Gerard Di Trolio is an editor for rankandfile.ca. He has written for Jacobin, Briarpatch and elsewhere, and lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter at @gerardditrolio.
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Labor
How Barnard Contingent Faculty Won Their First Contract
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Why Canada’s Most Progressive Major Party Didn’t Make Big Gains at the Polls
While the New Democratic Party campaigned on a more progressive platform, the Liberals campaigned to the left just enough to sow doubt about the NDP—while the NDP moved to the center.
Gerard Di Trolio
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Labor
After Rejecting Proposed Contract, University of Toronto Teaching Assistants Go On Strike
Gerard Di Trolio
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Labor
Canada’s Supreme Court Just Enshrined Public Sector Workers’ Right to Strike
Gerard Di Trolio