JE Fred Wilson
@fwilson2.bsky.social
Retired, Unifor. Author, A New Kind of Union, Lorimer, 2019
Chatting with Jesus: what’s worse - the poor fool reduced to that, or the AI companion programmed to be God.
every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Chatting with Jesus: what’s worse - the poor fool reduced to that, or the AI companion programmed to be God.
I may have missed it, but where was Canadian media on this story? All I saw or heard was a lot of both-sideism.
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I may have missed it, but where was Canadian media on this story? All I saw or heard was a lot of both-sideism.
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Elbows Up, but we can do this too:
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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October 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Elbows Up, but we can do this too:
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Perhaps much more than most people will want to know about me, but a very big thank you to Carmela Allevato and the BC Labour Heritage Centre for making me part of their impressive and growing collection of oral interviews with labour activists. #canlab
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www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...
Interview: Fred Wilson, Creation of Unifor | Video
Learn about Fred Wilson's career in union strategy, leading to his role in the creation of Canada's largest private-sector union.
www.labourheritagecentre.ca
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Perhaps much more than most people will want to know about me, but a very big thank you to Carmela Allevato and the BC Labour Heritage Centre for making me part of their impressive and growing collection of oral interviews with labour activists. #canlab
www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...
www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...
If you live with a person with PD, this story will confirm your hopes and fears; if you don't it will touch you nonetheless.
Punching back: After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, I’m literally in the fight of my life. Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological disease in the world, affecting 110,000 Canadians, by Marni Jackson www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, I’m literally in the fight of my life
Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological disease in the world. More than 110,000 Canadians have the disorder and every day 38 more are diagnosed
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you live with a person with PD, this story will confirm your hopes and fears; if you don't it will touch you nonetheless.
Reposted by JE Fred Wilson
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
My new long form article on three waves of Progressive Canadian Nationalism and the urgent need to break free from US empire is at @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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Progressive nationalism and the fight for Canadian sovereignty
The threat to Canadian sovereignty is real and it demands a renewed analysis and a third wave of progressive nationalism to meet the challenges of the post-globalization era of authoritarian US imperi...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My new long form article on three waves of Progressive Canadian Nationalism and the urgent need to break free from US empire is at @canadiandimension.bsky.social
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Some September labour based short fiction. When workers organize there can be Inevitable Conflict - the title of my new short story, a sequel to Capital Delivery.
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#shortstory #labour #gigwork
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#shortstory #labour #gigwork
Inevitable Conflict
Capital Delivery 2
medium.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some September labour based short fiction. When workers organize there can be Inevitable Conflict - the title of my new short story, a sequel to Capital Delivery.
medium.com/@jefred.wils...
medium.com/@jefred.wils...
#shortstory #labour #gigwork
medium.com/@jefred.wils...
medium.com/@jefred.wils...
#shortstory #labour #gigwork
Happy Labour Day. I have posted a labour based short story on Medium - a sequel to my previous short fiction, Capital Delivery. I hope you enjoy it. medium.com/@jefr.../ine...
Inevitable Conflict
Capital Delivery 2
medium.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Happy Labour Day. I have posted a labour based short story on Medium - a sequel to my previous short fiction, Capital Delivery. I hope you enjoy it. medium.com/@jefr.../ine...
Reposted by JE Fred Wilson
A great examination of a new trend “no point in glossing over the growing conservatism in a large section of the working class, including among union memberships.” Canada
@fwilson2.bsky.social
#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
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@fwilson2.bsky.social
#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
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Labour needs an overhaul for the new era of Canadian politics
Canada’s 2025 election exposed deep divisions in the working class, with many union members shifting toward Conservative populism. Fred Wilson argues labour’s modest political impact signals an urgent...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A great examination of a new trend “no point in glossing over the growing conservatism in a large section of the working class, including among union memberships.” Canada
@fwilson2.bsky.social
#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
@fwilson2.bsky.social
#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Reposted by JE Fred Wilson
My new article on the state of #CanLab politics after the 2025 Canadian election and labour's failure to stop working class dealignment. Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for publishing this long form article.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Labour needs an overhaul for the new era of Canadian politics
Canada’s 2025 election exposed deep divisions in the working class, with many union members shifting toward Conservative populism. Fred Wilson argues labour’s modest political impact signals an urgent...
