August 2022

Guelph General Hospital and Huron Perth Health Alliance registered practical nurses, personal support workers, cleaners, porters and clerical staff polled recently report that pandemic tensions are subjecting them to increasing violence at work. 67% of them report that they have experienced physical violence and 49% have witnessed an increase in violent incidences during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Communities across Saskatchewan are facing health care service disruptions, emergency room shutdowns, bed closures and an exodus of health care staff.  “Information around closures and service disruptions should be available to the public and tracked.  The government is not providing this information and wants to charge us almost $10,000 to process a Freedom of Information request.  This

For the first time in its 214-year history, Colombia has elected a progressive, left wing government. The 2022 election of Gustavo Petro as President and Francia Marquez as Vice-President is historic, and a hopeful moment for workers, activists, the marginalized and the poor. Marquez is the first African-Colombian woman to hold the vice-presidency, and their

As municipalities face increasing pressure to agree to public transit P3 projects, the Ottawa LRT inquiry’s recent panel on P3s illustrated why P3s can’t be relied on to deliver safe, efficient, accessible, and reliable transit systems. On July 28, the Ottawa LRT Commission public inquiry heard from over 40 witnesses to investigate the circumstances that