Union Maid in BC
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Union Maid in BC
@unionmaid22.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I'm an aggressively pro-union, queer, neurodivergent, nerdy, history-loving, leftist Canadian who posts labour news/education via silly internet memes and tiktok dances. I believe in #LandBack 🧡🍉 and #anticapitalism worldwide. If any of that sounds vaguely appealing, we should be friends!
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I love how Canadian provinces just have an option to go “Fuck the constitution, actually” for most things that’s constitutionally protected. Kinda makes our entire country a joke.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I love how Canadian provinces just have an option to go “Fuck the constitution, actually” for most things that’s constitutionally protected. Kinda makes our entire country a joke.
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Alert!!! Transgender kids in Alberta had their rights trampled on by the UCP today! I am calling in favors--I need YOU to spread the news. I need your help in fighting for these kids.
Mickey Amery, whose birth name is Qassim: "We’re prepared again to use every single legal and constitutional tool to make sure that the health and well-being of our children are protected."
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Alert!!! Transgender kids in Alberta had their rights trampled on by the UCP today! I am calling in favors--I need YOU to spread the news. I need your help in fighting for these kids.
Hasan only needs £100 to keep a roof over his family's head this month. They are so close, please help! ❤️🙏 He has managed to escape with his wife and two small children to Egypt, but they lost everything they owned and worked for in the last several years and need our solidarity to build new lives!
I never imagined I would reach this level of pressure…
We’re only £100 short to complete this month’s rent.
Please help me secure the roof under which my children can sleep safely…
So their tomorrow can be a little less frightening, and a little more peaceful. 💔
We’re only £100 short to complete this month’s rent.
Please help me secure the roof under which my children can sleep safely…
So their tomorrow can be a little less frightening, and a little more peaceful. 💔
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Hasan only needs £100 to keep a roof over his family's head this month. They are so close, please help! ❤️🙏 He has managed to escape with his wife and two small children to Egypt, but they lost everything they owned and worked for in the last several years and need our solidarity to build new lives!
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Workers in the late 1900’s and early 1900’s built the temples with money they raised themselves. They are built all over the place, but were especially prevalent through the PNW (including Canada) and California.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Workers in the late 1900’s and early 1900’s built the temples with money they raised themselves. They are built all over the place, but were especially prevalent through the PNW (including Canada) and California.
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Later, especially during the Popular Front era of the mid‑1930s, the same spaces began to be marketed more broadly as “Maisons du peuple” (“Houses of the People”) or “Palais du peuple” (“The people’s palaces”) and eventually became known as “Union Halls”.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Later, especially during the Popular Front era of the mid‑1930s, the same spaces began to be marketed more broadly as “Maisons du peuple” (“Houses of the People”) or “Palais du peuple” (“The people’s palaces”) and eventually became known as “Union Halls”.
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They were symbols of self‑management – embodying the libertarian‑socialist ideal that the working class could create its own cultural and educational institutions outside state or capitalist control. The global working class movement of the Industrial Revolution started with these buildings.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
They were symbols of self‑management – embodying the libertarian‑socialist ideal that the working class could create its own cultural and educational institutions outside state or capitalist control. The global working class movement of the Industrial Revolution started with these buildings.
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These temples du travail were typically worker‑run venues that were managed collectively by the people who used them. They were used as multipurpose halls – hosting political meetings, lectures, concerts, cinema screenings, libraries, and cooperative cafés. They were the peoples “third place”.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
These temples du travail were typically worker‑run venues that were managed collectively by the people who used them. They were used as multipurpose halls – hosting political meetings, lectures, concerts, cinema screenings, libraries, and cooperative cafés. They were the peoples “third place”.
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Yes! The PNW had them all over! We were VERY organized back then. Almost every city had one of these halls. They originated in France, in the early French labour‑movement tradition. The autonomous meeting places that were originally called “temples du travail” (literally “temples of work”)
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Yes! The PNW had them all over! We were VERY organized back then. Almost every city had one of these halls. They originated in France, in the early French labour‑movement tradition. The autonomous meeting places that were originally called “temples du travail” (literally “temples of work”)
Vancouver, BC, Canada also has a Labor Temple! (Yes, with the US spelling, which was common in Canadian labour at the time) Constructed 1911-12, it was the home of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council along with union offices, and the site of a major clash during BC's general strike of 1918.
