Justice

In Alberta, it’s illegal for farmworkers to form a union. Eric Musekamp is fighting to change that.

The land claims of the Lubicon Cree are still not settled. As oil sands activity heats up, a deal seems even more remote.

Flown in to fill the labour gap, they are welcome to work—but that’s about all.

We’re booming. So why can’t our immigrants cash in?

I answered the phone. A male voice asked to speak to the man in charge. I said I was in charge and could I help him? “I don’t want to talk to a goddamn girl,” he replied. I snapped.

Brooks, Alberta/October 2005

Meat-packing, refugees and the transformation of Brooks.

They look subdued from the outside, but trouble is brewing inside Alberta’s overcrowded prisons.

Raising the minimum wage is only a start.

Are Union Leaders up to the Job?