Brock Labour Studies @BrockLabour
Department of Labour Studies at Brock University. Home to Canada's first Labour Studies co-op program. Also on Facebook and Instagram. brocku.ca/social-science… Niagara, Ontario, Canada Joined October 2011-
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During the pandemic, the hero status of grocery store workers didn’t translate into power at bargaining table. But on back of Metro Unifor strike, workers winning big wage gains. I spoke to @RosaJSaba about NL Dominion grocery workers’ new deal. #canlab ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/loblaw-ow…
Associate Professor @_SimonBlack in @BrockLabour talked to @CBCHereandNow about the potential impact of a TTC strike.
Associate Professor @_SimonBlack in @BrockLabour talked to @CBCHereandNow about the potential impact of a TTC strike.
Twelve thousand TTC workers, members of @ATUlocal113, are in a legal strike position. Yesterday I spoke to @CBCHereandNow about what's next. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… #canlab #topoli
New report for tax filing day today! @ccpa senior economist, @MarcLeeCCPA shows that Canada’s tax system is not as progressive many think! The highest-income households have been paying increasingly less tax, proportionately, than lower-income households. monitormag.ca/reports/canada…
#ClimateChange is a health issue, a workplace issue, a #SocialJustice issue, and above all, a human rights issue. ↗️It needs to top the list of our global priorities. Learn more in our latest report: ow.ly/cbGR50RlaeV #SafeDay2024
Today is the #DayofMourning for workers injured or killed on the job. As we say in the labour movement - we mourn for the dead, and we fight for the living. Let's continue to work, today and everyday, for a safe and healthy workplace for every worker. #onpoli
According to @abacusdataca Poilievre’s Conservatives are on track to win popular vote of both private AND public sector union members. 44% of former say they’ll vote Con. CLC cannot do the mass political education needed to turn these numbers around. Affiliates must step up.
According to @abacusdataca Poilievre’s Conservatives are on track to win popular vote of both private AND public sector union members. 44% of former say they’ll vote Con. CLC cannot do the mass political education needed to turn these numbers around. Affiliates must step up.
Workers in Bangladesh are stuck in a cycle of underpayment & repression in response to wage protests. Garment brands like @hm, @ZARA, @next_official failed to prevent this cycle from repeating itself the past year & must do more to stop the repression. sourcingjournal.com/topics/labor/b…
Brock to observe National #DayOfMourning on April 28 brocku.ca/brock-news/202… #canlab #canpoli
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On the one month AGO strike anniversary, we're sharing some tender photos by @shawnclarke capturing the daily intimacies of the picket line on 35 mm film. Strikes an unforgettable experience forging unique comradery — but it helps to have a beautiful visual archive! #NoDealNoAGO
We had a great time talking to prospective students at today’s Social Sciences Day and are looking forward to welcoming new Labour Studies majors in the coming months and years! #canlab #labourstudies
After the big win at VW, Shawn Fain says, “The workers at VW are the first domino to fall. They have shown it is possible. I expect more of the same. Workers are fed up" Fain sees "a big majority" voting in favor of the UAW at Mercedes in Alabama in May theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
At the root of the #RanaPlaza tragedy is a system of exploitation. On this day, and every day, we reaffirm our commitment to fight for a redistribution of power. So that workers are never forced into unsafe conditions, into poverty pay, into criminalisation for taking a stand.
At the root of the #RanaPlaza tragedy is a system of exploitation. On this day, and every day, we reaffirm our commitment to fight for a redistribution of power. So that workers are never forced into unsafe conditions, into poverty pay, into criminalisation for taking a stand.
Never again. 11 years ago, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed. Our thoughts are with those who lived through this man-made tragedy. We remember the lives lost and will continue to fight for workers’ rights. You can share memorial messages at ranaplazaneveragain.org
The next #O4P training on core organizing fundamentals will feature translation to Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German, Hindi, Kannada, Portuguese, Spanish & Thai. Could you or an organizing group you know benefit? Join 1000s across the 🌍 on May 7th: bit.ly/O4P-CF-About-2…
Renowned labor organizer Jane McAlevey (@rsgexp) says the UAW's success in unionizing a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee was "a beatdown" of management. A bigger test, she says, will be whether workers can do the same at Mercedes in Alabama.
