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News on Rogers

Posted on December 1, 2021March 26, 2022 By Harry J. Glasbeek

Normally we ignore private family squabbles. Why is the story of that dysfunctional Rogers family front page news? The media are interested for a variety of reasons. One is that they hold people like the Rogers’ family in awe. To the mainstream media, they are achievers, much like the owners…

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Striking down farm workers–law at work

Posted on November 27, 2021July 10, 2023 By Harry J. Glasbeek

  Striking down farm workers—it is the law’s way     These days we hear and read a lot about essential workers. It is not always clear whether workers ought to be characterized as essential ones, but there can be little doubt that the people who work on farms are…

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The driver and the carer/oppression by law

Posted on November 13, 2021July 10, 2023 By Harry J. Glasbeek

Recent events, the many aspects of law and workers’ rights When workers struggle, they often invoke the law, either by denouncing a set of provisions that favour the dominant class or by trying to bring themselves under the umbrella of legal protections they had won in previous struggles. This makes…

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The Rogers’ Feud–glimpses of feudalism within capitalism

Posted on November 8, 2021 By Harry J. Glasbeek

The Rogers’ Feud—glimpses of feudalism within capitalism   The media are all agog as a truly rich family is having a spat in public. They are fighting each other over which of them should be in control over a corporate organization which is valued at $30 billion. The outcome does…

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Stealing workers’compensation funds

Posted on October 26, 2021 By Harry J. Glasbeek

  Ontario’s Ministry of Labour has announced that it is about to amend legislation which will lower the ceiling which determines whether any of the surplus in the insurance fund held by the WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board which used to be known as the Workers’ Compensation Board) should…

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