Monthly Archives: September 2019

The decline of manufacturing

It’s been almost a year since General Motors announced that it would be closing its Oshawa, Ontario automobile assembly plant, ending over a century of car manufacturing in the city and putting nearly 3,000 employees and management out of work. This spring, however, the company announced that it would reinvest $170 million dollars in the plant, converting it to stamping and sub-assembly [...]

2019-09-05T07:27:29-04:00September 5, 2019|Announcements, Features, Rick McGinnis, Society & Culture|

Who speaks for the working classes?

Who speaks for the working classes?   In Canada and the United States, the holiday honouring workers and the union movement is celebrated on the first Monday of September, as Labour Day, to avoid the radical connotations of May Day. In some parts of Europe, by contrast, May Day is still celebrated with enthusiasm by socialist and far left parties who share [...]

2020-12-03T11:16:01-05:00September 1, 2019|Soconvivium|
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