Airbnb is tempting for property owners, because it’s more profitable to collect money from nightly stays than it is to collect monthly rent. The municipal and provincial governments have put regulations in place to limit unlicensed Airbnbs… but is it enough? Local 514 welcomes FRAPRU and Comité Logement de la Petite Patrie to analyze how …
Some Quebecers go to the emergency room, as a result of not being able to access their family doctor in a timely manner, while around 1 million Quebecers are without a family doctor. Some have been waiting four years to be placed with a family doctor… but could this change? Quebec has announced it has …
2022 marks the 74th year of the Nakba, when Palestinians were violently removed from their lands in 1948 in order to create the state of Israel. On May 15th, Montrealers gathered to protest against the continued Israeli occupation of Palestine and to pay respects to the most recent Palestinian journalist murdered by Israeli forces, Shireen …
TWIG (Tree Workers Industrial Group) is proud to present: Planter’s Guide! The second volume (and second issue) of Fireweed, the zine series for and by treeplanters. An essential reading for all those who wish to understand and transform the tree-planting industry!
Moderna is opening a production facility in Montreal, securing Canadians more jobs and Canadian made vaccines. Canada has one of the highest vaccination rates worldwide, yet our government is allowing for patents to continue on vaccines, preventing worldwide access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Local 514 investigates how capitalism prevents the pandemic from ending.
Sponsorship visas and domestic work in Canada- In part 2 of this documentary series, AbdelAli Essaouis speaks to more immigrant workers about the exploitation they’ve faced by employers. In collaboration with the Immigrant Workers Center of Montreal
Engineers, teachers, and scientists, forced to work in dangerous factories for very little pay and with no health coverage. Why? Because they are immigrants. In Part 1 of this series by AbdelAli Essaouis, we hear from workers in Montreal and the exploitation they have faced by their employers and the government. In collaboration with the …
Inuit represent 10% of Indigenous people in Montreal, but account for 43% of homeless Montrealers who are Indigenous. Circumstances including residential schools, the 60’s scoop and forcing Inuit into settlements have led to generational trauma and barriers in our society. But colonialism isn’t a relic of the past, as Inuit in Inuit Nunangat (the four …
Journalism is being eroded by corporate interests, and the community sector is fighting back! Community media needs YOUR HELP to ensure the Broadcasting Act is clear about the cable companies’ obligations to local, democratic, non-profit broadcasters. Changes to the Broadcasting Act through Bill C-11 will affect the landscape for decades to come. This is a …
A municipal party with progressive roots – but have they strayed from these roots since their win in 2017? Local 514 investigates this, looking into the city’s management of housing, the police and gentrification in the city.
