Canada

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:46:13 GMT

A nationwide strike by Mexican teachers continues, while an eight-week strike by thousands of Nova Scotia care home workers has been suspended by the union ahead of a contract vote.

Renegotiation of US-Mexico-Canada trade pact faces hurdles

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:44:10 GMT

The USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada) trade pact is due for review on July 1, with negotiations likely to run past the deadline.

Canada’s Liberal government preparing massive onslaught on worker rights with revision of Labour Code

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:11:38 GMT

Carney has his eye on a far-reaching re-write of labour laws that will deeply erode what remains of federally regulated workers’ right to strike and their precarious ability to bargain independently of government interference.

Canadian border authorities handing refugees over to Trump’s fascist ICE thugs

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:53:34 GMT

Acting on the orders of the Liberal government, Canada’s border authorities are systematically handing over asylum seekers to ICE, full in the knowledge that they will be confined to concentration camp-like conditions before being expelled from the US.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:15:13 GMT

About 4,500 public service workers across the province of Ontario are entering their second week on strike, while journalists at four McClatchey-owned newspapers are pressing wage demands and restrictions on AI

More than 4.5 million Canadians living in poverty

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:33:42 GMT

At least 11 percent of all Canadians, 11.5 percent of children, and more than 25 percent of all “unattached individuals” under the age of 64 are living in poverty, according to a recent government report.

Unifor names Ford as its pattern-setting “partner” for auto contracts in Canada

Thu, 28 May 2026 01:44:13 GMT

In explaining its decision, Unifor extolled its “longstanding and productive working relationship with the Ford Motor Company.”

Pro-independence Parti Québécois strengthens its ties with the far right

Sat, 23 May 2026 01:36:45 GMT

Parti Québecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon gave a one-hour interview last month to Rebel News, a far-right media outlet with close connections to Trump’s MAGA movement and fascist forces in Europe.

With contracts for over 250,000 Ontario education workers set to expire in August: Unions prepare another betrayal of teachers and support staff

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:27:31 GMT

In 2022, the unions saved the government from a direct political confrontation with the working class and are determined to do so again under conditions of a much deeper social and economic crisis, and greater popular hostility to the ruling class’ agenda of austerity and war.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:47:41 GMT

Mass protests by teachers took place across Mexico May 15 demanding pensions, wages and education funding, while Toronto Transit Commission and CUPE reached a last-minute deal Monday after multiple deadlines passed.

Canadian imperialism: predator, not prey, in global war

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:47:10 GMT

This speech was delivered by Keith Jones, Socialist Equality Party (Canada) national secretary, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.

Worker with 35 years at Canadian Coca-Cola distributor terminated following job injury

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:40:12 GMT

Days after making a splash in the local Calgary media by unveiling a new $75 million state-of-the-art warehouse facility, Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited unceremoniously axed an injured worker with 35 years at the company—essentially crying poor.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:47:06 GMT

Job action by 55,000 BC nurses could be imminent, while unions in Bolivia have refused to negotiate with the La Paz regime, saying it is not legitimate.

Canada’s universities and colleges to serve as cogs in war machine under Liberal government’s Defence Industrial Strategy

Fri, 08 May 2026 23:41:04 GMT

The government’s Defence Industrial Strategy pulls no punches when it comes to laying out the purpose of its strengthened collaboration with post-secondary institutions—waging war.

For rank-and-file control of the National Steel Car contract struggle! International class unity, not a nationalist corporate/union partnership!

Thu, 07 May 2026 01:35:04 GMT

Under conditions of the ongoing war on Iran that is disrupting the world economy and the Canada-US trade war that has hit our facility here in Hamilton, Ontario, for over a year now, Management aims to offload the crisis onto our backs through real wage cuts and continued job insecurity.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:58:04 GMT

Thousands of nurses at long-term care facilities in the province of Ontario have voted to authorize strikes, while workers in Puerto Rico held May Day protests demanding the end of the Wall Street financial dictatorship over the US island colony.

