The public doesn’t usually warm to the notion of labour militancy — until reminded that, without it, weekends would be a lot shorter, or maybe not exist at all. The truth is labour militancy has benefited all of us. It was instrumental in attaining the weekend, the eight-hour workday, the end of child labour, public pensions and public health care, and countless other gains that have dramatically improved the lives of working people and the broader public. With or without public support, labour militancy may soon be pressing up against the brick wall of a recession, which is being deliberately induced by the Bank of Canada to crush inflation. And labour is pushing not just for higher wages, but for a shakeup of players at the power table.

Source: thestar December 15, 2022 18:01 UTC