3,700 Toronto-area workers strike Metro grocery stores

Vol. 87/No. 31 - August 21, 2023

TORONTO — Workers at 27 Metro grocery stores in the Greater Toronto Area walked off the job July 29 after voting down a proposed contract. The strike includes 3,700 clerks, cashiers, department managers, and pharmacy and Starbucks staff. They are…


Gov’t-sponsored race-baiting led to Toronto teacher’s death

Vol. 87/No. 31 - August 21, 2023
Longtime Toronto teacher and principal Richard Bilkszto, inset, a founding member of local Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, was falsely accused of upholding “white supremacy” and continually bullied during government-mandated diversity, equity and inclusion program for school administrators in April 2021.

MONTREAL — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced July 25 his department will review the allegations made by longtime Toronto school principal Richard Bilkszto, who committed suicide July 13. Bilkszto had launched a lawsuit against the Toronto District School Board…


Canada port workers ratify new four-year contract

Vol. 87/No. 31 - August 21, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Rob Ashton, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, announced Aug. 4 that after rejecting a previous contract offer the week before, the union’s members had voted by over 74% to ratify a new…



Canadian dockworkers’ fight for contract continues

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In face of attacks by Ottawa against their right to strike, 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada at the 30 terminals run by the BC Maritime Employers Association on Canada’s West Coast…


Dockworkers vote on contract as gov’t threatens intervention

Vol. 87/No. 29 - August 7, 2023
International Longshore and Warehouse Canada picket line in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 1. Workers are demanding wage increase to cover inflation, job protection.

MONTREAL — Under threats by the federal government in Ottawa to consider “all options” to force an end to a strike by 7,400 British Columbia dockworkers at West Coast port facilities, the International Longshore and Warehouse Canada union’s Contract Caucus…


Canada ILWU dockers set new strike deadline

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

MONTREAL — Some 7,400 longshore workers on Canada’s West Coast docks, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, were set to go back on strike July 19, after the union’s leadership rejected a tentative deal that had ended…


Casino workers in Quebec on strike for higher wages

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

MONTREAL — Some 1,700 workers at four casinos and gaming halls owned by the government corporation Lotto Quebec have been on strike since June 23 across the province. The strikers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), work…


Steelworkers strike over wages, workers’ deaths in Ontario

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

HAMILTON, Ontario — Some 1,450 members of United Steelworkers Local 7135 went on strike here June 29 against National Steel Car, a major railroad freight car manufacturer in Canada. A wage increase that covers inflation and the dangerous working conditions…


Granville Island Brewery workers strike for higher pay

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “We need a living wage to be able to afford to live in Vancouver and work here,” Aaron Nakonechny, Service Employees International Union Local 300 member and shop steward, told the Militant on the picket line…