canadiandimension.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My new article on the state of #CanLab politics after the 2025 Canadian election and labour's failure to stop working class dealignment. Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for publishing this long form article.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Reposted by JE Fred Wilson
Must-read from @fwilson2.bsky.social on the challenges facing Canada's union movement, to resist further encroachment by right-wing populism: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie.... A full overhaul of labour's political strategies is needed. #canlab
Labour needs an overhaul for the new era of Canadian politics
Canada’s 2025 election exposed deep divisions in the working class, with many union members shifting toward Conservative populism. Fred Wilson argues labour’s modest political impact signals an urgent...
canadiandimension.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Must-read from @fwilson2.bsky.social on the challenges facing Canada's union movement, to resist further encroachment by right-wing populism: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie.... A full overhaul of labour's political strategies is needed. #canlab
My new article on the state of #CanLab politics after the 2025 Canadian election and labour's failure to stop working class dealignment. Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for publishing this long form article.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Labour needs an overhaul for the new era of Canadian politics
Canada’s 2025 election exposed deep divisions in the working class, with many union members shifting toward Conservative populism. Fred Wilson argues labour’s modest political impact signals an urgent...
canadiandimension.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My new article on the state of #CanLab politics after the 2025 Canadian election and labour's failure to stop working class dealignment. Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for publishing this long form article.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Could we ask for a better indicator of a failed system for workers?
Interesting tidbit for Canadian labour law and collective bargaining nerds:
Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
August 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Could we ask for a better indicator of a failed system for workers?
Reposted by JE Fred Wilson
Interesting tidbit for Canadian labour law and collective bargaining nerds:
Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
August 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Interesting tidbit for Canadian labour law and collective bargaining nerds:
Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
Working class conservatism at work in Trump's America. An anti-union NLRB that will gut, block and violate worker rights. #canlab
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Trump Makes His Move at the NLRB
Today on TAP: His new nominees come from the management side or—worse—are suffused with management’s ethos.
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August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Working class conservatism at work in Trump's America. An anti-union NLRB that will gut, block and violate worker rights. #canlab
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
I have been thinking about the passing of a good friend and comrade, Garry Worth. He was a millwright who grew up in logging camps and became a national Canadian labour leader. His working class life was remarkable. Here is Garry telling his story: www.labourheritagecentre.ca/oral-history...
#canlab
#canlab
Garry Worth - Working People Built BC
Interviewed by Sean Griffin Garry Worth was a red diaper baby whose father joined the Labour Progressive Party (a front for the Communist Party) in 1946. Garry was born and raised on Vancouver Island ...
www.labourheritagecentre.ca
July 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I have been thinking about the passing of a good friend and comrade, Garry Worth. He was a millwright who grew up in logging camps and became a national Canadian labour leader. His working class life was remarkable. Here is Garry telling his story: www.labourheritagecentre.ca/oral-history...
#canlab
#canlab
Should Canada take what is on offer from Trump to get a trade deal? No - and here is why from Jim Stanford:
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July 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Should Canada take what is on offer from Trump to get a trade deal? No - and here is why from Jim Stanford:
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We need a working class politics that brings this fundamental issue of worker rights to the centre of the struggle for democracy.
Although the Wagner Act was once the labor movement’s “magna carta,” today it is a toothless piece of legislation that has exposed the fallacy of the labor movement’s overreliance on the legislative process. From @josephamccartin.bsky.social:
Requiem for the Wagner Act
Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We need a working class politics that brings this fundamental issue of worker rights to the centre of the struggle for democracy.
CD Howe Inst proposing austerity to defend Canada…the opposite of what CD Howe actually did.
July 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
CD Howe Inst proposing austerity to defend Canada…the opposite of what CD Howe actually did.
What would Canada’s reaction be if 55 Canadians had been detained by China? Or any country? At the least we would advise all Canadians to not travel to that country. Advice would be given on safety precautions, such as leaving your smart phones at home. Etc.
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What would Canada’s reaction be if 55 Canadians had been detained by China? Or any country? At the least we would advise all Canadians to not travel to that country. Advice would be given on safety precautions, such as leaving your smart phones at home. Etc.