Canadian Dimension

Auto workers in Canada, Mexico, and the US held a highly unusual international labour protest Jan. 8, 1991, to denounce exploitation of workers in Mexico and resulting job loses in Canada and US. The coordinated protests commemorated the first anniversary...

NANAIMO -- Who would draw their bath and then crap in the tub, amassing disgusting piles of poop on the bottom until the foul water spilled over the rim? According to the environmental coordinator for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union,...

A shopping center in a wealthy Mexican neighborhood overflows with US brand products. A small jar of Skippy peanuts butter for $2.70. A sixpack of Budweiser for $5.70. Half a litre of STP car wax for $3.50. Various models of Black and Decker toaster...

In recent months Canadians have watched in amazement and excitement as workers renegotiated their place in eastern European societies. Where will it all end? Hardly anyone seems as interested in workers' future in Canada. Labour legislation has...

Manitoba nurses returned to work February 1, 1991 after 31 days -- the longest nurses' strike in Canadian history. Manitoba nurses struck for the same reasons their sisters in Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia struck four times since...

The Mulroney-Bourassa-Corporate agenda for a new Canada is hurtling along on what looks like a run-away train. It must be stopped. Now. Is there any doubt that if they get their way, they will drastically and permanently transform this country,...

(HALIFAX) "Local women lead world's smokers," a recent Halifax newspaper headline reads. An international study of cardiovascular diseases in 39 cities in 23 countries show Halifax women smoke an average of 20 cigarettes a day; (women in other countries...