This is a day on which we remember and step back, but which also strengthens our commitment to fight for to take away all of the root causes of the tragedy of 11 years ago. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain cleanclothes.org/news/2024/reme…
Canada is facing a national child care crisis, the key driver of which is persistently low wages for child care workers. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…
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Twelve thousand TTC workers, members of @ATUlocal113, are in a legal strike position. Yesterday I spoke to @CBCHereandNow about what's next. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… #canlab #topoli
Correction: In the interview, I misspoke. Turnout for the strike vote was made public and according to the union, 9,253 of 12,000 members voted with 98.28 per cent voting in support of a strike mandate.
Twelve thousand TTC workers, members of @ATUlocal113, are in a legal strike position. Yesterday I spoke to @CBCHereandNow about what's next. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… #canlab #topoli
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#OtD 29 Apr 1982 300 mainly South Asian women machinists were on strike in protest at the sacking of two unionists and low wages at Supreme Quilting in Smethwick, UK. After a prolonged dispute, they won union recognition, although not reinstatement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10071/…
Thanks to Shauna Powers at @CBCSask for this great conversation about May Day and the importance of worker struggles both historically and today. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
Today is the #DayofMourning for workers injured or killed on the job. As we say in the labour movement - we mourn for the dead, and we fight for the living. Let's continue to work, today and everyday, for a safe and healthy workplace for every worker. #onpoli
According to @abacusdataca Poilievre’s Conservatives are on track to win popular vote of both private AND public sector union members. 44% of former say they’ll vote Con. CLC cannot do the mass political education needed to turn these numbers around. Affiliates must step up.
Mr. Poilievre’s radical anti-worker agenda has no place in Canada.
Workers in Bangladesh are stuck in a cycle of underpayment & repression in response to wage protests. Garment brands like @hm, @ZARA, @next_official failed to prevent this cycle from repeating itself the past year & must do more to stop the repression. sourcingjournal.com/topics/labor/b…
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We're accepting pitches for our unthemed September/October issue! Eager to share a juicy piece of labour history or investigate a suspicious institution? Email your idea to pitch[at]briarpatchmagazine.com by May 1. Find more details here: briarpatchmagazine.com/announcements/…
On the one month AGO strike anniversary, we're sharing some tender photos by @shawnclarke capturing the daily intimacies of the picket line on 35 mm film. Strikes an unforgettable experience forging unique comradery — but it helps to have a beautiful visual archive! #NoDealNoAGO
Check out "2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture - Isabella Weber" eventbrite.ca/e/2024-ellen-m… @eventbrite
After the big win at VW, Shawn Fain says, “The workers at VW are the first domino to fall. They have shown it is possible. I expect more of the same. Workers are fed up" Fain sees "a big majority" voting in favor of the UAW at Mercedes in Alabama in May theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
At the root of the #RanaPlaza tragedy is a system of exploitation. On this day, and every day, we reaffirm our commitment to fight for a redistribution of power. So that workers are never forced into unsafe conditions, into poverty pay, into criminalisation for taking a stand.
This is a day on which we remember and step back, but which also strengthens our commitment to fight for to take away all of the root causes of the tragedy of 11 years ago. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain cleanclothes.org/news/2024/reme…
Never again. 11 years ago, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed. Our thoughts are with those who lived through this man-made tragedy. We remember the lives lost and will continue to fight for workers’ rights. You can share memorial messages at ranaplazaneveragain.org
The next #O4P training on core organizing fundamentals will feature translation to Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German, Hindi, Kannada, Portuguese, Spanish & Thai. Could you or an organizing group you know benefit? Join 1000s across the 🌍 on May 7th: bit.ly/O4P-CF-About-2…
Renowned labor organizer Jane McAlevey (@rsgexp) says the UAW's success in unionizing a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee was "a beatdown" of management. A bigger test, she says, will be whether workers can do the same at Mercedes in Alabama.
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