IS THE CHIEF WILLIAM SAULIS FISHING BOAT A COFFIN? The RCMP is in no hurry to find out.

NURSES ARE NOT UNBREAKABLE. Nobody knows this better than Cecilia Yeung—a BC nurse who started a support group to help nurses suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

ITS LIKE ROAD RAGE WITHOUT THE CARS. Retail workers are now targets of customer anger verging on rage. “We had the occasional mean and picky customer before Covid-19,” says Shannon Ferris, “but now it’s a million times worse.”

STEPHEN McNEIL DOESN’T DENY THE ATTACK. He just doesn’t see why the union has to complain about it and take attention away from all the great work he is doing.

SHANNON LEUNG USED TO HAVE THE LAW ON HER SIDE. Not so much anymore.
Not since her boss decided to disobey the labour standards law guaranteeing her right to severence pay.

HEROES DON’T DESERVE A PAY CUT. But they got one anyway. All our big grocery chains recently clawed back the $2-an-hour “hero pay” they had given their workers in the early days of the corona pandemic.

LOIDA UBAY KNOWS ALL ABOUT SACRIFICE. The kind she welcomes and the kind she can’t avoid.

IT’S THE LAST LIST ANYONE WANTS TO TOP. It’s a list of jobs ranked by the risk of getting the coronavirus, from the most risky to the least. The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) created the list as part of a campaign to promote COVID-19 awareness and caution among workers as they go back to work.

“TRUDEAU’S A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT AGAIN,” SAYS ANN KUZYK. “What we need are millions of N95 masks and the jobs making them. What we don't need is more political grandstanding and a PR stunt from GM.”

“WORKERS DON’T COUNT FOR SHIT HERE."  That’s the real story of what’s going on at Cargill says Calgary labour activist Lev Bronstein. “They’re bullied into going back when they don’t feel safe. Filipino workers are turned into scapegoats. The whole thing stinks.”