 22-26. “With all the action this week, it was a very rich experience,” said Josette…


Build support for grocery workers strike in Toronto

Vol. 87/No. 33 - September 4, 2023
Unifor Local 414 members picket in Toronto Aug. 13. The grocery workers struck July 29 for better wages, benefits.

TORONTO — On the strike picket line at the Eglinton Square Metro grocery store here Aug. 11, Shannyn St. Aubin told the Militant she gets paid the minimum wage, 15.50 Canadian dollars ($11.47) an hour. “I’d like to help my…


Lac-Mégantic marks 10 years since deadly derailment

Vol. 87/No. 29 - August 7, 2023

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec — The 10th anniversary of the July 6, 2013, Lac-Mégantic oil train derailment, which killed 47 people and burned out the city’s downtown, has sparked a broad discussion among working people here on how to fight for safety…


Canada longshore union strikes over jobs, work conditions

Vol. 87/No. 26 - July 17, 2023

MONTREAL — Some 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada set up picket lines, halting maritime traffic at over 30 ports on Canada’s west coast July 1. Bosses are demanding the government intervene and impose back-to-work legislation…


Over 300 Montreal Steelworkers strike Owens Illinois over wages

Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023

MONTREAL — “There’s nothing moving in the plant,” striker Serge Latendresse told the Militant on the picket line in front of Owens Illinois, Quebec’s only glass factory, May 27. Over 300 United Steelworkers Local 206G members walked out May 10…


Protest marks Lac-Mégantic disaster, land expropriations

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023
Tanker cars running through Lac-Mégantic April 2022. Trains carry toxic chemical vinyl chloride, like in Feb. 3 toxic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. “Canadian Pacific, responsible for 2013 tragedy, will get $1 billion” for bypass, said Robert Bellefleur of committee for rail safety.

FRONTENAC, Quebec — Some 70 workers, farmers, area residents and others turned out to a press conference here March 10 called by the Union of Agricultural Producers and the Union of Forestry Producers of Southern Quebec, which represents landowners who…