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CAIMAW’s 60th Anniversary

Mason Godden Rankandfile.ca
Founded in 1964, the CAIMAW was a militant trade union, committed to international solidarity, that pushed the Canadian labour movement into progressive places …. even if that progress came at the cost of significant animosity.

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Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Hurt Fast-Food Workers

Alex Park Jacobin
Fast-food corporations opposed a California minimum wage increase under the guise of concern for workers, claiming it would result in lost jobs. The bill passed, and the numbers are in: that concern was just scaremongering.

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Machinists Reject Proposal, Strike On

The Stand
IAM District 751 and W24 Machinists voted by 64% to reject the contract and continue to strike. Boeing’s decision to strip workers of their pensions and refusal to return them remains at the heart of this strike for many.
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