Canada's labor movement faces an uphill climb

From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real News Network, Max attended the convention and spoke with a number of rank-and-file workers, organizers, and union officers about the state of the labor movement in Canada.<br /><br />In Part 2 of our two-part dispatch from the CLC, we talk to: Nora Loreto, writer, editor, organizer, podcaster, co-host of Sandy and Nora Talk Politics with Sandy Hudson, and author of numerous books, including Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Take Back The Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age; Meg Davis, brand director, illustrator, and former member of the organizing committee at Point Blank Creative ad agency, where workers unionized with UFCW Local 1518; Larry Rousseau, current Executive Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress; and Nicholas Marcus Thompson, Trinidadian-Canadian social justice advocate, union leader, and Executive Director of the Black Class Action Secretariat.<br /><br />Click here to listen to Part 1: https://therealnews.com/canada-labour-congress-strike-wave<br /><br />Studio Production: Jesse Freeston<br />Post-Production: Jules Taylor<br /><br />Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">freemusicarchive.org</a>): Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song<br /><br /><a href="https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/2023-canadian-labour-congress-part-2-w-nora-loreto-meg-davis-larry-rousseau-nicholas-marcus-thompson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here for additional links/information.</a><br /><br /><b>Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: </b><br /><b><br />Donate: <a href="https://therealnews.com/donate-pod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/donate-pod</a></b><br /><b>Sign u