Anti-genocide activist denounces imperialist violence in the Middle East in statement supporting International May Day Online Rally

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:27:16 GMT

Dr. Abeer Omar, an assistant nursing professor at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, denounced the systematic slaughter of healthcare workers by Israel in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and the US and Israel’s targeting of civilians in their war of extermination against Iran.

Workers and young people in Canada and India urge participation in International Online May Day Rally

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:32:34 GMT

The International Committee of the Fourth International and its daily publication, the World Socialist Web Site, are organizing the International Online May Day Rally at 3pm US Eastern Time on Friday, May 1 to provide a unified revolutionary socialist program to workers around the globe in the struggle against imperialist war, dictatorship, and austerity.

Canada’s Liberal government secures parliamentary majority after seven years of minority rule

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:35:32 GMT

Corporate Canada has greeted the Liberals’ pasting together of a parliamentary majority with a chorus of calls for the government to act “boldly” in imposing “sacrifices” on working people.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:10:53 GMT

Peasant, student and worker organizations conducted a week of protests in La Paz, Bolivia, while a strike by thousands of Nova Scotia long-term care workers is growing as more facilities join the action.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:33:20 GMT

Teachers carried out a one-day strike over medical benefits in several major cities across Colombia last week, while 5,500 municipal workers in Montreal struck for three days to protest stalled contract negotiations.

The way forward for postal workers: A rank-and-file rebellion against the Carney government’s “transformation” of Canada Post and CUPW’s complicity

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:12:25 GMT

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee urges postal workers to vote “No” to the union-backed tentative agreements and “Yes” to authorizing strike action.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:54:31 GMT

Healthcare workers across Bolivia to protest lack of medications and medical equipment while 2,200 Nova Scotia long term care aids walked out after months of government stonewalling.

Far-right Alberta premier announces anti-immigrant referendum

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:49:03 GMT

Evoking the fascist anti-immigrant demagogy of the Trump administration, far-right Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has called a provincial referendum for next fall with the aim of whipping up animosity to immigrants and providing “popular” sanction for stripping them of rights.

Liberal government demands jobs bloodbath at Canada Post, as workers prepare to vote on concession-filled contracts

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:31:53 GMT

Dictated by the federal Liberal government, Canada Post's transformation into an Amazon-style employer of precarious “gig workers” will eliminate tens of thousands of jobs.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:28:09 GMT

Workers protest in Laz Paz Bolivia over poverty pay and the abrogation of labor law while 550 Metro grocery workers in Quebec are in the second week of a strike over pay and the issue of subcontracting.

“Left populist” Avi Lewis wins race to lead Canada’s social-democratic NDP

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:59:07 GMT

Avi Lewis has been elected leader of the federal NDP on a pledge to revive Canada’s anemic social democratic party by moving “left” and “fighting the billionaire class.”

Carney government asks Canada’s Supreme Court to overturn rulings against use of Emergencies Act to end 2022 “Freedom Convoy”

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:26:09 GMT

The Liberals are intent on ensuring that they and future governments retain the broadest possible latitude to invoke emergency powers in political and social crises, in particular against the working class and a developing movement against austerity and war.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:52:44 GMT

Dockers at a key Brazilian port launched a limited strike in opposition to pending anti-labor legislation, while 17,000 US First Student bus drivers have authorized strike.

More than 8 million join mass anti-Trump “No Kings” protests

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:57:30 GMT

Huge crowds gathered in major cities and rural communities alike, underscoring the breadth of opposition to war, fascism and the attacks on immigrants.

Canada’s NDP to pick new leader one year after election debacle

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:01:39 GMT

Whatever their tactical disagreements, all of the candidates for the NDP leadership are staunch defenders of Canadian capitalism and its state, inveterate opponents of class struggle and determined to contain and neuter social opposition by shackling it to the pro-employer trade unions and parliamentary-electoral politics.

Oxfam Canada report reveals record levels of income and wealth inequality in 2025

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:36:09 GMT

The richest 1 percent in Canada holds nearly $1.25 trillion in wealth, or almost as much as the bottom 80 percent combined.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:32:16 GMT

Staff at 42 care facilities in Nova Scotia have now authorized strike action by margins averaging 95 percent.

