Whistle Blower

" In a Globe and Mail story on the WestJet scandal and the whistleblower who exposed WestJets rip off of confidential Air Canada computer information, the whistleblower; Melvin Crothers, may have had more than just good intentions for his actions. Mr. Crothers made $180,000 a...

Being Right For The Wrong Reasons

"McGuinty and Hargrove oppose Ottawa's Green Plan They are declarining it an attack on provincial autonomy, that holy grail of the Harpocrites. Of course like Rumsfelds attack on Old Europe, the Conservatives are attacking an Old Ontario indutry while ignoring booming...

More Corporate Welfare For Big 3 Auto

Once again, the McGuinty government and Buzz Hargrove are stepping up to the plate to fund outmoded automobile production with your hard earned cash. This week it is Ford last week it was GM. Saving jobs in the buggy whip industry as they say.

McGuinty Corporate Welfare

"He left the family Honda at home, but Premier Dalton McGuinty was greeted by more jeers than cheers yesterday in the middle of an Oshawa General Motors assembly plant.This after being named "personality of the year" last week by Foreign Direct Investment magazine,...

Alcan Proves Marx Right

"Alcan is proving Dr. Marx right, again. Alcan plans to expand Kitimat smelter Job loss expected with technology $1.8 billion plan.The tendency of capital is, of course, to link up absolute with relative surplus value; hence greatest stretching of the working day with...

Irony Redux

"A General Motors Corp. factory that is scheduled to close in 2008 is turning out the highest-quality vehicles in North America -- the second strong showing for the Oshawa, Ont."

A Lesson For the Workers Movement

"Something Buzz and Georgetti, the CAW, the CLC, CUPE and all the other unions in Canada should remember as they lobby to ameloriate the nasty brutishness of capitalism."

CAW Moves Right

"Yep Forward into the past, backwards into the future. Been there done that, we have had Liberal Labour and Conservative Labour candidates back in the 1906. "

Zero Sum Gain

"Ok here is an interesting fact. Ford is reporting a $1.2 billion dollar loss this year, larger than even GM, after making $1.2 billion last year in sales. So thats a zero sum gain, no loss no gain. "

Emerson's First Act

"Here is how not to win friends and influence people. Feds change licence scheme at VanPort; Owner-ops not impressed "

Go Willie Go

"Are you on the bus or off the bus? That's the challenge Willie Lambert is making to the members of CAW. Bus driver aims to steer CAW at top And it's about time that Buzz faced an election instead of an acclamation."

CAW To Leave CLC?

"CAW leadership urges members to abandon NDP This is the syndicalism of Sam Gompers; reward your friends and punish your enemies."

Bye Bye Buzz

The Ontario NDP kicks labour leader Buzz Hargrove out of the party for siding with the Liberals in the Federal Election. This opinion piece says it was about time.