Chantal Mancini, PhD
@uniongrrl.bsky.social
Education | labour | social justice | #onted #canlab
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/...
The Ontario government and the province's teacher unions are about to enter a round of collective bargaining. Here's what you need to know as negotiations get underway, featuring commentary by @profsavage.bsky.social & @stephross.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/shorts/DNgrK... #onted #canlab #onpoli
What you need to know as Ontario teachers negotiate their contracts
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Best comment from a colleague: “I used to follow the mantra, ‘dress for the job you want, not the one you have.’ But now I’m at the point that I don’t want any job at all, so I dress accordingly.” 😆
Under neoliberal restructuring, the most vulnerable are always hit the hardest. #onted
John Bowker@johnbowker.bsky.social · 3mo agoBe normal or be sent home: "A damning indictment of a government that has abandoned its responsibility to Ontario’s most vulnerable learners ... The system isn’t just strained; it’s fundamentally ableist" www.cp24.com/local/toront... #onpoli #onted
"The workers need the broader movement to treat their fight as a test case for new forms of power: cross-union coordination, supply-chain and gig worker organizing, and direct action that stops moves before they happen" #canlab #canpoli socialistproject.ca/2026/04/stru...
The Struggle at Mama Earth and Lessons for the Labour Movement
Last month over 100 members of UFCW Local 1006A working at Mama Earth Organics in Toronto received termination notices. The company announced it would close its East York facility on May 12 and reopen...
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Precariously employed contract faculty teach almost 50% of university courses in Ontario with little job security or institutional support. OCUFA is holding a Social Media Day of Action to call for fair, stable working conditions for contract faculty. tinyurl.com/ybanf5yp
Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. Nurses say employers are trying to undermine safe-staffing protections and demanding concessions on nurses’ own health care benefits.
In New York City, 15,000 Nurses Are Still on Strike
Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. Nurses say employers are trying to undermine safe-staffing protections and demanding concessions on nurses’ own health care benefits.
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At a time when official statistics are under political pressure elsewhere, Canada has an opportunity & a responsibility to strengthen its own commitment to open, reliable labour relations data. Adam King & I explain why: theconversation.com/why-canada-n... #cdnpoli #canlab
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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Doug Ford's government uses a lot of "D" words to justify their actions. But they're undermining the most important “D” word of them all - democracy. #onpoli #ontpoli (Totally forgot to post this yesterday when it was published, but here's a gift link to my latest in The Spec: tinyurl.com/533jm9rm)
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Canada needs better labour relations data. Read the CAWLS/ACETS open letter on the need to restore public access to data tracking work stoppages — and for stronger collection of labour relations statistics. cawls.ca/en/canada-ne... #canlab
Canada Needs Better Labour Relations Data - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies
CAWLS is calling on the federal government to immediately restore public access to data tracking work stoppages and labour relations
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Fantastic article on #HamOnt’s Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. Proud to be a board member. #canlab www.cbc.ca/arts/at-a-mu...
At a museum for the art of work, these are its masterpieces | CBC Arts
The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre in Hamilton celebrates 30 years of telling working-class stories with an exhibition of ‘treasures’ from its collection.
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CYPRUS: Country might face teacher shortage as profession loses appeal, union warns in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus...
Cyprus might face teacher shortage as profession loses appeal, union warns
POED general secretary says rising discipline problems, workload stress and low prestige driving teachers away from Cyprus classrooms.
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Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister confirms edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister says
Alberta infrastructure minister says the province invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back was due to cost.
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The annual conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies is taking place Jun 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg. Check out the call for papers here: cawls.ca/en/2026-annu... #canlab #LabourStudies
BANGLADESH: 'Massive victory' as mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers are dropped www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
Bangladesh: 'Massive victory' as mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers are dropped - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
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Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Ford's re-election got nearly $40 million from the province's Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications. www.thestar.com/politics/pro... #canlab #onpoli
Here’s how unions that backed Doug Ford scored on funding applications
Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Premier Doug Ford for re-election got nearly $40 million from the controversial Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications, according to secret ...
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Ford cuts billions from education then accuses boards of mismanagement for not being able to absorb those cuts. Then uses that as a pretext to take over school boards. Crisis created and exploited.
Smith went wholly unchallenged when she used the notwithstanding clause to strip teachers of bargaining rights. It’s empowered her to use it to strip the rights of trans people. Think she won’t continue to come for other rights? Think again. #abed #canpoli #canlab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
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The postwar ‘compromise’ between workers and unions on one side, and employers and governments on the other, is on life support.” #canlab www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...
Alberta Forcing Teachers Back To Work Is A Historic Loss
Premier Danielle Smith has used the ‘notwithstanding clause’ to shield the strike-breaking bill from a court challenge.
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Now that Smith's UCP has passed a law ordering Alberta teachers back to work, we'll see if the teachers exercise the "Air Canada option" and defy that law. Should be an interesting day tomorrow... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Striking Alberta teachers to be forced back to work through notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
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Our beautiful chinkapin oak, acquired last year from the free tree giveaway by the @cityofhamilton.bsky.social and @hamiltonnature.org. Spectacular autumn colours. #HamOnt
Solidarity with Alberta teachers. The UCP can have all the supports in place they want; learning requires teachers. #abed #canlab apple.news/AlFayz_yaSEK...
Alberta teachers are now on strike. Here's what that means for Calgary students, parents, school support staff — CBC News
Alberta teachers officially went on strike Monday, with more than 730,000 students across the province set to be affected. Financial and educational supports are available during the labour dispute, w...
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say #CanadaPost strike could be a long one. www.thestar.com/business/don... #canlab #cdnpoli
Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say Canada Post strike could be a long one
Experts say neither Ottawa nor the Crown corporation appear to be in any hurry to end the walkout as CUPW's power appears to have dwindled after last week's bombshell restructuring
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Solidarity with Alberta teachers. #canlab
Janet French@jantafrench.bsky.social · 10mo agoAlberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 89.5 per cent to reject the latest contract offer. Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent. 51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6. Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg
Great fodder for teaching logical fallacies in my senior philosophy class. I honestly wish I had to go digging rather than have a daily plethora of examples at my fingertips.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 11mo agoBREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Fantastic analysis of the strike by Air Canada flight attendants. #canlab
Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 11mo ago"Unpaid work was a central issue in this conflict and a union campaign target for years. Outrageously, flight attendants are mostly not paid for work they do before an airplane closes its doors. Members demanded CUPE address unpaid work in this contract."