On Sept. 11, a near-unanimous majority of workers at Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the Arts and Cultural Workers’ Union, IATSE Local B778. Twelve employees of Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the union, according to a Massy union member. The union drive took place largely in August. Two of the now-unionized workers are Indigenous, according to three members of Massy Union who spoke with The Mainlander.
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There appears to be a growing consensus between the two dominant poles of politics in British Columbia. The Conservatives and the BC NDP have together embraced a series of regressive policies as the provincial election devolves into a surreal fantasy land where up is down, left is right, but somehow right is still right.
For more than two decades, the number of people living without a home in Vancouver has continued to climb. No level of government has addressed the issue with meaningful policy reforms, the necessary funding, or other housing safeguards, nor with the overall urgency it deserves.
A small controversy erupted last month when it was revealed that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim transformed a City Hall meeting room into his own personal gym. Sim’s “Mojo Dojo Casa House,” or the “Ken Gym,” was refitted…