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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · Nov 28
Labour Studies at Brock University @brocku.ca — it's a degree that works.

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labourstart.bsky.social
GLOBAL: Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate www.techspot.com/news/111117-...
Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate
Ubisoft announced last week that it will restructure its internal operations in the coming months, refocusing its strategy around open-world games, live-service titles, and player-facing generative AI...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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labourstart.bsky.social
USA: AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist” www.afge.org/publication/...
AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist”
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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policyalternatives.ca
New from @policyalternatives.ca: Days before Canada’s ministers meet to talk about child care, a new report reveals that provinces are significantly off-track in meeting their promises for new non-profit child care spaces. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The last mile: Provincial child care expansion at the five-year deadline - CCPA
Child care has become more accessible over the past five years but finding affordable spaces is still a frustrating experience for many parents
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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profsmithsask.bsky.social
The forward looking nature of this labour policy document is fascinating.

Avi Lewis’s NDP Labour Plan Is A Remarkable Document
Avi Lewis’s NDP Labour Plan Is A Remarkable Document
The proposal complements the campaign’s other policy plans in housing, health care and the environment.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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broadbent.bsky.social
The challenge for both the NDP and the labour movement is [...] putting forward an alternative vision and understanding of the economy that directly addresses their material interests in ways that unite workers through shared class interests.

FULL ARTICLE🔗
Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future | Perspectives Journal
The NDP’s ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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piquenews.bsky.social
Opinion: Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
Opinion: 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.
dlvr.it
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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lawcha.bsky.social
At LaborOnline, Alan Singer reviews Marc Kagan's new book, "Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009."
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Take Back the Power | LAWCHA
Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009 by Marc Kagan (Boston MA: Brill, 2025). Available
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January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
brocklabour.bsky.social
"Senior federal officials have openly acknowledged that international students fill labour shortages in retail, food service, logistics, and other low-wage sectors, while paying exorbitant tuition fees that subsidize underfunded institutions." #canlab #canpoli
canadiandimension.bsky.social Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 8d
What is often described as an “international student crisis” in Canada is, in reality, a deliberately constructed system designed to extract tuition revenue and cheap labour from migrant youth—many of whom are South Asian—while propping up the gig economy, corporations, and landlords.
Rethinking the ‘Indian international student crisis’
What’s often framed as an “international student crisis” is less about migration numbers than labour. As Canadian universities become revenue engines and work rules shift with market needs, internatio...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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caut.bsky.social
Members of @lufappul.bsky.social have taken to the picket lines following months of negotiations.

LUFA members have endured years of instability and made extraordinary sacrifices following the university’s unprecedented use of the CCAA.

Read more: www.caut.ca/news/laurent...
Laurentian University academic staff on strike - CAUT
Members of LUFA have taken to the picket lines to achieve a fair contract, following months of negotiations.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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broadbent.bsky.social
"The NDP’s ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education." – NEW from @brocklabour.bsky.social @profsavage.bsky.social in Perspectives Journal no. 5

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Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future | Perspectives Journal
The NDP’s ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education.
perspectivesjournal.ca
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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workingclasshistory.com
📣 New Podcast! "19 January 1984: Rif uprising" on @Spreaker #amazigh #history #morocco
19 January 1984: Rif uprising
Mini podcast of radical history on this date from the Working Class History team.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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profsavage.bsky.social
The last minute stress of a severe snow storm is avoidable with a comprehensive hybrid work policy.

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#canlab #onpoli
Ontario snowstorm ‘proof’ hybrid work is needed after Doug Ford’s return-to-office mandate, unions say
The government told the Star it was up to managers to decide on flexible work options for its employees. Despite this, many were scrambling Thursday morning, one union says.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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canadianlabour.bsky.social
Canada’s unions condemn the brutal actions of the Iranian government against its own people. We join the global labour community in calling for an immediate end to the violence and stand in solidarity with the workers and trade unionists in Iran:
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Iran: ITUC condemns brutal repression of workers and trade unionists amid escalating crisis
The ITUC strongly condemns the violent repression of workers, trade unionists and social movements in Iran, as protests and strikes have spread nationwide since late 2025 in response to a deepening…
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January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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labourstart.bsky.social
SOUTH KOREA: Teachers win breakthrough on political rights after hunger strike and relentless campaign www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3193...
Korea: Teachers win breakthrough on political rights after hunger strike and relentless campaign
After more than 60 days of sit-ins and a seven-day hunger strike, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (KTU) has secured a landmark agreement with the National Assembly to establish a cons...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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profsavage.bsky.social
ICYMI: How a dispute between @lacsn.bsky.social and the Montreal Economic Institute over inflated strike numbers underscores the need for better labour relations data.

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#canlab #cdnpoli
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.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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rabble.ca
A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety #canlab
A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety
Employers rarely face convictions in court for egregious breaches of worker safety.
rabble.ca
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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mattpolacko.bsky.social
🚨New Publication with @pgraefe.bsky.social & @sjkiss.bsky.social for @broadbent.bsky.social

We examine class voting in #Canada and show how the working class feels politically alienated and disaffected that their interests are not being pursued by politicians

perspectivesjournal.ca/changing-cla...
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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viawesome.bsky.social
Opinion: Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
Opinion: 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.
dlvr.it
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
brocklabour.bsky.social
In a period of rising inequality and renewed union-management conflict, @profsavage.bsky.social and Adam King make the case that Canada needs better and more accurate labour relations data.

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#canlab @theconversation.com
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.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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profsavage.bsky.social
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:

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#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.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
brocklabour.bsky.social
Prof. Simon Black guest edited and co-authored an editorial for this special issue of @broadbent.bsky.social Perspectives Journal on the future of social democracy.

@profsavage.bsky.social also contributed a chapter on labour & the #NDP.

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Editorial — From the Ashes? | Special Issue - Winter 2026 | Perspectives Journal
The politics of the centre are no match for the challenges that face humanity. We do, it seems, face a choice between socialism or barbarism.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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profsavage.bsky.social
Has the NDP lost its labour roots? My new piece for @broadbent.bsky.social traces how the union–party relationship has frayed, and why that matters for Canadian politics today.

Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future

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#cdnpoli #canlab
Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future | Perspectives Journal
The NDP’s ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education.
perspectivesjournal.ca
January 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
brocklabour.bsky.social
Mark the inauguration of New York City Mayor #ZohranMamdani with Brock Labour Studies!

Win Prof. Simon Black’s Social Reproduction and the City—on welfare reform and childcare struggles in NYC.

Like❤️, RT🔄 & follow @brocklabour.bsky.social to enter! 3 copies up for grabs. Contest ends Jan 5.
December 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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profsavage.bsky.social
Craig's Cookies workers vote to unionize.

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Toronto Craig's Cookies workers vote to unionize
UNITE HERE Local 75 said 90 per cent of workers at several Toronto locations have voted in favour of unionization
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December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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labornotes.bsky.social
“The Brotherhood,” as many members affectionately called it, would become a vehicle to educate Black communities about labor unions and an institutional anchor for waging civil rights fights and developing activist pressure tactics, writes Paul Prescod labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
100 Years Ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Changed Black Politics
The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. One hundred years ago on August 25, 1925, Black sleeping car porters, hoping to form a union at the ...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM