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The Canadian Committee on Labour History studies and promotes the history of working people in Canada.

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Labor activist takes on Teamsters leader allying with Trump: ‘He doesn’t represent the workers’

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Labor activist takes on Teamsters leader allying with Trump: ‘He doesn’t represent the workers’
Richard Hooker Jr is running to replace Trump ally Sean O’Brien as president of the Teamsters International union
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November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Block, Build, and Bella Ciao

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Block, Build, and Bella Ciao
It appears that the citizen outpouring of rage and discontent over Trump’s autocratic actions resulted in over 2,500 No Kings protests and assemblies on October 18th. Estimates place the total attenda...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Check out the webinar "Bigger Tables, Broader Bases: The Case for Sectoral Bargaining," hosted by Brock Labour Studies on Wednesday, November 19 at 7:30pm EST.

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Bigger Tables, Broader Bases: The Case for Sectoral Bargaining
This webinar examines whether expanding bargaining sector-wide can rebuild working-class power. Featuring Dr. Adam King and Dr. Sara Slinn.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Trump is using the shutdown to make life tougher for millions of workers

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Trump is using the shutdown to make life tougher for millions of workers | Steven Greenhouse
Food stamps are in danger and hundreds of thousands of federal workers may go unpaid, as thousands more are laid off
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November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Unions in a bind as governments increasingly use arcane pieces of the law to quash strikes

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Unions in a bind as governments increasingly use arcane pieces of the law to quash strikes
Trend has undermined workers’ leverage in the collective bargaining process, unions and experts say
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November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The Broadbent Institute’s 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders takes place Wednesday, March 4 to Friday, March 6 at the Delta Hotel City Centre Ottawa.

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2026 Progress Summit - Broadbent Institute
The 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, will take place in Ottawa, Wednesday, March 4th to Friday, March 6th.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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“No Meat, No Work”, The Great Meat Strike of 1947

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"No Meat, No Work", The Great Meat Strike of 1947 | Article
Read how the 1947 national meat strike unfolded in BC in the shadow of repressive labour laws.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Job Alert: Brock Uni Department of Labour Studies
LABR 3Q97 Public Sector Unions
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LABR 2P93 History of the Global Working Class
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Deadline: November 18 at 11:59pm
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Instructor LABR 3Q97 Winter D3
Brock University is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada ...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview With Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper

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“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview With Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper
In the forthcoming book, Who’s Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions, Minnesota-based labor writer and historian Dave Kamper unpacks the tumultuous wins and losses of the labor movement of...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation

Entries must be submitted by November 21, 2025

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Grants & Prizes | LAWCHA
LAWCHA gives or is affiliated with many awards in labor history, including the Herbert G. Gutman Prize, the Taft Prize, and graduate student travel grants.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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We Can’t Rebuild the Labor Movement Without Taking On Big Targets

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We Can’t Rebuild the Labor Movement Without Taking On Big Targets
[This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. C...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Canada’s national archives act as a ‘memory house’ – and they’re in trouble

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Canada’s national archives act as a ‘memory house’ – and they’re in trouble
Historian Charlotte Gray speaks with Librarian and Archivist of Canada Leslie Weir and former U.S. National Archivist Colleen Shogan about how to preserve history and why it matters
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October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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CIRB Rules Against Canada Post Union’s Back-To-Work Challenge

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CIRB Rules Against Canada Post Union’s Back-To-Work Challenge
The CIRB decision underlines the importance of building public pressure to win politically rather than depend on the legal process.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Check out The Moving Past, a collection of Archival Films

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All Films — A Collection of Archival Films
Browse a curated collection of historic Canadian films from the early 20th century. Explore rare footage from the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau and other archival sources, offering unique insights int...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Sharnak on Robert, 'Driving Terror: Labor, Violence, and Justice in Cold War Argentina'

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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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CUASA calls on Carleton University to withdraw its “Policy of Institutional Impartiality” and to explicitly reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom as the foundation of teaching, research, and public engagement.

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Letter to Carleton’s President – Institutional Impartiality Policy
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October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Texas Professor Terminated Over a Fascist's Doctored Video

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Texas Professor Terminated Over a Fascist's Doctored Video
The latest target in MAGA’s campaign against higher education details the proceedings against him and the collective organizing effort behind him.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Unpack the Compact: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed

When: Monday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. PT

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Unpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed · Frontline for Freedom
Trump’s new “Compact to All Higher Ed” is a direct attack on students, faculty, and academic freedom. **Join Public Citizen and national partners, for a timely discussion on Trump’s new “Compact to Al...
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October 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?
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Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?
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October 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Thursday November 6th at 7 p.m. EST for "Speak Out! Tom Alter, MAGA McCarthyism and the Fight for Free Speech"

The event is sponsored by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter, Texas State Employees Union/CWA and Haymarket Books.

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Speak Out! Tom Alter, MAGA McCarthyism, and the Fight for Free Speech – YouTube, Thu Nov 6, 2025 - The U.S. is experiencing one of the largest waves of political repression in its history. Academics,...
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October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Social Democrats of the North: Phillips Thompson, Labor Reform Songster

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Social Democrats of the North: Phillips Thompson, Labor Reform Songster | Perspectives Journal
The prolific satirist-turned-labour-leader penned the first full account of working-class struggles in 19th century Canada.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The Red Scare Is American Past and Present

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The Red Scare Is American Past and Present
If we want to understand how we arrived in this authoritarian moment in 2025, we need to understand one of the central pathways that brought us here: McCarthyism.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Capitalism And Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made

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Capitalism And Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made
An interview with historian Bryan Palmer about his trilogy of books on the continuing legacy of colonialism in Canada.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Debating a Canadian National Industrial Policy

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Debating a Canadian National Industrial Policy
Canada’s long codependent economic relationship with the United States has abruptly and involuntarily ended. The election of a tariff-obsessed, unpredictable, incompetent, crony capitalist autocratic ...
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October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I wish I was in Toronto on October 29 for: The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts&Heritage in Canada. Book Launch with S.Ross, R Kristofferson& contributors mailchi.mp/8c5d8167951f... @cuasa.ca @ottawalabour.bsky.social @cclh.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social
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October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM