ANGUS: No Such Thing as a Bystander: Labour Day and the Less

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No Such Thing as a Bystander: Labour Day and the Lessons of Resistance

Charlie Angus - The Resistance - September 01, 2025

EXCERPT: "But Labour Day is about something deeper.

For working-class people it’s a time to reflect on the state of workers' rights, job security, wages, and the push for a better society. Needless to say, this Labour Day, the situation is troubled.

Canada has lost 45,000 manufacturing jobs since Donald Trump began his attack on our economy. Things aren't any better in the United States. The guy who promised that the economy would sparkle within a hundred days has only delivered chaos. Recent polling shows that more than half of American workers state that they are feeling increasingly stressed by both job insecurity from the Trump tariff wars.

But these are the short-term snapshots. What about the broader arc? . . . . ."

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