Brock Labour Studies
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Brock University Department of Labour Studies. Also on Facebook & Instagram. https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/labour-studies/
WestJet, union reach tentative deal to end strike by flight attendants. www.cbc.ca/news/world/w... #canlab #cdnpoli
WestJet, CUPE reach tentative deal to end flight attendants' strike that left travellers in limbo | CBC News
Calgary-based WestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees have reached a tentative deal, ending a strike that has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights, both sides said early Monday.
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WestJet flight attendants on strike: “If Ottawa steps in, the question is whether WestJet attendants will accept it quietly. Given what happened at Air Canada, that would be a risky assumption,” says @profsavage.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab #cdnpoli
WestJet flight attendants go on strike, grounding more than 300 flights on long weekend
Marathon negotiations continued through the weekend, but neither side made significant inroads on the core issue of compensation
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As neoliberal globalization took hold, Canadian economic nationalism was hollowed out, and the Waffle’s warnings became reality. NEW from David Coaker for Perspectives Journal No. 6 🧇 perspectivesjournal.ca/requiem-waffle
Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
Canada does a poor job of gathering labour relations information. In a period of rising inequality and renewed workplace conflict, stakeholders need better data.
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A look back by Geoff Bickerton at the unprecedented 2024-26 Canada Post negotiations—and the lessons #CUPW should take from them. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... #canlab #cdnpoli
The postal bargaining round unlike any other
The 2024-26 Canada Post negotiations were unlike any in recent memory. From national strikes and government intervention to strategic reversals and unprecedented internal divisions, Geoff Bickerton ex...
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Interested in completing a @brocklabour.bsky.social degree but don't meet the standard admission requirements? #BrockU's PLAR pathway gives you the opportunity to turn qualifying experience into academic credit! 📥 Applications for fall term due Aug. 1. Learn more ➡️ brocku.ca/social-scien...
ICYMI: Dexterra workers who clean transit in Toronto and Vancouver say they’ve been told to clean without chemicals, work alone in unsafe conditions and have faced harassment from management. I wrote about it for @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/workers-who-...
Workers Who Clean Public Transit in BC and Ontario Say Their Employer is Undermining Their Rights
Workers allege harassment from management, a lack of cleaning supplies and unsafe working conditions.
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CANADA: 'Rich tapestry of irony': Union says Bank of Canada allowing work from home during strike ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
'Rich tapestry of irony': Union says Bank of Canada allowing work from home during strike
The labour strike has been ongoing since June 23, which has left the majority of Bank of Canada workers working from home, according to the union and its picketing security guards
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“Context matters,” said #BrockU's @profsavage.bsky.social. “The politics of auto bargaining have shifted. Fear of job loss and production moving south now weighs more heavily in workers’ calculations than dissatisfaction with wages and benefits.” www.thestar.com/business/for... #canlab
Ford Canada workers ratify three-year Unifor deal as trade war fears temper wage demands
Three per cent annual raises and $1.2-billion investment secured as union eyes GM, Stellantis talks.
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@uaw.org booklet on guaranteed employment plans. Circa 1950s. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
74% ratification vote signals that autoworkers at Ford didn’t embrace the tentative agreement so much as they made a strategic calculation to lock in some stability in an uncertain environment. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab
Ford workers ratify deal bringing 9% raise over three years as auto sector faces uncertainty
Union will now try to apply the Ford gains in the next round of bargaining with Stellantis NV or General Motors
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Herman Rosenfeld has released a collection of essays on class politics and Canadian labour drawing on his background as a shop floor worker at General Motors and in the education department of the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor) socialistproject.ca/pamphlets/ou... #canlab #cdnpoli
Out of the Impasse?
Debating Class Politics and Canadian Unions This collection of Herman Rosenfeld’s writings provides a vital record of socialist analysis rooted in the lived experiences of Canadian labour. Drawing on ...
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"Most workers voted yes because they believe the union secured what it could in the current climate, while the minority voted no to signal that even in a trade war, there are limits to what they’re prepared to concede,” @profsavage.bsky.social said. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab
Ford workers ratify deal bringing 9% raise over three years as auto sector faces uncertainty
Union will now try to apply the Ford gains in the next round of bargaining with Stellantis NV or General Motors
theglobeandmail.com
As Ford workers vote on deal that brings 9% raise over three-years, @stufts.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social weigh in on the tentative agreement. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab
Ford workers vote on deal that brings 9% raise over three-years amid trade doubts
Agreement covering more than 5,000 Unifor members includes annual wage increases, bonuses and pension-plan improvements
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Herman Rosenfeld on class politics and Canadian unions. socialistproject.ca/pamphlets/ou... #canlab #cdnpoli
Out of the Impasse?
