You’ve probably heard that business owners provide their workers with a job and a salary. Here’s why that framing of our current economic system is misleading.
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We often hear about how inflation affects the working class, but it affects the owning class, too.
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The one thing that causes inflation
Have you ever heard someone claim that the government increases inflation when they increase money supply? Here’s why that claim misleading.
If you’re tired of living paycheque to paycheque and never being able to get ahead, make sure you blame the right people.
I was asked to speak about the state of public sector bargaining in Alberta.
Some people think that being transgender is a trend that began in the United States and was forced on the rest of the world.
Hey, fellow workers. My name is Kim Siever. My pronouns are he/they. I am honoured to have been asked to speak to you today. I am the president of OUTreach Southern Alberta Society, a local charity focused on advocacy, education, and support for and on behalf of the local 2SLGBTQIA+ community. I should note that […]
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My presentation to PSAC Prairies Region
I was asked to speak on the importance of worker-centred news.
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Community, not greed, is human nature
Some people claim that greed is human nature, which allows them to frame capitalism as natural. It’s wrong though.
Unions can only get us so far when we’re in hierarchal, undemocratic workplaces.