MUSIC
Music for International Women’s Day features an all women cast:
Anna Roland an activist from St. Louis, $2.50 a Week
Queen Cee from Hamilton, Ontario, with the classic Bread and Roses
Kris Kitko, from Chicago, telling like it is: The Bitch Song
One from an old Vancouver women band, the Welfare Starlets with Menstrual Blues
From Winnipeg blues musician, Claire Still, Every Six Minutes
Amanda Tosoff, Vancouver jazz pianist, with Stove Top
THIS WEEK IN LABOUR HISTORY
International Women’s Day calls for an update. The story most often told about its origin is a fable. Hear the truth.
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR MAR 3 2010
The results are in for a vote on final offer for faculty members of community colleges in Ontario
Provincial government of Saskatchewan reaches a tentative agreement with union representing public workers
Foreign educated professionals are not working in the area of training after arriving in Canada
The NDP in Nova Scotia are fined for accepting an illegal election contribution
No more strikes and lockouts at food stands at Vancouver Airport
China is facing an acute labour shortage
Vale Inco files a lawsuit accusing strikers of unlawful thuggery
Candlelight vigil in memory of three women farmworkers killed in van crash
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