More Canadian workers support Will Lehman’s campaign for UAW presidency

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:52:24 GMT

The WSWS continues to receive statements of support from workers across Canada for Will Lehman’s campaign for the presidency of the UAW in the United States. Lehman is running as a socialist on a program to abolish the union bureaucracy and place power back in the hands of workers on the shop floor.

Canada’s NDP and trade unions posture as opponents of the US-Israeli war on Iran

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:13:43 GMT

While "condemning" the criminal US-Israeli war targeting Iran, the NDP and its trade union sponsors have conspicuously failed to call for any working class action against it.

Ontario’s Tory government tries and fails to ban Toronto Al-Quds Day demonstration

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:54:26 GMT

Thousands demonstrated in Toronto last Saturday in opposition to the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran and in support of the Palestinian people.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:54:57 GMT

The 900 terminated workers at the FATE tire plant are demanding their jobs back while 2,300 workers at Portland Community College in Oregon have struck to demand cost-of-living raises.

German Chancellor Merz and Canadian Prime Minister Carney attend massive NATO exercise for war with Russia in Arctic

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:11:05 GMT

Underscoring the importance attached by the imperialist powers to the Arctic in the rapidly escalating redivision of the world, Merz was joined on his visit to northern Norway by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Both countries are participating in the “Cold Response” manoeuvre with significant troop contingents.

Toronto Film Critics Association near collapse over censorship of pro-Palestinian speech

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:41:51 GMT

The brief but politically significant remarks, 51 words taking 20 seconds to recite, were cut from the video recording of the awards ceremony.

Canada’s Liberal government upholds Safe Third Country Agreement with US amid Trump’s savage persecution of immigrants

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:03:05 GMT

Canada’s Liberal government is continuing to uphold the Safe Third Country Agreement, under which Ottawa returns refugees arriving from the south of the border to the United States, even as the Trump administration eviscerates the rights of immigrants and refugees.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:22:37 GMT

The 6,000 workers at DHL in the US, members of the Teamsters, are demanding improvements in pay, benefits and working conditions.

Student protests erupt against Ford government’s cuts to Ontario Student Assistance Program

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:33:33 GMT

Protests among high school and university students have erupted after the right-wing Progressive Conservative government announced huge cuts to Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) grants last month.

Australian and Canadian PMs fully committed to illegal US war against Iran

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:10:00 GMT

The criminal war overshadowed Carney’s visit and underscored the bogus character of his claims that “middle powers” could chart an alternative to the breakdown of international norms and law.

Draft collective agreements detail CUPW-endorsed government/management onslaught on Canada Post workers

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:31:09 GMT

A review of the tentative agreements makes clear that workers must reject these rotten deals with a resounding “No” as an initial step in a renewed struggle to defend their jobs, working conditions, the postal service and public services more broadly.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:07:10 GMT

The Bolivian union federation declared a “state of emergency” over legislation attacking pensions and other rights, while the Teamsters have begun a strike vote for Corewell nurses in Michigan after nine months of failed negotiations.

Canada’s Liberal government lines up behind US-Israeli war against Iran

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:26:46 GMT

Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney rushed to declare Canada’s full-throated support for the criminal US-Israeli war against Iran, in a statement issued just hours after the first wave of missiles and bombs rained down on the country Saturday morning.

Quebec’s trade unions renew their alliance with the Parti Québécois, as it embraces far-right politics

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:31:46 GMT

A delegation of union leaders, headed by QFL President Magali Picard, attended the PQ congress, as the party doubles down on anti-immigrant chauvinism and its embrace of the far right.

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the militarization of Canadian society

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:39:12 GMT

Ottawa plans to more than double the defence workforce, pour hundreds of billions into war production and reorganize industry around militarism, with workers to pay through austerity and repression.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:29:44 GMT

Following a 24-hour general strike last week in Argentina, walkouts continued in some areas, while the US Department of Agriculture will permit faster line speeds in meatpacking plants.

Canada’s Liberal government backs imperialist regime change in Iran

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:56:19 GMT

As Trump masses US naval and air forces for a devastating assault on Iran, Canada’s Foreign Minster has declared Ottawa’s full-throated support for regime change in Tehran.