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In an era when unions wield as much power as management, it is difficult to imagine a time when they did not even exist. To rely on an employer's goodwill for decent working conditions and a fair rate of pay without any avenue of recourse is a proposition as alien to the modern worker as the idea of commuting to work on a space shuttle. Yet for post World War I Canadians, a living wage, an eight hour work day, and the freedom to organize into bargaining groups were rights that had to be fought for. On Strike examines this struggle, chronicling

Does Garuda Airlines, Indonesia’s National carrier, carry out political assassinations for the government? Following the bizarre poisoning of the country’s leading human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, on one of its flights, it’s appearing more and more likely. Since then, his colleagues have uncovered a series of shady connections between Indonesian intelligence and the National airline. They’re also investigating the deaths of other government critics, who all died mysteriously after flying Garuda.