Ontario has established a regulatory body for the province’s 100,000 personal support workers. But they are not represented on the body which the workers call fundamentally flawed. Plus the LabourStart report about union events. And singing: ‘Hold That Line.”

Music credit: Robin Roberts (vocals) Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis (Lyrics). Used with permission.

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Thousands attend CLC convention in Winnipeg. Comments by the leaders of the CLC, USW, PSAC, and UFCW plus NDP federal leader Avi Lewis. The LabourStart Report about union events. And Larry Rousseau singing “It’s a Wonderful World.”

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Donald Trump’s war in the Persian Gulf has killed hundreds of innocent people in 131 Iranian cities sparking increased inflation in Canada which will affect contract negotiations over the next year. An interview with Jim Stanford, the economist and executive director of the Centre for Future Work.

Music credit: UnionNation, the International Union of Machinists. Used with permission.

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