Claire KB
@clairekb.bsky.social
Writing & lawyering & probably looking for my keys.
labour + employment + public law
labour + employment + public law
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Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org
We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
March 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org
the power of ~ vibes ~ is the real story in election 2025
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March 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
the power of ~ vibes ~ is the real story in election 2025
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We are thrilled that Claire Boychuk has joined our firm! Claire practices labour, employment, and public law in our Ottawa office. In addition to her interest in law and public policy, Claire is experienced in advising labour unions and organizations on political action and strategy. Welcome Claire!
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We are thrilled that Claire Boychuk has joined our firm! Claire practices labour, employment, and public law in our Ottawa office. In addition to her interest in law and public policy, Claire is experienced in advising labour unions and organizations on political action and strategy. Welcome Claire!
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The BCCLA condemns the systemic suppression of political expression in support of Palestine. Free expression is central to our democratic institutions, and the pattern of state repression is alarming.
Read Our Blog on Systemic Suppression re Palestine: bccla.org/2025/03/bccl...
Read Our Blog on Systemic Suppression re Palestine: bccla.org/2025/03/bccl...
BCCLA Statement Against the Systemic Suppression of Support for Palestine - BC Civil Liberties Association
The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) condemns the deliberate and systemic suppression of political expression in support of Palestine. Over the past 16 months we have witnessed a widespread patt...
bccla.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The BCCLA condemns the systemic suppression of political expression in support of Palestine. Free expression is central to our democratic institutions, and the pattern of state repression is alarming.
Read Our Blog on Systemic Suppression re Palestine: bccla.org/2025/03/bccl...
Read Our Blog on Systemic Suppression re Palestine: bccla.org/2025/03/bccl...
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Trump just now: “Tomorrow – 25% on Canada, 25% on Mexico.”
March 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trump just now: “Tomorrow – 25% on Canada, 25% on Mexico.”
shock doctrine, but applied to the rule of law
"We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now,” he said on Friday. “There have been so many unconstitutional and illegal actions in the first 18 days of the Trump presidency. We never have seen anything like this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say
Law professors have long debated what the term means. But now many have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
shock doctrine, but applied to the rule of law
This whole thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This whole thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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A labor historian might be tempted to argue that all of this will just lead eventually to old school mass strikes & a correction.
Maybe, but this time millions of workers are on the side of the employers & billionaires instead of their own economic interests.
Maybe, but this time millions of workers are on the side of the employers & billionaires instead of their own economic interests.
Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
February 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A labor historian might be tempted to argue that all of this will just lead eventually to old school mass strikes & a correction.
Maybe, but this time millions of workers are on the side of the employers & billionaires instead of their own economic interests.
Maybe, but this time millions of workers are on the side of the employers & billionaires instead of their own economic interests.
re: the coup
civil disobedience comes in many forms
civil disobedience comes in many forms
Scramble passwords, forget the challenge questions, start hitting Reply All on the important emails or the birthday emails, or the embarrassing emails, leave rooms prematurely. Stuff the toilets with toilet paper. Set off the fire alarms because you smelled smoke. Be the person who made the smoke.
February 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
re: the coup
civil disobedience comes in many forms
civil disobedience comes in many forms
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OPM acting director Charles Ezell releases memo to agency heads which says that "provisions of collective bargaining agreements that conflict with management rights are unlawful and unenforceable." Memo specifically addresses telework issues. chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
chcoc.gov
February 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
OPM acting director Charles Ezell releases memo to agency heads which says that "provisions of collective bargaining agreements that conflict with management rights are unlawful and unenforceable." Memo specifically addresses telework issues. chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
Hearing from friends who have been evacuated in LA. Unimaginable.
January 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hearing from friends who have been evacuated in LA. Unimaginable.
it’s a hail-and-rain, cdn gov falling apart, phoebe bridgers kind of tuesday
December 17, 2024 at 3:17 PM
it’s a hail-and-rain, cdn gov falling apart, phoebe bridgers kind of tuesday
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Over lifetime, each additional year of union membership reduces the odds of mortality by 1.5%. Effects primarily occur between ages of 41 and 67.
Nice work @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nice work @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Mortality Implications of a Unionized Career
An emerging literature has documented a wide range of protections and benefits that union membership provides for health and wellbeing. However, this …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Over lifetime, each additional year of union membership reduces the odds of mortality by 1.5%. Effects primarily occur between ages of 41 and 67.
Nice work @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nice work @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
can confirm that sally rooney’s latest - intermezzo - is perfect december fiction
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
can confirm that sally rooney’s latest - intermezzo - is perfect december fiction
my friend Leah wrote a book on the niche topic of money & democracy
@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
@robgillezeau.bsky.social
it’s a good one!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
@robgillezeau.bsky.social
it’s a good one!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Our Money
How the creation of money and monetary policy can be more democratic
press.princeton.edu
November 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
my friend Leah wrote a book on the niche topic of money & democracy
@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
@robgillezeau.bsky.social
it’s a good one!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
@robgillezeau.bsky.social
it’s a good one!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.