David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work)
@thelawofwork.bsky.social
Professor of Work Law & Labour Relations. #Toronto #PEC
LawofWork.ca
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Posted a paper on broader-based bargaining (BBB) models proposed or adopted in Canada & elsewhere.
Can BBB save collective bargaining?
"THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#LabourLaw
Can BBB save collective bargaining?
"THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#LabourLaw
THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
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In Canada, as in many other countries, collective bargaining coverage has fallen sharply since the 1980s. While there is widespread understanding that a
papers.ssrn.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Posted a paper on broader-based bargaining (BBB) models proposed or adopted in Canada & elsewhere.
Can BBB save collective bargaining?
"THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#LabourLaw
Can BBB save collective bargaining?
"THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#LabourLaw
Should be a close one in Boston tonight.
Barnes (knee), Ingram (thumb), Poeltl (back) all out for the Raptors in Boston in 90 minutes or so.
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Should be a close one in Boston tonight.
He made up a fictional story about how York and its students are so afraid of him and his message that they shut him down.
In truth no one at York knows who this Alberta MP is or gives a shit what he’s talking about.
Typical Trump-style fake grievance nonsense from Conservatives.
In truth no one at York knows who this Alberta MP is or gives a shit what he’s talking about.
Typical Trump-style fake grievance nonsense from Conservatives.
I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...
Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Garnett Genuis accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there — but the
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
He made up a fictional story about how York and its students are so afraid of him and his message that they shut him down.
In truth no one at York knows who this Alberta MP is or gives a shit what he’s talking about.
Typical Trump-style fake grievance nonsense from Conservatives.
In truth no one at York knows who this Alberta MP is or gives a shit what he’s talking about.
Typical Trump-style fake grievance nonsense from Conservatives.
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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.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
#canlab #cdnpoli
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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
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.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
#canlab #cdnpoli
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#canlab #cdnpoli
Are we really to believe the corrupt #SCOTUS would rule against Dear Leader in a case he cares so much about?
www.thestar.com/business/the...
www.thestar.com/business/the...
The world braces as U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
Canadian business leaders, experts warn that even a win might feel like a loss as U.S. president unlikely to back down from his global trade wars and would respond with
www.thestar.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Are we really to believe the corrupt #SCOTUS would rule against Dear Leader in a case he cares so much about?
www.thestar.com/business/the...
www.thestar.com/business/the...
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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Here's the full moment of silence including a fan yelling "Go home, ICE"
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Here's the full moment of silence including a fan yelling "Go home, ICE"
Classic Conservative dog-whistle bullshit.
Conservative MP blamed Student Union and York University « for banning Conservative free speech ».
Then when told neither student union or University know anything about him or his alleged talk, he doubles down.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Conservative MP blamed Student Union and York University « for banning Conservative free speech ».
Then when told neither student union or University know anything about him or his alleged talk, he doubles down.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis said a York University event was cancelled due to the student union. But York's student centre says the event was not approved because of booking policies,
www.thestar.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Classic Conservative dog-whistle bullshit.
Conservative MP blamed Student Union and York University « for banning Conservative free speech ».
Then when told neither student union or University know anything about him or his alleged talk, he doubles down.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Conservative MP blamed Student Union and York University « for banning Conservative free speech ».
Then when told neither student union or University know anything about him or his alleged talk, he doubles down.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
I have sabbatical starting July 2026!
I was planning to visit Cornell to work on various labour law projects, but you know, Trump. So no USA.
Instead, I’ll be a Visiting Professor at Oxford and the London School of Economics during the year instead!
So that turned out pretty excellent!
I was planning to visit Cornell to work on various labour law projects, but you know, Trump. So no USA.
Instead, I’ll be a Visiting Professor at Oxford and the London School of Economics during the year instead!
So that turned out pretty excellent!
January 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I have sabbatical starting July 2026!
I was planning to visit Cornell to work on various labour law projects, but you know, Trump. So no USA.
Instead, I’ll be a Visiting Professor at Oxford and the London School of Economics during the year instead!
So that turned out pretty excellent!
I was planning to visit Cornell to work on various labour law projects, but you know, Trump. So no USA.
Instead, I’ll be a Visiting Professor at Oxford and the London School of Economics during the year instead!
So that turned out pretty excellent!
On a similar point, it is irresponsible for academics to schedule international academic conferences in the U.S. during the Trump regime. It is not safe for visitors.
All conferences should be moved aboard until further notice. We can host them in Canada.
All conferences should be moved aboard until further notice. We can host them in Canada.
At this point, I can’t understand why any international traveller would visit the US
Even if you think you’re not at risk, you could get caught in the crossfire of ICE gunning people down in residential streets or have masked gunmen storm your restaurant and haul kitchen staff away as you eat lunch
Even if you think you’re not at risk, you could get caught in the crossfire of ICE gunning people down in residential streets or have masked gunmen storm your restaurant and haul kitchen staff away as you eat lunch
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
On a similar point, it is irresponsible for academics to schedule international academic conferences in the U.S. during the Trump regime. It is not safe for visitors.
All conferences should be moved aboard until further notice. We can host them in Canada.
All conferences should be moved aboard until further notice. We can host them in Canada.
Talked to my 96 year old mom today, who lived thru Nazis bombing her town in north England as a girl.
She commented on how she never imagined that she’d be living in a time when the United States was the bad guy threatening war all over the world, including against allies.
Sad times indeed.
