Allie Pev

Nov 20, 2024 | socialistalternative.ca | Leslie C. Kemp |Tim Heffernan |Allie Pev

On November 15, 55,000 postal workers walked off the job. After a year of failed negotiations with Canada Post, the two sides are still far apart. Key DemandsThe higher cost of living has had a real impact on postal workers, who haven’t seen an increase in several years. One worker, Bryan, said that being a postal worker used to be a good wage. In recent years, inflation has eaten a hole in his and other workers’ pockets.

Sep 9, 2024 | socialistalternative.ca | Simon Schweitzer |Allie Pev |Amanda Woods |Davis Hay

The conservative Saskatchewan Party is heading to its fifth election victory, even after 17 years of misrule. The Sask Party led by Brad Wall, “the demon barber of the prairies,” defeated the NDP in 2007. Over the years the government has carried out a fairly standard conservative austerity agenda of low corporate taxes, resistance to federal climate change measures, privatizing some of the province’s remaining public crown corporations and liquidating the Wheat Pool.

Jul 31, 2024 | socialistalternative.ca | Bill Hopwood |Chris Fofonoff |Allie Pev

The town of Jasper has been consumed by fire, with 30 percent of its buildings (homes, hotels, and businesses) destroyed. Parts of this majestic park are now ash. The conditions were terrifying. A wall of flames up to 100 metres high ripped through the town. Emergency responders without breathing apparatus had to withdraw as the smoke was so bad. Strong winds drove the fire, traveling five kilometres in 30 minutes.

Jul 1, 2024 | socialistalternative.ca | Bill Hopwood |Tim Heffernan |Allie Pev

WestJet’s bosses seriously misjudged the temper of their nearly 700 mechanics, members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). The workers had rejected a tentative agreement by a stunning 97 percent in early June. It was crystal clear that the company’s offer was not good enough. Yet the company, according to the union, repeatedly delayed returning to the table after the union made its last offer on June 26, two weeks after the members rejected the company’s earlier proposal.

Nov 25, 2023 | socialistalternative.ca | Bill Hopwood |Allie Pev |Leslie C. Kemp |Adam Lee

Women can never be free until the threat of violence is lifted from their lives. Whether violence stems from the brutality of war, from political activism or from their everyday lives — at work, in schools, on the streets or at home — violence is pervasive in the lives of many women.