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Today’s broadcast date is March 24, 2019. Follow Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emily_leedham_ Follow Rank & File Radio: https://twitter.com/rfradioprairie Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rfradioprairie Visit www.RankandFile.ca for more labour news across Canada. Today on the show - lightning round of Prairie labour news, because a lot happened this week. Basia Sokal resigned as president of the Winnipeg Labour Council, the University of Regina Faculty served a strike notice, CUPW held a solidarity picket for UFCW 1400 Saskatoon Co-op workers, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver involved in the Humboldt crash, was sentenced to eight years in prison, prompting a look at trucking safety regulations in Canada, Saskatchewan's provincial budget review, and Manitoba Teachers protested the closure of a curriculum support centre. Truck driver isn't the only one at fault in Humbolt tragedy https://ricochet.media/en/2504/truck-driver-isnt-the-only-one-at-fault-in-humboldt-tragedy CUPW Solidarity Rally with UFCW 1400 - recording by Mike Trottier https://www.facebook.com/mike.trottier.77/videos/10158365712129899/ URFA Strike Notice http://www.carillonregina.com/urfa-strike-notice-served/ Basias's resignation speech http://rankandfile.ca/basia-sokal-resigns-as-winnipeg-labour-council-president/ Sask Budget Review http://behindthenumbers.ca/2019/03/21/sk-budget-2019/ Winnipeg Curriculum Support Centre Read In https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/teachers-fighting-decision-to-close-curriculum-support-centre-1.4344975

On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, Basia Sokal resigned as President of the Winnipeg Labour Council, citing harassment and bullying from men within labour leadership. This audio of her resignation was recorded by Emily Leedham with Basia’s permission at the Winnipeg Labour Council Meeting. It is uploaded here in its entirety as a record of the event. Besides audio levels being adjusted, the recording has not been cut or edited in any way.

This week, the Union of Canadian Transport Employees has called for the government to buy back the Canadian Wheat Board from the Saudi-U.S. joint venture, Global Grain Group. The Harper government sold 50.1% of the CWB to the joint venture, which is now known as G3 Canada Limited. UCTE President Dave Clark highlights that grain shipments through the Port of Churchill were vital to Churchill’s livelihood. He also notes that the port itself and the Hudson Bay Railway leading up to the port were both privatized in 1997 by the federal Liberal government and sold to Denver based company OmniTrax. The privatization of the port, railway and wheat board has lead to the perfect devastating storm for Churchill. ----------- Basia Sokal is a proud member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 856 and a letter carrier in Downtown Winnipeg. She is a Former VP and acting President of her local, and current president of the Winnipeg Labour Council. She started activism early on, working at Superstore while in high school where she became steward and worked on organizing campaigns with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832. She was born in Poland and came to Winnipeg with her family in the late 80s as political refugees. In this episode, Sokal discusses the impact Unifor’s disaffiliation with the Canadian Labour Congress has had on local organizing in the province and on the Prairies. She also addresses the need to bridge the gap between unionized and non-unionized workers, and the challenges facing the Manitoba labour movement under the Brian Pallister’s austere, union-busting Conservative government.

In episode #190 of Talking Radical Radio (October 19, 2016), Scott Neigh speaks with Basia Sokal and Arlyn Doran. They are letter carriers and activists in the Winnipeg local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), and they talk about how they mobilized with other rank-and-file workers over the last year to act up and speak out at the depot where they work, as their union engaged in a very tough round of negotiations with Canada Post at the national level. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2016/10/19/trr-cupw_shopfloor/