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Lorie King
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Toronto, Canada
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Today at 5:30 p.m. at #HamOnt City Hall!
April 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Today marks 1️⃣2️⃣ years since the #RanaPlaza tragedy. Yet lessons remain unlearned — the EU’s #OmnibusPackage weakens corporate accountability.

BusinessEurope’s deregulation agenda is an invitation to future tragedies. The Commission must not have blood on its hands.

Keep business accountable.
April 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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A coalition of federal unions and advocacy groups challenged Elon Musk’s order for nearly two million federal employees to explain via email what weekly work they accomplished or otherwise face dismissal.
Unions Challenge Musk's Order for Federal Employees to Justify Weekly Work or Face Firing
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Last night, Musk's staff were stopped trying to enter USAID's HQ. They threatened to call U.S. Marshals.

@cnn.com: Sources say they wanted access to security systems and personnel files and to access classified information.

Today, the USAID Director of Security and his deputy were put on leave.
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Merry Christmas to all
December 25, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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The Teamsters will launch the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history beginning at 6 a.m. EST on Thurs., Dec. 19. The nationwide action follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters.

Let's fucking go! 🔥
December 19, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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More reporting like this! A discussion of workers lives and what CUPW workers experience on the job. It is a mentally and physically demanding job worthy of fair compensation and health benefits. globalnews.ca/news/1090840...
‘A death trap’: Striking Canada Post workers explain the job’s toll on them - National | Globalnews.ca
As Canada Post workers remain on the picket line, a key point of contention in their demands is their job's growing physical and mental toll—exacerbated by climate change.
globalnews.ca
December 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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“States that continue to transfer arms to Israel at this time must know they are violating their obligation to prevent genocide and are at risk of becoming complicit in genocide. All states with influence over Israel… must act now to bring Israel’s atrocities… to an immediate end.”
Here’s the new Amnesty International report on the genocide in Gaza.

“Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them…. this is genocide. It must stop now.” -Sec Gen Agnès Callamard
Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Read full report Share: ‘You Feel Like You Are
amnesty.ca
December 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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Has the Minister of Labour been laying the groundwork for government intervention all along? @stephross.bsky.social and I weigh in on the state of the Canada Post strike in this @thestar.com article.

www.thestar.com/business/lab...

#canlab
Labour minister slams Canada Post union and management for being ‘highly disrespectful’ of Canadians
Labour experts expect either back-to-work legislation or binding arbitration to be invoked soon to end the walkout by 55,000 workers nears its third week.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Disability justice is a union issue, and CUPE is a committed supporter of the disability rights movement. cupe.ca/event/intern...
#IDPD2024 #InternationalDayOfPersonswithDisabilities
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
As workers and activists, we need to understand that not all disabilities are immediately noticeable – from mental illness to learning differences, diabetes, chronic pain, cognitive dysfunction and mu...
cupe.ca
December 3, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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The Conservatives are creating a swamp of media disinformation.
This is what elected Trump.
They have attacked CBC, CTV, Global, the Toronto Star, Canadian Press.
It is about undermining independent media that can hold politicians accountable.
Check out my statement
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RTL...
Charlie Angus on the Conservative Swamp of Disinformation
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Thanks to Antonia Zerbisias - a better understanding of tolerance and paradox.
November 28, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Anti-capitalist affirmations, because we are all worthy.
November 20, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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I wrote this in @nextmagazine.bsky.social before Doug Ford went after bike lanes but his war on Toronto has been decades long and is unending. It's been a family affair too! We can't let him sell out our city to chase province-wide support. nextmag.ca/doug-fords-w...
Doug Ford’s war on Toronto
Cynical premier happy to sell out his city for votes province-wide…
nextmag.ca
November 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Solidarity with our postal workers! ✊

CUPW began a nationwide Canada Post strike of both bargaining units at 12:01am EST Friday, November 15.

This proud “lifetime honorary member” of CUPW Nova Local stands with CUPW and our postal workers! ✊✊✊

#CUPW #CanadaPost #SupportCUPW #canlab #1u #cdnpoli
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 AM