She commented on how she never imagined that she’d be living in a time when the United States was the bad guy threatening war all over the world, including against allies.
Sad times indeed.
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Talked to my 96 year old mom today, who lived thru Nazis bombing her town in north England as a girl.
She commented on how she never imagined that she’d be living in a time when the United States was the bad guy threatening war all over the world, including against allies.
Sad times indeed.
She commented on how she never imagined that she’d be living in a time when the United States was the bad guy threatening war all over the world, including against allies.
Sad times indeed.
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Here’s How Canadian Workers And Unions Fared In 2025
Here’s How Canadian Workers And Unions Fared In 2025
Union wage gains were relatively healthy, but unemployment crept up and workers felt the cost-of-living crunch.
www.readthemaple.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Here’s How Canadian Workers And Unions Fared In 2025
Professional athletes used to stand for something. Professional sports unions and leagues could be leading the resistance against Trump’s fascism and hate movement.
Instead, silence and capitulation.
Great article.
Instead, silence and capitulation.
Great article.
Excellent year-end piece from David Zirin: www.thenation.com/article/soci... @edgeofsports.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social @espnpr.bsky.social @thenation.com
In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent
When the country needed them to speak out, most athletes kept mum—and a few openly embraced embraced Trumpism.
www.thenation.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Professional athletes used to stand for something. Professional sports unions and leagues could be leading the resistance against Trump’s fascism and hate movement.
Instead, silence and capitulation.
Great article.
Instead, silence and capitulation.
Great article.
Fun fact:
There is one Canadian team in the East Coast Hockey League, in Trois-Rivières.
The Professional Hockey Players Association is certified as union for players in US, but not Trois-Rivières.
Therefore a strike by Trois-Rivières players will be illegal.
www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/artic...?
There is one Canadian team in the East Coast Hockey League, in Trois-Rivières.
The Professional Hockey Players Association is certified as union for players in US, but not Trois-Rivières.
Therefore a strike by Trois-Rivières players will be illegal.
www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/artic...?
ECHL: Players' union did not respond to latest offer to avoid strike
www.sportsnet.ca
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Fun fact:
There is one Canadian team in the East Coast Hockey League, in Trois-Rivières.
The Professional Hockey Players Association is certified as union for players in US, but not Trois-Rivières.
Therefore a strike by Trois-Rivières players will be illegal.
www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/artic...?
There is one Canadian team in the East Coast Hockey League, in Trois-Rivières.
The Professional Hockey Players Association is certified as union for players in US, but not Trois-Rivières.
Therefore a strike by Trois-Rivières players will be illegal.
www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/artic...?
People walking into a Walmart wearing ElbowsUp sweaters.
Me thinks they are missing the point.
Me thinks they are missing the point.
a man wearing a nike shirt with the letter e on the front
ALT: a man wearing a nike shirt with the letter e on the front
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December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
People walking into a Walmart wearing ElbowsUp sweaters.
Me thinks they are missing the point.
Me thinks they are missing the point.
My submission to the Senate Committee studying the misuse of s. 107 of Canada Labour Code to crush the Charter right to strike:
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My submission to the Senate Committee studying the misuse of s. 107 of Canada Labour Code to crush the Charter right to strike:
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
I can’t get over the insanity of Ontario Conservatives spending billions of dollars on a third highway, thru farmland, that literally leads nowhere!
It just spits people out at Highway 400 where they join a two mile long queue to get back on the 401.
There’s no other explanation but corruption.
It just spits people out at Highway 400 where they join a two mile long queue to get back on the 401.
There’s no other explanation but corruption.
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I can’t get over the insanity of Ontario Conservatives spending billions of dollars on a third highway, thru farmland, that literally leads nowhere!
It just spits people out at Highway 400 where they join a two mile long queue to get back on the 401.
There’s no other explanation but corruption.
It just spits people out at Highway 400 where they join a two mile long queue to get back on the 401.
There’s no other explanation but corruption.
Strikes to be ramped up by US employees of the awful employer @Starbucks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Strikes to be ramped up by US employees of the awful employer @Starbucks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This article says that Amazon must prove it did not violate the Charter by firing hundreds of workers for unionization.
Wrong. Amazon is a horrible company but it can’t violate the Charter.
The Charter governs governments not private corporations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wrong. Amazon is a horrible company but it can’t violate the Charter.
The Charter governs governments not private corporations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If Quebec tribunal finds Amazon guilty of union-busting, what comes next? | CBC News
Amazon is accused of shutting seven Quebec warehouses to avoid a union contract, laying off thousands. The CSN union federation is asking a labour tribunal to overturn the closures and award damages, ...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This article says that Amazon must prove it did not violate the Charter by firing hundreds of workers for unionization.
Wrong. Amazon is a horrible company but it can’t violate the Charter.
The Charter governs governments not private corporations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wrong. Amazon is a horrible company but it can’t violate the Charter.
The Charter governs governments not private corporations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Teachers union challenging Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause in back to work legislation that clearly violates freedom of association.
It’s a tough argument to win but we’ll see.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
It’s a tough argument to win but we’ll see.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Alberta teachers head to court amid labour and Charter dispute with province
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta’s teachers are heading to court today to try to get a judge to take immediate action on a provincial law ordering them back to work.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Teachers union challenging Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause in back to work legislation that clearly violates freedom of association.
It’s a tough argument to win but we’ll see.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
It’s a tough argument to win but we’ll see.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...