Join @stephross.bsky.social and Rob Kristofferson, as well as Toronto-based contributors, for the Toronto launch of The Art of Solidarity! This event is hosted by the Toronto Workers' History Project and Mayworks Toronto. Find more details here: btlbooks.com/events/view/...

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...

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

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...

The 2026 CAWLS annual conference will be held June 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg, hosted by the Labour Studies Program at the University of Manitoba. Details and CfP to follow.

📚 Coming soon from BTL: 🔸 Althusser’s crime 🔸 Graphic anti-fascism 🔸 Labour + art 🔸 Cuba and Canada 🔸 Criminology rethought 🔸 Women in unions 🔸 Palestinian liberation = feminist issue 👉 tinyurl.com/4twdfbck @peggynash.bsky.social @jwhite54.bsky.social @kdubin.bsky.social @stephross.bsky.social

Congratulations to @stephross.bsky.social and @profsavage.bsky.social! "Shifting Gears" won the 2025 Leo Panitch Book Prize, celebrating the best book in Canadian work and labour studies. Thank you to the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies for honouring this book! 🎉

"Shifting Gears" tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships. bit.ly/43YFIx2

An incredible honour for @profsavage.bsky.social & me to receive the Canadian Assn for Work & Labour Studies' Leo Panitch Book Prize for best book in Canadian #LabourStudies in 2025, named for our mentor. So grateful to our peers for this recognition #canlab #cdnpoli ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears

Remember when we interviewed the award-winning authors? Listen to it here: www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...

Thrilled to have Shifting Gears recognized with the Leo Panitch Book Prize for 2025, honouring the best book in Canadian work and labour studies. A heartfelt thank you to CAWLS and to my co-author and longtime collaborator @stephross.bsky.social. www.ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab

With negotiations at a standstill, Canada Post workers could be on strike as early as next week. @stephross.bsky.social says the bargaining climate may be tougher this time around. #Labour #CanadaPost #McMasterExperts financialpost.com/news/canada-...

Register soon for the 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, being held at the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University May 28-30, 2025. CAWLS members get discounted rates! cawls.ca/en/2025-annu... #canlab #labourstudies

Do union endorsements make a difference in election campaigns? Daniel Westlake and I weigh in, showing how union satisfaction can amplify the influence of endorsements at the ballot box. theconversation.com/do-union-end... #canlab #cdnpoli #elxn45

Join Mac Labour Studies and Workers Arts & Heritage Centre April 7 for Off The Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton. Untold stories of #hamont revealed by our students #canlab #labourstudies #CommunityEngagement Register here, as space is limited docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join us TODAY March 19 at 1pm ET for the our 2024-25 webinar series w/ @mfauvel.bsky.social on union-community coalition-building and lessons from #Quebec's minimum wage movement. Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #unions #coalitions #organizing

Join Mac Labour Studies March 19 for our last 2024-25 webinar w/ @mfauvel.bsky.social on union-community coalition-building + lessons from #Quebec's minimum wage movement Scan the QR code or click the link 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #unions #coalitions #organizing

New from @policyalternatives.ca: Amazon has no intention of respecting the labour relations systems in any Canadian province, and will actively work to undermine them. The labour movement must respond in kind. By Niall Harney and @whosestreets.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Tens of thousands of city employees, including workers in shelters, long-term care homes and public health, could go on strike in just over two weeks.

🚨The Labor Action Tracker 2024 Annual Report drops tomorrow at 7am EST!🚨 Tomorrow morning we will be releasing our annual report compiling all of our 2024 work stoppage data - stay tuned to learn more about worker action in the U.S. over the past year!

My new book Work in the Digital Media and Entertainment Industries: A Critical Introduction is out (lnkd.in/gjNH2KDT). ESA04 is a 20% discount code. Looking forward to my book chat at TMU's Creative School this Tuesday. More to come!

Learned a lot that made me think about #labor and its dismal political options, in @labourstart.bsky.social podcast with @stephross.bsky.social and Larry Savage on their new book "Shifting Gears." Conclusion: It's a "should read" and you can't trust the reviews: www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...

