Tony Burke

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Burke

• Labor

  

  Uber and Amazon wins in Canada spotlight progressive labor legislation

  September 3, 2025 By Tony Burke

  Card-check certification gives Uber drivers a win, while Amazon’s intimidation techniques trigger automatic unionization.

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• Labor

  

  After Big Three gains, UAW wants to organize foreign-owned U.S. auto plants next

  December 4, 2023 By Tony Burke

  UAW points out that these companies recognize unions in their home countries, so why not at their U.S. factories?

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• Labor

  

  Tesla: Elon Musk tries to crush Swedish workers

  November 29, 2023 By Tony Burke

  In an enormous nationwide fightback even Swedish postal workers refuse to deliver mail to Tesla Sweden.

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• Opinion

  

  Trump plays friend to workers on trade while pursuing privatization

  March 13, 2017 By Tony Burke

  U.S. unions face a dilemma: how to work with a president who’s avowedly anti-union and yet is pursuing some of their aims, like re-negotiating NAFTA?

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