Debating Class Politics and Canadian Unions This collection of Herman Rosenfeld’s writings provides a vital record of socialist analysis rooted in the lived experiences of Canadian labour. Drawing on ...
socialistproject.ca
According to Teamsters Canada, the CN Rail workers trapped in that train engulfed in flames ended up having to flee through the burning forest on foot: “They ran for a mile or two ... It’s crazy that they have to go through that. But the train should not have been there in the first place”
Regulators investigating why CN workers were forced to flee wildfires on foot
Officials working to determine if there were Railway Safety Act, Labour Code violations, Transport Canada says
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#BrockU labour studies professor Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social told the Globe that flight attendants have made unpaid work a defining issue, by “turning what had been a dirty secret of the industry into a widely understood form of wage theft.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab
WestJet flight attendants vote to strike over ground pay
Attendants could walk off the job as early as Aug. 2, setting up potential delays and cancellations ahead of the long weekend
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Stop killing transport workers: ITF sounds alarm as attacks on shipping and transport workers escalate again bit.ly/4vAF2ts
Stop killing transport workers: ITF sounds alarm as attacks on shipping and transport workers escalate again
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has condemned another sharp escalation in attacks on merchant shipping and transport workers on two fronts – the US-Iran war
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A pivotal moment for #HamOnt.
LabourStart@labourstart.bsky.social · 3w ago14-07-1946 CANADA: In Hamilton, Ontario, steelworkers take on the country's biggest steel producer in a crucial strike for union recognition. With strong community support, they hold the line for almost three months to win an historic victory. epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/...
A group of 70 labour scholars from Canadian universities are sounding the alarm about attacks on workers’ rights. www.readthemaple.com/collective-b... #canlab #cdnpoli
Collective Bargaining Rights Are Being Undermined Across Canada
A group of 70 labour scholars from Canadian universities are sounding the alarm about attacks on workers’ rights.
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www.academia.edu/168430273/Fa... Spectre editor Maga Miranda writing on racialization and the gig economy.
Familiar Interfaces: Norms of Domesticity and Immigrant Latina Workers on Care Work Platforms
This article examines the experiences of immigrant Latina domestic workers on care work platforms, arguing that these technologies extend historical norms of domesticity into the digital era through a...
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Looking forward to hosting the 2027 annual conference of the Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies at #BrockU.
Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies (CAWLS)@cawls-acets.bsky.social · 4w agoCAWLS annual conference call for proposals - Making History: Workers, Conflict, and Collective Action Brock University, St. Catharines ON, Jun 2-4, 2027 cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
This @pressprogress.ca piece on the ongoing BC nurses’ strike offers a rare glimpse into internal union divisions. pressprogress.ca/im-not-optim... #canlab #bcpoli
‘I’m Not Optimistic’: First Canadian Nursing Strike in Nearly Three Decades Under Way in BC
After first week of job action, union considers expanding picket lines to more hospitals
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I mentioned this in yesterday's column and full credit, it was @catelli.bsky.social who taught this to me. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
Catelli@catelli.bsky.social · 4w agoAs an IT professional: I am not entitled to: daily or weekly limits on hours of work daily rest periods time off between shifts weekly/bi-weekly rest periods eating periods overtime pay I AM NOT ENTITLED TO FEED MYSELF!!!
But given the scope and scale of the challenge, (re)turning to variants of the worker-led approaches that built the modern labour movement has to be part of the conversation. You might disagree with Eric’s argument, but you have to engage with it. 2/end
Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social Home care employer accused of unionbusting Bayshore Home Care allegedly refuses to do more than just surface bargaining and has been offering higher wages to non-unionized workers. albertaworker.ca/news/home-ca...
Home care employer accused of unionbusting
Bayshore Home Care allegedly refuses to do more than just surface bargaining and has been offering higher wages to non-unionized workers.
albertaworker.ca
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai workers are preparing to go on strike over the use of robots in their factories mezha.ua/en/news/prac...
Hyundai workers are preparing to go on strike over the use of robots in their factories
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ICYMI: @kimkelly.bsky.social on labor reporting, solidarity, AI, and the gig economy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Necessity of Labor Reporting ft. Kim Kelly
Podcast Episode · The Study Hall Podcast · June 22 · 45m
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Adam King & Niall Harney are the recipients of the 2025 New Voices in Labour Studies award for their paper “The Prospects and Challenges of a Sectoral Bargaining Framework for Manitoba” Check out some of their research on sectoral bargaining here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Check out Simon Black's op-ed on domestic workers co-authored with the President and the Secretary General of the Jamaica Household Workers’ Union, Elaine Duncan, and Shirley Pryce, in the @jamaicagleaner.bsky.social. jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focu... #DomesticWorkersDay
Simon Black, Elaine Duncan, Shirley Pryce | Domestic workers deserve dignity and respect
Countries around the globe are facing care crises, a dire situation of growing gaps between care needs and societies’ capacities to meet these needs. Jamaica is no exception: from underinvestment in c...
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