15-09-1978 CANADA: Workers at International Nickel in Sudbury, Ontario go on strike against pay cuts and layoffs. With strong community support, in June 1979 the 10,000 miners win a victory that includes improved pension benefits. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_In...

Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.

How Corporations Crush the Working Class | Robert Reich

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down how power has shifted from labor unions to corporate giants over the

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Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity

John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."

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Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.

U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance

Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Ken Paxton has spent more than a decade running from debates. He said he’d debate James Talarico. Then he missed deadline after deadline. Today Talarico accepted CNN’s invitation. Paxton still hasn’t. A coward who won’t stand on a stage and answer questions isn’t ready to represent Texas.

Talarico accepts CNN debate invitation. Will Ken Paxton join him?

Paxton’s campaign says he plans to debate, but he has not publicly committed to the invitations Talarico has accepted.

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Although I’ve stopped most of my business dealings with America (as a Canadian), I will still support PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). I watch PBS news & I watch enormous amounts of PBS Programs. PBS viewers are the good Americans, (like family to me). Support PBS.🇨🇦 www.btpm.org/commitment-t...

They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victim

USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN Politics

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...

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#Databrokers in the #USA check the #debtstatus of gig workers or #contractworkers and low ball their wages. This applies to healthcare workers. Is it a labour issue? Is is union avoidance? Is it good staffing solution? (Contact nursing I’m familiar with in Canada as well so it’s not just USA)

To the kid back in Alabama who read Percy Jackson and told himself he’d write a book series with a character who looks like him one day… You did it, kid. #booksky

Support local businesses settlers! 🪶🙌🏽 www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Some Indigenous businesses are trying to avoid U.S. markets amid trade war | CBC News

Some Indigenous businesses in Canada are avoiding selling products to the U.S. in order to avoid uncertainty and hassle.

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Separating the wheat from the chaff 👊 ifloz.substack.com/p/canada-jus...

CANADA JUST RAIDED AMERICA'S GREATEST MINDS LIKE A SMILING FUCKING ASSASSIN

Einstein fled to America when the strongmen came for science. Now the boats run the other way. Inside Canada's half-billion-dollar raid on Harvard, MIT, and everything Trump was too busy to defend.

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Let’s support this small Canadian business, pop a message, help them out #Canada #SupportLocal ⬇️⬇️⬇️🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Kness@kness.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hiiii ! This is your Canadian ceramic artist writing! Soooo after this week-end debacle, I just wanted to write a little update about the Canada - USA trade war and how art is actually political. 80% of my work sells to the U.S. and it looks like I just lost my main source of income.

“If Danielle Smith doesn’t want to stand up for Canada, then it’s time for her to stand down.”

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An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

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We've decided 9-25 is Dolly's day. We have a month to prepare, and to make this a National if not Global celebration of the best of humanity. Repeat, share, and prepare! Organize a block-party, write a poem, buy some books, sing some music...come together and be good to each other for a day!

Couldn’t put it better myself.

Grandma G 🍁 Kanadiac@kanadiac.bsky.social · 3w ago

Doug Ford is my premier and I’m not a fan, he’s a bumbling idiot most of the time. But at least he can put together a coherent sentence when it counts, and when push comes to shove, he’s a Canadian. I’m proud of him for standing up for Canada. youtu.be/u78BWQ11KY0?...

This is totally outrageous 🤬

Message to the world: the Strait of YerBooze is now closed. Perhaps permanently. I have been writing about the growing threat for the last 18 months. The war is here. Here's some thoughts on what must do as the rhetoric and menace ramps up. We've got this. charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-has-begun

It Has Begun

We are at war. As Canadians, we will do our part and we will do our best.

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8 months & 2 hrs. ago Alex Pretti was beaten, shot & killing by US federal government ICE agents on a street in Minneapolis He was trying to help up a woman who had been pepper sprayed. Those agents are AT Large. Prayers for his parents, sibling & Pretti family.

This. It’s like when a team wins or loses, you fall or rise with the team. If you can’t face the reality of this, get out and do something about it. Until then, nobody is letting you off what your country is doing in your name

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

everyone has a rule that exists only because life hit them hard. what’s yours?

Just listened to some music by this amazing Indigenous band Melawmen Collective from British Columbia and damn they are incredible, roots, blues, rock music, check out their music 🎶 #Queen 🙌🏼 #Canada Credit to melawmencollective

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

If your Province has a headquarters for a Grocery store or another business, please call or email them and ask nicely to make changes to bring in more Canada made products and produce, let’s do this for our country. Be kind, help each other out, support each other. #BuyCanadian #SupportLocal 🍁💪🏻‼️

Poilievre is lying, as usual he opens his ugly pie hole. See below link for the gas tax break from PM Carney in April 2026 - to last until the first week of Sept 2026. The PM is not increasing gas tax, he added a gas tax break from Federal gas taxes for 5 months. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Prime Minister Carney suspends the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel to lower costs for Canadians

Global conflict and ongoing supply disruptions in the Middle East are driving up fuel prices around the world.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 4w ago

This guy is such a liar. PEI hates your lying guts! That's why you have NO MP'S here! PM Carney IS NOT putting gas up on Labour Day, It's the end of the gas tax break that everyone was aware it was temporary. Pierre needs to stop the lies & misinformation, Just DISGUSTING rage farming ! #cdnpoli

Wab Kinew: "What I would say to Canadians is leave it there. If we put the booze back on the shelves, don't buy it. ... Very wise people have said, 'You can't get a good deal with a bad person.' And I think that rule applies here." #cdnpoli

Fine, but how come no Epstein investigation? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Feds seize Eric Swalwell’s devices, search home as part of sexual assault inquiry

The former congressman, once considered a leading candidate in the California governor’s race, resigned after allegations surfaced in the spring.

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