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This Labour Day, remember the workers who died because of Donald Trump’s deadly pandemic response Tories and Labour

This Labour Day, remember the workers who died because of Donald Trump’s deadly pandemic response

From windows and rooftops through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions around the world cheered essential workers on the front lines who daily risked contracting this highly contagious disease. Janitors, grocery store workers, drivers, warehouse workers, letter carriers, food delivery people, teachers and transit workers, along with the doctors,…
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September 4, 2020
A province-by-province look at returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic Tories and Labour

A province-by-province look at returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic

Summer is coming to an end and too many Canadian politicians are pushing through plans to reopen schools despite the dangers posed COVID-19 -- dangers compounded by decades of cuts and infrastructural decay. Are we ready to go back? What are the administrators, students, teachers, education assistants, school custodial and administrative staff working…
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August 24, 2020
#PLTFRM: Cuppy Tories and Labour

#PLTFRM: Cuppy

No longer renascent and localised, Afrobeats is experiencing a worldwide takeover - the Pan-African movement perennially championed by one force of nature in particular. Standing at the intersection between the Afrobeats/Afroswing movements popularized by artists from the West African diaspora in the UK and the cornucopia of regional sounds birthed…
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August 21, 2020
The number of people employed in the UK dropped by the most since 2009 — a sign the jobs market may face yet more pain from the COVID-19 crisis Tories and Labour

The number of people employed in the UK dropped by the most since 2009 — a sign the jobs market may face yet more pain from the COVID-19 crisis

NurPhoto/Getty Employment in the UK dropped by the most since 2009, signalling that more pain may lay ahead for British-based workers, data released Tuesday showed. The number of UK employees on payrolls fell in July by 730,000 from March, when the COVID-19 crisis had just begun. "The alarm bells couldn't…
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August 11, 2020
Rebuilding child care in Canada must include a national strategy Tories and Labour

Rebuilding child care in Canada must include a national strategy

It's been almost five months since provincial and territorial governments closed child-care services. Now they are allowing them to reopen. Reopening -- like shuttering -- has been chaotic, anxiety-producing and inequitable for families, service providers and the child-care workforce alike. Child-care programs and parents (particularly mothers, who have been picking up a…
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August 5, 2020
‘Tories have let down older people and shown again they cannot be trusted’ Tories and Labour

‘Tories have let down older people and shown again they cannot be trusted’

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July 31, 2020