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Vancouver, BC, Canada also has a Labor Temple! (Yes, with the US spelling, which was common in Canadian labour at the time) Constructed 1911-12, it was the home of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council along with union offices, and the site of a major clash during BC's general strike of 1918.
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The modern building today:
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The modern building today:
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"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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Tomorrow is the 11 year yahrzeit, death anniversary, of movement ancestor Leslie Feinberg Z”L. Leslie was a trans and working class lesbian Jew who stood in lifelong solidarity with Palestinians and viewed her/hir work for LGBT and Palestinian liberation as deeply connected.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tomorrow is the 11 year yahrzeit, death anniversary, of movement ancestor Leslie Feinberg Z”L. Leslie was a trans and working class lesbian Jew who stood in lifelong solidarity with Palestinians and viewed her/hir work for LGBT and Palestinian liberation as deeply connected.
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Mark Carney proposed major cuts to the public service and changes to collective bargaining laws in Budget 2025 — what does that mean for the federal public service unions that are in bargaining this year?
I spoke with PSAC, CAPE and labour prof Adam DK King about it for @pressprogress.ca
I spoke with PSAC, CAPE and labour prof Adam DK King about it for @pressprogress.ca
Union Presidents Say Federal Government is “Scapegoating” Public Servants For the Deficit
“This government is not on your side,” says Canadian Association of Public Employees president
pressprogress.ca/union-presid...
“This government is not on your side,” says Canadian Association of Public Employees president
pressprogress.ca/union-presid...
Union Presidents Say Federal Government is “Scapegoating” Public Servants For the Deficit
“This government is not on your side,” says Canadian Association of Public Employees president
pressprogress.ca
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Mark Carney proposed major cuts to the public service and changes to collective bargaining laws in Budget 2025 — what does that mean for the federal public service unions that are in bargaining this year?
I spoke with PSAC, CAPE and labour prof Adam DK King about it for @pressprogress.ca
I spoke with PSAC, CAPE and labour prof Adam DK King about it for @pressprogress.ca
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ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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You can support Starbucks workers by not crossing the picket, and you can also contribute to the strike fund!
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You can support Starbucks workers by not crossing the picket, and you can also contribute to the strike fund!
This man clearly hates having to actually do his job (listen to the citizens of the city he is mayor of, who he also visibly distains). Do yourself and everyone else a favour and quit your job, Ken. I'm sure one of your rich friends will find you a new one.
Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This man clearly hates having to actually do his job (listen to the citizens of the city he is mayor of, who he also visibly distains). Do yourself and everyone else a favour and quit your job, Ken. I'm sure one of your rich friends will find you a new one.
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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A great interview with Professor Mahmood Mamdani in which he discusses his new memoir, the shortcomings of the boycott as a political tool and its implementation in the anti colonial movement, academic freedom, libraries, and the relationship between scholarship and politics.
No talk of Zohran!
No talk of Zohran!
Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran
The Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A great interview with Professor Mahmood Mamdani in which he discusses his new memoir, the shortcomings of the boycott as a political tool and its implementation in the anti colonial movement, academic freedom, libraries, and the relationship between scholarship and politics.
No talk of Zohran!
No talk of Zohran!
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Me rn
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Me rn
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Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us!
No more genocide. Shut it down.
No more genocide. Shut it down.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us!
No more genocide. Shut it down.
No more genocide. Shut it down.
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Liberals want to change rules around collective bargaining
Any guesses whether those changes will benefit workers?
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/06/u...
Any guesses whether those changes will benefit workers?
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/06/u...
Unions condemn federal government's plans to change collective bargaining rules
OTTAWA — Federal public service unions are condemning the government’s proposed amendments to collective bargaining rules — though they admit they know little at this point about what those changes co...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Liberals want to change rules around collective bargaining
Any guesses whether those changes will benefit workers?
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/06/u...
Any guesses whether those changes will benefit workers?
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/06/u...
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“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...