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FORESTRY WORKERS STILL STANDING STRONG IN FACE OF CORPORATE ATTACKS
After being on strike for 7 months, 2600 members of United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 are still picketing outside Western Forest Products (WFP) sawmills on Vancouver Island. This is one of […]
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WANT THEIR #LANDBACK
On December 31, the BC Supreme Court ruled in favour of Coastal GasLink (CGL), which has never obtained consent from the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs to work on un-surrendered traditional Indigenous […]
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Vancouver and District Labour Council mobilizes solidarity with Chilean people
ACTIONS INCLUDE CALL FOR CLC TO IMPLEMENT BOYCOTT Beginning October 18, Chile has been rocked by massive protests, strikes and mobilizations against the neoliberal austerity imposed by the right-wing government […]
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BC transit workers: Driving for pay equity, better working conditions
BC LABOUR COMMITTEE, CPC A winter of labour discontent is beginning to emerge on the west coast. Transit workers in Metro Vancouver are in the headlines, and a wider series […]
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BC’s UNDRIP legislation charts new path in continuing struggle
Kimball Cariou Four years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on all levels of government in Canada to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous […]
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Communists condemn coup d’état against Bolivian President Evo Morales
The coup d’état in Bolivia, in which legitimately re-elected president Evo Morales was forced out of office by the military, has brought immediate condemnation from democratic and progressive forces around […]
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Trade union bars working class candidate from federal election forum
A working class candidate with a lifelong record as an active supporter of trade union rights will not be allowed to take part in a federal election candidates forum being […]
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Federal Election Coverage: Interview with Liz Rowley, Communist Party
As part of our special federal election coverage, People’s Voice will be preparing a series of articles, analyses and interviews, for both our print and online editions, that examine the […]
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BC Communists demand Education Minister’s ouster
Party calls for justice for teachers, students The Communist Party of BC has issued a statement saying the present course of the NDP government on public education issues poses a […]
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Forestry workers down saws to stop cuts
James Chumsa Sawmill workers across Vancouver Island have been picketing for a fair contract with Western Forest Products since the Canada Day long weekend. The strike by 3000 members of […]
