Blog: Unionizing During a Pandemic

In a new post for our COVID-19 and the World of Work Blog, GLRC Associate Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies & French) writes about her experience as a union organizer with Workers United at her local Shoppers Drug Mart from October 2020 – February 2021: Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Attempting to Organize […]

Much Ado About Unions: Teaching During the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #17 March 22, 2022Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the seventeenth installment of our series Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era, we interviewed Paulo, a teacher in British Columbia who has worked throughout the pandemic. The perspectives they share highlight the importance of […]

“Just See Us”: Reflections from a Filipina Barista Working During the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #16 March 11, 2022Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the sixteenth installment of our series Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era, we interviewed Ursula, a Tim Hortons barista/supervisor in a major Ontario city. Working throughout the pandemic, Ursula notes the particular struggles associated with the […]

Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Attempting to Organize a Union During the Pandemic

February 14, 2022By Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) Christina Love is a contributor to the GLRC’s interview series entitled Workers’ Stories in the COVID-19 Era. She was also a union organizer with Workers United at her local Shoppers Drug Mart from October 2020 – February 2021. A staunch labour and human rights […]

From the Inside Out: A Mental Health Assistant’s Perspective on the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #15 February 6, 2022Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu K. Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the fifteenth installment of our series Workers’ Stories in the COVID-19 Era, we interviewed Ta'Kaiya, a former administrative assistant at a Toronto mental […]

“Kindness is Free”: Serving in the 6ix During the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #13 November 6, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu K. Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the thirteenth installment of our series Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era, we interviewed Morelia, a server and supervisor at a Queen St. […]

"No Safe Place": Documenting the migration status and employment conditions of workers in Alberta’s meatpacking industry during the pandemic

Read the Executive Summary Written by Bronwyn Bragg (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University) For access to the full report, please contact Bronwyn Bragg by email at bbragg@yorku.ca

Labour Day, the Pandemic, and Canada

September 2, 2021By Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) Christina Love is a contributor to the GLRC’s interview series entitled Workers’ Stories in the COVID-19 Era. Her post below features findings and quotes from those interviews. TW: Mention of suicide in the worker quotes (Karl). History In 1894, over 50 labour organizations from […]

At the Flip of a Switch: A Worker’s Perspective on Getting Hired and Laid off During the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #11 September 2, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu Koithara Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the eleventh installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Attilio, a former worker at an Old Navy store […]

Living Traditionally During a Pandemic that Has Exacerbated Colonialism and Injustice

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #9 August 25, 2021Written by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD candidate, Sociology)Edited by Christina Love (Undergraduate student, Indigenous Studies & French) In this installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Joseph, a small-scale commercial fisherman in the Republic of Malta. In the dialogue below, […]