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When Your Union Breaks Your Heart: A Winnipeg Case

A discussion with two municipal workers about why unions matter in spite of their many problems, CUPE Local 500 (the union for most people who work for the City of Winnipeg, which recently came close to going on strike) and working to change our unions.

Two articles connected to this episode:

Steward's Corner: What to Do When Your Union Leaders Break Your Heart
https://labornotes.org/2020/02/stewards-corner-what-do-when-your-union-leaders-break-your-heart

Sexism in Winnipeg’s labour movement
https://www.rankandfile.ca/sexism-and-winnipegs-labour-movement/