As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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What will new Nafta talks mean for Canadian and US workers?
Canada's top Nafta negotiator Steve Verheul arrives for talks on the treaty on Friday
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
IN A trade merry-go-round, US and Canadian workers and unions are opposing their governments’ positions in US-Canada-Mexico talks on a “new Nafta.”
They are leery of Canada’s contrasting labour stands between the new Trans-Pacific Partnership pact — weak — and the new Nafta. There, Canada’s stand is, or has been, strong.
As a result, the AFL-CIO is monitoring the new Nafta talks, now occurring in Montreal, for Trump administration backsliding.
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