Child Labour Day is everyday, in Dickensian B.C.
September 7, 2004
Charles Demers
For British Columbia, it’s only appropriate that the first day of school comes right after Labour Day. Thanks to the B.C. Liberals, this province has the most regressive child labour laws in North America.

Real estate, sport tourism and Native sovereignty in B.C.
September 7, 2004
Billie Pierre
On August 29, Native activists and their supporters converged to protest Sun Peaks Resort, and established the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre. Native Youth Movement activist Billie Pierre spoke about the province-wide struggle between sport tourism and Native sovereignty.


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Daniel Gross is a Starbucks worker and organizer with the International Workers of the World (IWW) Retail Workers Union in New York City. On August 28, on the eve of that city’s Republican National Convention, Gross and co-worker Anthony Polanco were arrested during a rally outside the 36th Street and Midtown Starbucks location. Fighting this “targeted” arrest and facing a court date, Gross spoke to Seven Oaks about the struggle to organize low-wage service workers.

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