The 2026 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies takes place June 3-5 in Winnipeg. This year's theme is Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Check out the CfP for proposal deadlines. cawls.ca/en/2026-annu... #canlab #LabourStudies

Niagara spa, casino company among those getting Skills Development Fund grants, drawing complaints from unions www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #canlab #onpoli

UK: Combining efforts – 200 years of trade unions in the UK blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report. www.readthemaple.com/unions-impro... #canlab

Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members

“Represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), college workers are demanding job security. The union said the sector has already seen 10,000 job cuts across the system in the last year.” rabble.ca/education/da... #onpoli

Mark you calendar for Sept 24. Welcome luncheon for all Labour Studies majors, co-majors, minors, or any students broadly interested in Labour Studies at #BrockU. RSVP here: experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/301826

Canada Post to present new contract offer to postal workers www.thestar.com/business/can... #canlab #cdnpoli

A growing movement of IBEW members feels the union leaves too much power on paper when it comes to challenging bosses. The Caucus of Rank-and-File Electrical Workers now has 300 members across 40 IBEW locals across the U.S. @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social reports: labornotes.org/2025/09/new-...

On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's PERSPECTIVES 📢Activists Make History📢 @peggynash.bsky.social and Airline Division CUPE union leader Wesley Lesosky discuss the recent Air Canada flight attendants strike & the fight for fair pay in the airline industry perspectivesjournal.ca/ac-strike/ 🔶

Put your Labour Studies degree to work! Join us to discuss your career options with Labour Studies graduates and professors. Oct. 23, 6-7:30pm. Food and refreshments provided! Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.ca/e/labour-stu...

"By only allowing members to vote on wages, CUPE leadership curtailed internal democracy and may ultimately face blowback from members as a result." #canlab #canpoli www.readthemaple.com/air-canada-f...

"For the last year, management has refused to bargain seriously, forcing us out on strike for the first time in our union’s history. We’ve now been on strike for over 100 days," wrote Richard Balberan, president of the Kawasaki Union in the Philippines labornotes.org/2025/09/kawa...

📣 New Podcast! "8 September 1941: Norwegian milk strike" on @Spreaker #antifa #history #norway

#AirCanada flight attendants overwhelmingly reject tentative deal with the airline www.thestar.com/business/air... #canlab #cdnpoli

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.

As contract vote closes, Air Canada attendants consider rejecting a deal that maintains pay inequality ricochet.media/labour/as-co... via @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #canlab #cdnpoli

Fired paramedic fights dismissal over Facebook post. www.notllocal.com/local-news/f... #canlab

Last month, workers at Sugared + Bronzed locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica voted to unionize with Communications Workers Local 9505—forming the first salon chain union in the country. @nataschaelena.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

In the last 14 months the government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to try to end at least eight strikes in federally regulated industries. #canlab

Professors Paul Gray and Jordan House welcome incoming Labour Studies students at yesterday's #BrockU New Student Orientation

Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy in the wake of the #AirCanada strike. @eidlin.bsky.social and I weigh in on what may come next. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/aft... #cdnpoli #canlab

Jump-start your future career with Labour Studies collaborative programs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=keM1... #BrockU #cdnpse

I’m back in the Star today with a new piece on how striking Air Canada flight attendants successfully called Ottawa's bluff — and set a potentially significant precedent in industrial relations that may soon have important political implications as well: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

"...observers of the Canadian labour movement do not expect this momentum to last. In fact, they say the macroeconomic climate of lower inflation and rising economic uncertainty has chilled union militancy in Canada and cast a cloud of fear over workers." www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

New publication by #BrockU professors @alisonbraley.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social "Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector" www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri... #canlab #cdnpse

The #AirCanada strike is over. Who won, and what comes next? #BrockU professor @alisonbraley.bsky.social weighs in on CBC's The Current. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #canlab

Canada Post union makes counter-offer as negotiations with Crown corporation continue www.thestar.com/business/can... #canlab #cdnpoli

It's been quite a media week. After 40+ interviews about Air Canada flight attendants, I wanted to weigh in on an issue that was less addressed: Air Canada’s weak management www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

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

#BrockU professor Simon Black joined a number of guests on NEWSTALK 1010 to talk about the #AirCanada tentative agreement. omny.fm/shows/newsta... #canlab

When governments stack the deck in favour of employers, unions are going to resist. Workers are going to use their leverage to insist on negotiated settlements, even if that means ignoring the law. globalnews.ca/video/113417... #canlab #cdnpoli #AirCanada

LABR 1P94: Workplace Rights and Equity #LabourStudies #BrockU

CUPE flight attendants defied a Section 107 back-to-work order, forced #AirCanada back to the bargaining table, and successfully bargained a tentative agreement. A new page of Canadian labour history has been written today. cbc.ca/player/play/... #cndpoli #canlab

Hot off the pixels at ⁦‪@theglobeandmail.com‬⁩ : my op-ed on the history of the right to strike in Canada, and the current Liberal government’s failure to learn the lessons of that history: #CanLab www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock – YYZ – August 16th 2025

When politicians allow the system to be rigged in favour of employers, workers have no choice but to resist. Unions can’t be expected to bow to unjust laws — and the way the Liberals have abused section 107 is clearly unjust. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab #cdnpoli

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/...

A 1-2 punch of @profsavage.bsky.social and me commenting on the problems of repeated government intervention in labour disputes #CanLab : ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/federal...

This powerful image of resistance is set to become an iconic symbol of the ongoing struggle for workers' rights in Canada. #canlab

Management at Air Canada is using the lockout threat as a pressure point on the Prime Minister. But when the government swoops in only at the behest of employers, it undermines our entire system of labour relations. www.barrietoday.com/business/som... #cdnpoli #canlab

LABR 3P06: Class and Culture Check out this course and many others offered by the Department of Labour Studies at #BrockU. brocku.ca/social-scien...

Why did two of this summer's biggest organizing victories happen in BC? Over at @pressprogress.ca, I dug into the policies that helped Uber drivers in Victoria and Amazon workers in Delta unionize their workplaces.

@cupescfp.bsky.social "said that before, during and after flights, flight attendants are required to perform 'hours of unpaid mandatory' duties, including safety checks, boarding, deplaning and assisting passengers with special needs. #canlab #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1132949...

LABR 2P00: Mediation, Arbitration & Conflict Resolution. Learn about this #BrockU course and many more at: brocku.ca/social-scien... #LabourStudies

Amazon’s bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling on workers’ unionization rejected www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... #canlab

#BrockU Associate Professor of @brocklabour.bsky.social Alison Braley-Rattai spoke to @thestar.com about education workers in #Toronto seeking to overturn recent arbitration on pay equity concerns. #CanLab Read more ➡️ www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

Yes, Canada Post's strategy backfired. But the fact that over 30% of postal workers backed the employer's "final" offer should make the union nervous. Makes for very complicated strategic choices going forward. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab #cdnpoli

Know someone who is applying to university this year? Make sure they check out what the Department of Labour Studies at @brocku.ca has on offer. brocku.ca/social-scien... #Brocku #cdnpse #canlab

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...