Chatting with Jesus: what’s worse - the poor fool reduced to that, or the AI companion programmed to be God.

I may have missed it, but where was Canadian media on this story? All I saw or heard was a lot of both-sideism. Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

Elbows Up, but we can do this too: youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?...

Perhaps much more than most people will want to know about me, but a very big thank you to Carmela Allevato and the BC Labour Heritage Centre for making me part of their impressive and growing collection of oral interviews with labour activists. #canlab www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...

If you live with a person with PD, this story will confirm your hopes and fears; if you don't it will touch you nonetheless.

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

My new long form article on three waves of Progressive Canadian Nationalism and the urgent need to break free from US empire is at @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Some September labour based short fiction. When workers organize there can be Inevitable Conflict - the title of my new short story, a sequel to Capital Delivery. medium.com/@jefred.wils... medium.com/@jefred.wils... #shortstory #labour #gigwork

Happy Labour Day. I have posted a labour based short story on Medium - a sequel to my previous short fiction, Capital Delivery. I hope you enjoy it. medium.com/@jefr.../ine...

The Fact Book for Canadians is here www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

A great examination of a new trend “no point in glossing over the growing conservatism in a large section of the working class, including among union memberships.” Canada @fwilson2.bsky.social #CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

My new article on the state of #CanLab politics after the 2025 Canadian election and labour's failure to stop working class dealignment. Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for publishing this long form article. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Must-read from @fwilson2.bsky.social on the challenges facing Canada's union movement, to resist further encroachment by right-wing populism: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie.... A full overhaul of labour's political strategies is needed. #canlab

My new article on the state of #CanLab politics after the 2025 Canadian election and labour's failure to stop working class dealignment. Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for publishing this long form article. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Could we ask for a better indicator of a failed system for workers?

Interesting tidbit for Canadian labour law and collective bargaining nerds: Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.

Working class conservatism at work in Trump's America. An anti-union NLRB that will gut, block and violate worker rights. #canlab prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

I have been thinking about the passing of a good friend and comrade, Garry Worth. He was a millwright who grew up in logging camps and became a national Canadian labour leader. His working class life was remarkable. Here is Garry telling his story: www.labourheritagecentre.ca/oral-history... #canlab

Should Canada take what is on offer from Trump to get a trade deal? No - and here is why from Jim Stanford: centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/u...

We need a working class politics that brings this fundamental issue of worker rights to the centre of the struggle for democracy.

CD Howe Inst proposing austerity to defend Canada…the opposite of what CD Howe actually did.

What would Canada’s reaction be if 55 Canadians had been detained by China? Or any country? At the least we would advise all Canadians to not travel to that country. Advice would be given on safety precautions, such as leaving your smart phones at home. Etc.

Important vote for the independent union SINTTIA. at GM San Luis Potosi next week... www.podbean.com/ew/pb-eryiu-...

Something's happening here: US military on the streets of Los Angeles; US Senators handcuffed and manhandled; political assassinations in Minnesota; military parades with tanks and missiles on Trump's birthday; rapidly escalating violence and war in the Middle East.

Straight talk on interprovincial trade, regulations and worker rights www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

Makes you want to scream

So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.

What could go wrong?

Joe Biden was old and not fully competent and his staff covered it up. Big scandal. Donald Trump was accused by his top donor and former top ‘Special Government Employee’ of being a pedophile. So are his staff covering that up? Isn’t that, y’know, a bigger scandal?

When the thieves fall out

The difference between #HR Law & Labour Law on display here. HR Law perceives collective bargaining as a business risk to be staunchly resisted. HR lawyers specialize in risk management. Labour Law perceives CB as an economic & social good that gives workers voice, power, & larger share of wealth.

The Supreme Court's recent ruling allowing the President to fire NLRB officials who protect labor but barring the President from firing Fed officials so as not to spook Wall Street tells you everything about power in today's America.

"It wasn’t Ottawa that laid them off, cut their pay, froze the minimum wage, drove up electricity and insurance costs, and put their health care at risk. It was the enemy within."

France 24 take down of Trump's disgraceful and fake news confrontation with SA President Ramaphosa. Has any US news done anything similar? youtu.be/mti6dV-veZw?...

When PM Carney was asked about auto layoffs he remarked that they expected auto companies to uphold commitments to Canada or there could be consequences. This could be that consequence. www.thestar.com/business/fed...

Just in time for Prime Minister Carney's meeting with Donald Trump, I have analyzed new U.S. Census Bureau data on bilateral Canada-U.S. trade (now including full-year 2024 results). Full analysis here: progressive-economics.ca/2025/05/late.... #cdnecon #cdnpoli /2

Here's video from my conversation with Roger Petersen for CTV on manufacturing job losses from Trump's tariff mania: www.cp24.com/video/2025/0.... Responsibility for the slowdown in Canada's labour market rests solely on the shoulders of the US President. #cdnecon

For a deep dive into the trade war and its impact on the NA auto sector, this splendid webinar is full of context, facts and perspective. Great work by the CRIMT team at University of Montreal. youtu.be/WNYwNai0hQM?...

An important article on the challenge facing labour. Unionization in the US declined during the Biden admin. Quick take-away - not about effort or money. It is about ambition and systemic change and renewal. #labor #canlab #unions www.americanprogress.org/article/unio...

266 of 266 polls reporting, 86,371 votes counted Pierre Poilievre officially loses his seat by 4,315 votes and is no longer a Member of Parliament

Private sector union coverage in Canada is at an almost historic low. But during this election campaign, Canada's national labour federation isn't telling voters that the NDP, Liberals, and Conservatives have put forward *zero* proposals to make joining or forming a union more accessible.

Debating whether China has a market economy is a meaningless exercise. Canada should not be bound by any trade agreement regarding which other country it decides to trade with or enter into agreements with. #canpoli #sovereignty #trade www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Canadians should take this for what it is. On our Eday he is making US imperial designs on Canadian sovereignty very clear. Not a joke, not the mad ravings of an autocrat, not a new normal. Not to be negotiated.

Trump/Poilievre - Both rage against banks, offer comfort to anti-vax conspiracy believers, pick fights with journalists, talk a lot about fake news and woke ideology, lead parties that include people who would like to end a woman’s right to choose, will go around the constitution on law&order

Something different from me: a labour-based short story. Free download from Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

For readers of short fiction: A small group of workers facing discrimination turn to a union for assistance. A short, gritty story about real life in the gig economy and the challenge for unions. It's free on Rakuten kobo at www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... Or at medium.com/@jefred.wilson

For readers of short fiction: A small group of workers facing discrimination turn to a union for assistance. A short, gritty story about real life in the gig economy and the challenge for unions. It's free on Rakuten kobo at www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... Or at medium.com/@jefred.wilson