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Interview with Blair Redlin
In this interview Blair Redlin recounts his extensive experience in the labour movement and public service.
He was raised in Calgary and attended the University of Calgary in the late 1970s. He studied political science and was involved in student activism, campaigning against tuition increases. He served in student government, including being elected as the president of the Federation of Alberta Students.
Blair worked as a legislative intern in NDP leader Grant Notley's…
Interview with Deborah Bourque
Deborah Bourque's extensive involvement in the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), includes serving as its national president from 2002 to 2008. She describes the challenges CUPW faced in negotiating collective agreements and fighting against government legislation that threatened the union's right to strike.
Bourque also highlights CUPW's successful efforts to organize and gain voluntary recognition for rural and suburban mail carriers, a major accomplishment during her tenure…