The annual conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies is taking place Jun 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg. Check out the call for papers here: cawls.ca/en/2026-annu... #canlab #LabourStudies

BANGLADESH: 'Massive victory' as mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers are dropped www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Ford's re-election got nearly $40 million from the province's Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications. www.thestar.com/politics/pro... #canlab #onpoli

Ford cuts billions from education then accuses boards of mismanagement for not being able to absorb those cuts. Then uses that as a pretext to take over school boards. Crisis created and exploited.

Smith went wholly unchallenged when she used the notwithstanding clause to strip teachers of bargaining rights. It’s empowered her to use it to strip the rights of trans people. Think she won’t continue to come for other rights? Think again. #abed #canpoli #canlab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The postwar ‘compromise’ between workers and unions on one side, and employers and governments on the other, is on life support.” #canlab www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...

Now that Smith's UCP has passed a law ordering Alberta teachers back to work, we'll see if the teachers exercise the "Air Canada option" and defy that law. Should be an interesting day tomorrow... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Our beautiful chinkapin oak, acquired last year from the free tree giveaway by the @cityofhamilton.bsky.social and @hamiltonnature.org. Spectacular autumn colours. #HamOnt

Solidarity with Alberta teachers. The UCP can have all the supports in place they want; learning requires teachers. #abed #canlab apple.news/AlFayz_yaSEK...

"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say #CanadaPost strike could be a long one. www.thestar.com/business/don... #canlab #cdnpoli

Solidarity with Alberta teachers. #canlab

Great fodder for teaching logical fallacies in my senior philosophy class. I honestly wish I had to go digging rather than have a daily plethora of examples at my fingertips.

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

Fantastic analysis of the strike by Air Canada flight attendants. #canlab

A few thoughts on the overwhelming tentative agreement rejection at #AirCanada. 🧵 #canlab 1. The union oversold the tentative agreement by declaring the end of unpaid work. That framing seems to have rubbed some members the wrong way.

Wow. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... #canlab

Two of BC’s public sector unions just went on strike as public servants push back against rising costs of living Wages that don’t keep pace with inflation and outsourcing contract work are at the centre of two public sector strikes in British Columbia

A solid legal precedent but the expropriation of the expropriators will still have to be unsanctioned.

How an act of defiance by #AirCanada flight attendants was a win for labour rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab #cdnpoli

"A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said early Tuesday."

CUPE's strategy appears to be working, as Air Canada has returned to the bargaining table. ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... #canlab #aircanadaflightattendants

Air Canada has been “encouraged by the federal government’s pattern of intervention in labour disputes…there’s a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card now, with the use of section 107.”— @stephross.bsky.social #canlab

Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social www.thestar.com/business/air...

This Barry Eidlin op-ed in the Globe is very good www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Great article by @gerardditrolio.bsky.social on the strike by Air Canada flight attendants. #canlab

The Liberals are running a masterclass right now on...how not to handle labour relations. Wow.

Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. “This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.” www.thestar.com/business/air... #canlab

Air Canada strike: “We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said. “If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”

“At press time Air Canada is offering stranded travellers the chance to fly home by working as non-union scab flight attendants, though made it clear that they will not be paid for that labour either.” 🤭🤭🤭 Beaverton gold.

This is absolutely enormous! Gratitude to Canada's unions for showing our banker PM he just picked a fight he cannot win. A chance now to build on the united union power that beat Doug Ford over the notwithstanding clause in 2022. There is power in our unions! canadianlabour.ca/canadas-labo...

88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms cupe.ca/88-canadians...

Flight attendants have long been on the front lines fighting for women’s equality and LGTBQ rights. This struggle very much fits with their history. #Solidarity #CUPE #canlab nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

History has shown us that labour power can never be fully contained. Solidarity! ✊🏻#canlab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Join BTL, WAHC and editors Rob Kristofferson and @stephross.bsky.social for the launch of The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts & Heritage in Canada! 📅 Sunday August 31 ⏰3 pm - 5 pm 📍51 Stuart St, Hamilton RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-art-of...

I was back on ⁦‪CBC News’ national evening broadcast tonight to discuss the Liberal government’s outrageous use of Section 107 yet again to trample on Air Canada flight attendants’ Charter-protected right to strike and order them back to work. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Did you know that Canadian flight attendants work an average of 35 hours per month for free? They are only paid for in-flight hours even though their labour extends well before and after flight. This has to change. Read more from Adam King in 2023. www.readthemaple.com/unpaid-fligh...

A textbook example of the pernicious effect of repeated government intervention in labour disputes: instead of using the pressure of a strike deadline to hammer out a deal, Air Canada management walks away from the table and calls for government intervention www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Research out of Australia: ‘It feels like I am being forced to harm a child’: research shows how teachers are suffering moral injury #onted #canlab theconversation.com/it-feels-lik...

Hot damn. 🔥🔥

Internal emails throw light on the sources used by Government of Alberta staff to search for “inappropriate” materials in school libraries, including an index of America’s most banned books and a website linked to the rise in attempts to ban books in the U.S. #abpoli

It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”

'It will take solidarity and co-ordinated action to win Grzejszczak’s reinstatement and send a message that attacking supporters of #Palestine in the labour movement won’t stand.' www.readthemaple.com/cupe-is-figh...

Ford has masterfully manipulated scales of power. Erode funding at the provincial level & blame local school boards for unbalanced budgets. Then take over school boards & sell off public assets to private interests. Without mass resistance there will be nothing left. #onted

We are offering LABR 1P95: Introduction to the Canadian Labour Movement in Summer 2025 and again in Winter 2026. Learn more about labour studies at Brock here: brocku.ca/social-scien...

Registration for incoming 1st year students is now open. Check out LABR 1P94 Workplace Rights and Equity, available a both an elective and social science context credit. #brocku #LabourStudies

Coming from a place where union membership is mandatory for teachers, I have wondered what the cultural differences are between teacher unions who must continually re-certify, and those who can take membership for granted. It would make an interesting comparative study.

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... #canlab

‘The cumulative funding gap—that is, the total amount that Ontario’s school boards have lost compared to what they would have received if their funding kept up with enrolment and inflation—over the past seven years amounts to an astonishing $6.35 billion.’ @policyalternatives.ca

Here @profsavage.bsky.social asks a key question about the Canada Post dispute. “We don’t expect schools and hospitals to operate on a for-profit basis. Why is Canada Post being held to a different standard?” #canlab #cupw #CanadaPost www.chch.com/chch-news/ca...