Shifting Gears will be available in paperback in April 2025. You can request that your local library order a copy or pre-order your own today at: www.ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab #onpoli #cdnpoli

Join us tomorrow for @maxbaru.bsky.social on independent union organizing! 2:30pm ET on Zoom, register below #canlab #organizing #unionorganizing #labourmovement

Surprised by Unifor Local 1285 historic endorsement of Doug Ford's Conservatives? @stephross.bsky.social & I recently published a book that details and makes sense of the union's political shifts and embrace of a more transactional politics. ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab #ONpoli

In this @labourstart.bsky.social podcast interview, @stephross.bsky.social & I talk about our new book, the looming federal election, and the state of labour and working-class politics. www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis... #canlab #cdnpoli

One more day to submit to present at the Canadian Assn for Work and Labour Studies’ 2025 annual conference to be held at McMaster School of Labour Studies May 28-30. Details below 👇 #canlab #labourstudies #laborstudies #unions #organizing #workingclass cawls.ca/en/2025-annu...

Join us Feb. 5 @ 2:30pm ET for the latest in our webinar series feat. @maxbaru.bsky.social on What independent union movements tell us about today's marketplace of trade union organization To register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #unionorganizing #labourstudies

My comments on #Amazon in the Globe&Mail: “Amazon’s announcement casts a chill on organizing efforts nationwide, and she struggles to believe it’s unrelated to the union efforts.” It’s no accident that third-party delivery is harder to unionize #canlab www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Excited for Tracking the Global Upsurge in Workers' Strikes, the latest instalment of Mac Labour Studies' webinar series Jan 21 @ 2:30pm ET, feat. some amazing projects from Canada, Quebec, the US and the UK. Scan the QR code to register #canlab #strikes #laborstudies #labourstudies

Job Opportunity: PressProgress is hiring a Labour Reporter. This is a permanent role and will join our team of full-time, unionized investigative journalists. Closing date January 31, 2025. #CdnMediaJobs

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Join us Jan 21 @ 2:30pm ET for "Tracking the Global Upsurge in Workers' Strikes. Experts from Canada, the US, the UK & Quebec discuss challenges with official strike data and share innovative ways to track worker action and resistance. Register 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #strikes

We are thankful for the growing buzz around Shifting Gears. You can request your local library order a copy or snag your own by pre-ordering the paperback version from @ubcpress.bsky.social here: ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab #cdnpoli #unionpolitics #unionstrategy

For a review that deeply and seriously engages with Shifting Gears, check out this discussion by Herman Rosenfeld in The Bullet #canlab #cdnpoli #unionstrategy socialistproject.ca/2024/12/conf...

An interesting debate about the political trajectory and legacy of the Canadian Auto Workers/Unifor. I certainly agree that union mergers were almost always born out of necessity given falling membership numbers due to plant closures. jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-...

My friends @stephross.bsky.social and @profsavage.bsky.social craft a rejoinder to unfair criticisms of their book. This is how you do critical research--investigate the facts, examine historical truths, incorporate solid theoretical concepts, and defend your arguments jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-...

We need an honest assessment of CAW/Unifor political history & strategy. @stephross.bsky.social and I respond to the latest review of Shifting Gears Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics here: jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-... #canlab #cndpoli

Here is @stephross.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social 's response to the claims from two founders of Unifor in their @jacobinmag.bsky.social review of Ross & Savage's book on autoworker unionism in Canada: jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-...

Honestly reckoning with the past better positions unions to confront the future Read my and @profsavage.bsky.social's response to the latest review of Shifting Gears: Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics here: jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-... #canlab #cndpoli

#StarInvestigation: Tens of thousands of potential workplace injury reports filed by doctors are sitting in limbo. Are they a sign of a deeper problem? Workers’ advocates say these potential injuries are not counted in provincial safety reports and could be a sign of claim suppression.

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Federal government moves to end Canada Post strike. What happens next? Commentary from me, @stephross.bsky.social & @thelawofwork.bsky.social. www.thestar.com/business/fed... #canlab #cdnpoli

Applications for @mcmaster #LabourStudies MA and PhD programs are open for 2025-26. We develop researchers who play leading roles in the academy, the community, policy and organizations representing working people. Details 👉 labourstudies.mcmaster.ca/graduate-progr…#canlaba#laborstudieses

I reviewed @stephross.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social excellent new book on the history of Unifor for @jacobinmag.bsky.social It looks at a perplexing process we are seeing in Canada and around the world: the delinking of economic protest & political reform. jacobin.com/2024/12/cana...

CFP: CAWLS 2025 Annual Conference May 28-30, 2025 Beyond Barriers: Workers’ Struggles and Strategies Across Space & Time, McMaster School of Labour Studies 🗓️ Panel proposals due Dec 15 2024 🗓️ Individual proposals due Jan 31 2025 #canlab #labourstudies #laborstudies cawls.ca/en/2025-annu...

Call for Proposals for the 2025 Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies annual conference, May 28-30, 2025 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. cawls.ca/en/2025-annu... #canlab #LabourStudies