December 2002 

Alberta

• Shaw workers win first contract
• Conflict of interest in air ambulance privatization
• Telus reduces workforce by one third
• University students oppose massive tuition hike
• International campaign convinces Talisman to leave
• Housing crisis looms as homeless numbers grow

Labour Arts

Guy Smith review

National

• BC hospital workers arrested
• Security forces illegally spying on labour leaders
• Union legal challenge will pressure Health Minister to enforce the CHA
• Ontario government caught in attack on pension rights

International

• National firefighters strike widens rift between Blair government and British labour movement
• Brazil a new world is possible
• Monty Python: The Meaning of Life?
• American war plans jeopardize world security
• Voters reject private hospitals in Sweden
• Say no to sweat shops
• Bush plans to privatize federal public service

Editorial

• Time for us to get behind Romanow

Feature

• Romanow unveils blueprint for revitalizing Medicare
• Romanow or Ralph
• Canadians support Romanow
• Romanow highlights
• The evidence grows - privatization doesn’t work