Happy Labour Day, fellow workers! We often hear about how inflation affects the working class, but it affects the owning class, too. Just not in the same way. In contrast with the working class, who see real wages drop when inflation outpaces raises, the owning class actually benefits from inflation. In final episode of season […]

You’ve probably heard that business owners provide their workers with a job and a salary. In episode 7 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever explains why that framing of our current economic system is misleading. Follow The Alberta Worker: Facebook: facebook.com/albertaworkerTwitter: twitter.com/ABWorkerLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/albertaworkerBluesky: bsky.app/profile/abworker.bsky.socialThreads: threads.com/@thealbertaworker Support The Alberta […]

Over 10,000 CUPE unionized Air Canada workers defied the orders of the nation’s labour board, stayed off the job and secured a tentative agreement. Kim Siever, labour journalist for the The Alberta Worker, joins Blueprints of Disruption host Jessa McLean to talk about what led up to the strike, the Liberals’ liberal use of back-to-work legislation, and what this […]

Have you ever heard a politician refer to company owners as job creators? First of all, it’s a myth. But politicians use this rhetoric to frame the owning class as the ones who drive the economy. They say that if they give them tax cuts, they’ll have more money, which they’ll spend on hiring more people. And […]

Independent labour journalist Kim Siever has worked in a lot of jobs since he entered the workforce back in 1989. He’s been been a fry cook, a construction worker, a gas jockey (3 times), a retail clerk (5 times), a carpet cleaner, a courier (2 times), a dispatcher, a fleet manager, a processing clerk, a […]

Have you ever noticed that every time the minimum wage increases, business owners seem to come out of the woodwork to complain about it? They claim it’ll force them to shut down, that it’ll eat into their margins, and that they’ll have no choice but to charge customers more? In episode 4 of season 4 […]

In episode 3 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever discuss how unions can only get us so far when we’re in hierarchal, undemocratic workplaces. While unions play a critical role in improving labour conditions, wages, and benefits, we shouldn’t forget that there’s an alternative approach: workplace collectivization, which […]

In episode 2 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever discuss how temporary foreign workers need our solidarity, not our xenophobia. Temporary foreign workers are workers, too. Our fight for worker justice must include them, because when one worker is exploited, all workers are at risk. Follow The Alberta […]

Inevitably, someone comes along and claims that while unions were important to have 100 years ago, they’ve outlived their utility and aren’t needed anymore. In the first episode of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever addresses the myth that unions aren’t need anymore. Follow The Alberta Worker: Facebook: facebook.com/albertaworkerTwitter: […]

I was unable to secure enough people to interview for the new season of the Alberta Worker Podcast. I didn’t want to cancel the season, so after some thinking about it, I decided to release audio from videos I have made over the last while every week for the next few weeks.  The episodes will […]