IndustriALL: Rebuild Ukraine — but not without its workers www.industriall-union.org/rebuild-ukra...

Trans Day of Visibility is a reminder that workers are strongest when we stand together. We celebrate trans and gender-diverse workers, and recommit to fighting for workplaces where everyone is safe and respected. Full statement: canadianlabour.ca?p=20848

As the expiry date nears for two of Thomson Reuters’ contracts with the United States Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one B.C. union is sounding the alarm over human rights concerns. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #uspoli #bclab

LABR 2P90 Labour of Sport is being offered online in the Spring Term at #Brock. Check the registration guide and timetable for details. brocku.ca/admissions/s...

Tonight! Registration information below👇 workersactioncentre.org/event/labour...

115 years ago, bosses locked the doors. 146 workers, mostly immigrant women, never made it out. That fire changed everything and it's why we fight like hell for #SafeJobs today! #NeverForget #LaborHistory #WorkersRights

What an incredible story: Meatpacking workers who speak 57 languages are ON STRIKE against the behemoth JBS in Greeley, CO. Reminds me of historical accounts of the Lawrence, Mass. strike of 1912, where workers spoke dozens of languages, and often sang to communicate.

LABR 2Q92 Work, Equity & Diversity is being offered online in the Spring Term at #BrockU. Check the registration guide and timetable for details. brocku.ca/admissions/s...

The #NFL is laying the groundwork for hiring scab labour to replace officials if the league can't come to terms on a new collective agreement with the NFL Referees Association. A similar move in 2012 was an unmitigated disaster. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Congrats to Labour Studies major Lauren Fleming who was named as both the #BrockU Co-op and Law Plus Student of the Year for 2025. brocku.ca/brock-news/2...

#OtD 18 Mar 1911 on the 40th anniversary of the Paris commune, the first International Women's Day was held in Europe for women's rights and suffrage. The date was later moved to 8 March stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9018...

Learn about the future of work in this online spring course offered by the Department of Labour Studies at #BrockU. brocku.ca/admissions/s...

A new report finds wealth inequality in Canada is reaching new heights, with a tiny elite enjoying lavish lifestyles while the many are left in the cold. The problem is not just moral obscenity but that democracy is perverted by vast wealth concentration.

"Last month’s lacklustre arbitrated wage settlement left workers with pay rates they already voted to reject. Now, the unpaid work probe has largely validated a compensation structure that flight attendants struck to overturn." #canlab #canpoli www.readthemaple.com/government-d...

In case you missed last week's excellent webinar with the Naujawan Support Network, the recording is now available! #canlab #canpoli vimeo.com/1170673813

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This summer, I'll be teaching LABR 1P95 Introduction to the Canadian Labour Movement & LABR 3P13 Politics of Labour. Check out all of the spring/summer course offerings at #BrockU here: brocku.ca/admissions/s...

At #CSW70, join us for a powerful panel on how trade union women in Canada are defending labour rights through collective bargaining, pay equity, health and safety, and human rights. Join us online! Register here: bit.ly/RISEUPCLC

Join a free webinar on March 4 at 4:30pm EST to hear from the Naujawan Support Network on their campaigns fighting wage theft & defending workers facing deportation due to PGWP changes. Q&A to follow. Hosted by Brock Labour Studies. Register below! www.eventbrite.com/e/not-all-or...

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast. They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

The CLAC prides itself on being a "different kind of union," in that it doesn't believe in confrontation. Sooo… what happens when workers want something else? pressprogress.ca/clac-christi...

Long-time staff member at #BrockUniversity shaken after new wave of layoffs www.chch.com/chch-news/lo... #canlab #onpse

MEXICO: Initiative in Mexico targets industrial homicide after Pasta de Conchos www.industriall-union.org/industrial-h...

Canada’s “productivity crisis” isn’t about lazy workers—it’s about protected oligopolies and metrics that reward speculation over real value. If being “productive” means enriching landlords and gutting public services, maybe we need to be less productive.

SRI LANKA: Surge in Labor Strikes Amid Rising Worker Unrest slguardian.org/sri-lanka-fa...

#OtD 19 Feb 1972 the UK's miners, who had been on strike for seven weeks, accepted an improved pay offer above the government's 8% pay cap. The strike had caused rationing of electricity and had forced factories to temporarily close. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e81-...

CANADA: Following a million-dollar ruling against Amazon, Unifor will seek mediation to expedite first contract www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

In Sweden today, maternal activism is uniting around a politics of collective care, turning private burdens into claims about public obligation and democratic rights.

Check out Labour Studies Spring/Summer 2026 courses offerings at @brocku.ca — perfect for fast-tracking your degree. brocku.ca/springsummer #BrockU #LabourStudies

13-02-1913 USA: 82-year-old labour activist Mother Jones was arrested in West Virginia for supporting a coal miners strike. Convicted in a military court she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Pardoned after serving 85 days.

🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

We encourage the #Niagara community to join us on March 7 at our labour social event, co-sponsored by CUPE. #canlab

TURKIYE: “Our enemies are intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting." progressive.international/wire/2026-02...

What does it *feel like* to build worker power? Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movement today. Heat The Ground Up is an oral history of Starbucks Workers United, voiced by the baristas who built it.

Brock University cutting administrative jobs, impacting up to 50 workers: union www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab #cdnpse

Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy. Here’s what he learned from that process.

McGill found $1 million to fight its own workers rather than bargain with them. Imagine what that $ could do for teaching, research, or student support. therover.ca/mcgill-spent... #canlab #cdnpse

"The same forces that devalue women’s lives and organize to attack us in our neighbourhoods are at play in both the killing of Renee Good and the life and death dramas that women are prey to in our construction workplaces." NEW from @meganysta.bsky.social:

🚨Job Alert!🚨 We’re hiring instructors for a variety of Labour Studies courses in the Spring and Summer 2026 semesters. Courses are delivered online. Applications close February 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM. For more details and to apply👇 brocku.ca/social-scien...

"Internal reports warn traffickers are taking advantage of a growing number of foreign workers. But criminal charges are rare." #canlab #canpoli theijf.org/article/labo...

GLOBAL: Ubisoft Workers Mobilize Global Strike as Cost-Cutting Measures and Remote Work Reversal Spark International Labor Revolt www.webpronews.com/ubisoft-work...

Acknowledged as the greatest Black labor leader in American history, A. Philip Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and was a pioneer in advancing racial equality within the labor movement. #BlackHistoryMonth

GLOBAL: Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate www.techspot.com/news/111117-...

USA: AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist” www.afge.org/publication/...

New from @policyalternatives.ca: Days before Canada’s ministers meet to talk about child care, a new report reveals that provinces are significantly off-track in meeting their promises for new non-profit child care spaces. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The forward looking nature of this labour policy document is fascinating. Avi Lewis’s NDP Labour Plan Is A Remarkable Document

The challenge for both the NDP and the labour movement is [...] putting forward an alternative vision and understanding of the economy that directly addresses their material interests in ways that unite workers through shared class interests. FULL ARTICLE🔗

Opinion: Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues

At LaborOnline, Alan Singer reviews Marc Kagan's new book, "Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009." lawcha.org/2026/01/19/t...

"Senior federal officials have openly acknowledged that international students fill labour shortages in retail, food service, logistics, and other low-wage sectors, while paying exorbitant tuition fees that subsidize underfunded institutions." #canlab #canpoli