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Why do teachers need unions? Dr. Chantal Mancini on 100+ years of teacher organizing & what union membership means today. Free online event. Register: eventbrite.ca/e/why-do-teach… #labourstudies #labourhistory #onpoli #onlab"
5 Ontario education unions are taking strike votes in November. Here’s why.
#onted #canlab
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Ontario nurses demand safe staffing ratios as HHS, St. Joe’s slash nursing jobs thespec.com/news/hamilton-re…
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Class sizes swell and jobs disappear, sending French teachers to the streets courthousenews.com/class-siz…
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My forthcoming co-edited book with @stephross_mac, The Politics of Public Sector Unions, explores the struggles shaping Canada’s public services and labour politics. Now available for pre-order!
fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/…
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Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as student protests rock France cp24.com/news/world/2026/10/…
ALT Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as student protests rock France
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“I don’t think Canada becomes stronger by telling workers in ports or railways or airlines that their rights have to be surrendered whenever employers invoke competitiveness or the national interest,” said @Prof_Savage.
aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1…
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Excellent critique of the Section 107 attack on workers rights by Colleen Bauman and Mark Rowlinson.
@ColleenBauman @markjrowlinson
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Education support staff are some of the lowest paid in #onted. Their essential labour keeps schools running but is less publicly visible. Withdrawing their labour in its entirety will fully demonstrate just how important (and undervalued) they truly are. #canlab
NEW: Forget work-to-rule — school support staff will go straight to strike (if necessary), #Cupe @osbcucscso union leaders approve in recent vote.
thestar.com/politics/provinc… via @torontostar #Onted (Teacher unions say they are keeping all options open).
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Winning at the ILO would be a symbolic victory at best. The ILO can scrutinize Canada’s conduct and issue findings, but it can't repeal a law or force a government to change course. It’s like a moral victory with no enforcement mechanism.
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“If this bill passes unchanged, we will take our case to the ILO and ask it to examine whether Canada is living up to the international labour standards it has committed to uphold, ” says @Lily4Workers
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Mark Carney Is Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement.
Check out the latest by @AdamDKKing1 in @jacobin.
jacobin.com/2026/09/carney-c…
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OSSTF will now join OECTA, ETFO and OSBCU (CUPE) in conducting strike votes of their members. Note that strike votes are a normal part of the bargaining process. #onted
BREAKING: OSSTF/FEESO will hold a province-wide central strike vote for school board sector members from November 6 to 16 as the current round of collective bargaining continues.
“Our members want fair, negotiated contracts that address the realities they are seeing in schools every day. A strike vote gives us an opportunity to strengthen our bargaining position and sends a clear message to the Ford government that OSSTF/FEESO members are united behind the bargaining priorities we will bring to the table,” said #OSSTF President @marthahradowy.
A strike vote is not a strike, and it does not mean that job action is imminent or inevitable. A successful strike vote is one step in the collective bargaining process.
Full release: bit.ly/4rw8Jv3
#OntEd #OnPoli
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Making History: Workers, Conflict, and Collective Action
@CAWLS_ACETS is holding its 2027 annual meeting Jun 2-4 at Brock University in Canada's Niagara Region.
Check out the Call for Proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annual-conf…
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“Canada does not become stronger by telling workers in ports, railways and airlines that their rights must yield whenever employers invoke competitiveness or the national interest.” -@Prof_Savage on Carney government’s proposed labour law reforms. #canlab theconversation.com/canadas-…
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There are historical and political contexts to Carney's proposed labour law reforms that I cover here. In short, restricting the right to strike, especially in federally regulated sectors is a bad idea: theconversation.com/canada-s… #canlab #cdnpoli
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Labour code changes will threaten workers’ right to strike.
theglobeandmail.com/business…
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As expected, the Carney government is undermining the right to strike with federal labour law reforms.
When it comes to attacking workers’ rights, recent history suggests governments will go as far as they think they can go. The labour movement has to make them think otherwise.
Unions and labour organizations across the country blasted the federal government’s new legislation overhauling labour law Monday, saying it will make strikes in federally regulated sectors all but impossible. thestar.com/business/unions-…
