The union drive at a Starbucks in Calgary, Alberta, was defeated by both the anti-union tactics of the company and the province’s ruling party. Successful votes elsewhere, however, indicate the Starbucks unionization wave is only just beginning in Canada.

Talk of a great technological replacement suggests that automation is rendering most workers obsolete. But innovation isn’t simply replacing human workers — rather, it has created a battle over whose interests the new technologies will serve.

Liberal-NDP pact reveals core tenets of the unimaginative advisors setting the party’s direction

From virtual reality concerts to workplace meetings, Meta’s (formerly known as Facebook) Metaverse is a bid to stake out and monopolise a new digital frontier to redefine social relations. This overhyped vision pitched by Mark Zuckerburg last fall is an attempt to create, control and monetize new digital spaces.