Canadian Dimension, September 1st, 2000
For many years unions affiliated to the Canadian Labour Congress have played a central role in supporting struggles across the spectrum of the progressive Left. On a wide variety of issues, including free trade, the WTO, choice, disarmament, gay rights and public pensions, labour activists have stood together with women's organizations, pensioners, students and others. Yet while many unions moved leftwards in terms of policies and their willingness to work with the broader Left, the movement failed to re-examine its own antiquated and restrictive rules, which effectively lock-in workers to t...
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