Yameena (she/her)
@yxmeena.bsky.social
Lover of unions, public transit and cats
Reading the BCLRB decision re: Amazon - @unifor.org. Not surprised at all by Amazon's union busting but deeply amused by how transparent it was.
July 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reading the BCLRB decision re: Amazon - @unifor.org. Not surprised at all by Amazon's union busting but deeply amused by how transparent it was.
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Proofs are in! Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry will be published by @commonnotions.bsky.social this fall. It describes/theorizes/circulates experiences of research that feeds into labour organizing within & against digital capitalism.
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Proofs are in! Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry will be published by @commonnotions.bsky.social this fall. It describes/theorizes/circulates experiences of research that feeds into labour organizing within & against digital capitalism.
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
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Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/
Rejecting Complicity: ScholCommLab’s Statement of Support for PACBI Principles - Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab
Rejecting Complicity: ScholCommLab’s Statement of Support for PACBI Principles In the wake of the genocide and scholasticide in Gaza, the […]
www.scholcommlab.ca
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/
Using AI to do scab work at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board? What could possibly go wrong 🤡
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
Union blasts WSIB’s decision to use automation to approve more injury claims during strike
The union representing thousands of WSIB employees is blasting the government agency for using automation to handle a backlog of claims.
www.thestar.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Using AI to do scab work at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board? What could possibly go wrong 🤡
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
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Indian Summer Festival 2025 program is now live! - get your tix before they sell out: indiansummerfest.ca/events #arts #festival #vancity
Events | Join Us — Indian Summer Festival
Discover Indian Summer Festival 2025, happening July 3–13 in Vancouver. This year’s theme, “Borderless Solidarities,” brings together artists, thinkers, and performers for powerful events that explore...
indiansummerfest.ca
June 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Indian Summer Festival 2025 program is now live! - get your tix before they sell out: indiansummerfest.ca/events #arts #festival #vancity
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Anti-ICE protests do not “turn violent.” They begin with the inherent violence of ICE.
Wrote about this uprising: www.jphilll.com/p/the-anti-i....
Wrote about this uprising: www.jphilll.com/p/the-anti-i....
The Anti-ICE Uprising
Seizing this moment and defending our neighbors
www.jphilll.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Anti-ICE protests do not “turn violent.” They begin with the inherent violence of ICE.
Wrote about this uprising: www.jphilll.com/p/the-anti-i....
Wrote about this uprising: www.jphilll.com/p/the-anti-i....
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New Post:
"Ontario's Controversial #Bill5 and Labour Rights: A Very Dangerous Precedent"
Pick your reading poison:
Substack:
thelawofwork.substack.com/p/ontarios-c...
LawofWork Blog:
lawofwork.ca/ontarios-con...
"Ontario's Controversial #Bill5 and Labour Rights: A Very Dangerous Precedent"
Pick your reading poison:
Substack:
thelawofwork.substack.com/p/ontarios-c...
LawofWork Blog:
lawofwork.ca/ontarios-con...
Ontario’s Controversial Bill 5 and Labour Rights:
A Very Dangerous Precedent
thelawofwork.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New Post:
"Ontario's Controversial #Bill5 and Labour Rights: A Very Dangerous Precedent"
Pick your reading poison:
Substack:
thelawofwork.substack.com/p/ontarios-c...
LawofWork Blog:
lawofwork.ca/ontarios-con...
"Ontario's Controversial #Bill5 and Labour Rights: A Very Dangerous Precedent"
Pick your reading poison:
Substack:
thelawofwork.substack.com/p/ontarios-c...
LawofWork Blog:
lawofwork.ca/ontarios-con...
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Excellent article on the case for legalizing collective bargaining for tenants, which @seanorr.bsky.social campaigned on in our #FightForHousing platform.
City Council has recognized housing as a human right. Now we need concrete action by all levels of govt.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #vanpoli
City Council has recognized housing as a human right. Now we need concrete action by all levels of govt.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #vanpoli
It’s Time to Let Tenants Unionize and Bargain Collectively | The Tyee
New Minister Gregor Robertson can address the ‘housing crisis’ with one change.
thetyee.ca
June 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Excellent article on the case for legalizing collective bargaining for tenants, which @seanorr.bsky.social campaigned on in our #FightForHousing platform.
City Council has recognized housing as a human right. Now we need concrete action by all levels of govt.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #vanpoli
City Council has recognized housing as a human right. Now we need concrete action by all levels of govt.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #vanpoli
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Union density in Canada's post-secondary education sector jumped even higher today with the 16,000 new members joining @opseusefpo.bsky.social after a prolonged legal battle.
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
#cdnpse #canlab
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
#cdnpse #canlab
After 20 year battle, over 16,000 part-time and sessional college faculty across Ontario join OPSEU/SEFPO in one of largest organizing drives in Canadian history
/CNW/ - College faculty union leaders had much to celebrate around the table at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) today. After a long day sorting...
www.newswire.ca
April 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Union density in Canada's post-secondary education sector jumped even higher today with the 16,000 new members joining @opseusefpo.bsky.social after a prolonged legal battle.
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
#cdnpse #canlab
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
#cdnpse #canlab
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A new bill in Québec could create an ‘exception’ to every worker’s right to strike
Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
A New Bill in Québec Could Create an ‘Exception’ to Every Worker’s Right to Strike
Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
pressprogress.ca
April 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A new bill in Québec could create an ‘exception’ to every worker’s right to strike
Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
I defended my MA thesis this week! Thank you to my incredible supervisor @siyuanyin.bsky.social as well as the faculty and staff at @sfucmns.bsky.social who helped make this possible 🥰
Huge congratulations to my wonderful student, Yameena Zaidi on successfully defending her MA thesis! It is an impressive project exploring the organizing efforts of Indian gig workers in the platform economy. Way to go! @yxmeena.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I defended my MA thesis this week! Thank you to my incredible supervisor @siyuanyin.bsky.social as well as the faculty and staff at @sfucmns.bsky.social who helped make this possible 🥰
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We’re organizing a RALLY to save our buses!
Join us at Metrotown Station from 1-2pm on Sunday, March 23 to make our voices heard and tell the government to address TransLink’s operating budget shortfall before it’s too late.
Join us at Metrotown Station from 1-2pm on Sunday, March 23 to make our voices heard and tell the government to address TransLink’s operating budget shortfall before it’s too late.
March 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We’re organizing a RALLY to save our buses!
Join us at Metrotown Station from 1-2pm on Sunday, March 23 to make our voices heard and tell the government to address TransLink’s operating budget shortfall before it’s too late.
Join us at Metrotown Station from 1-2pm on Sunday, March 23 to make our voices heard and tell the government to address TransLink’s operating budget shortfall before it’s too late.
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As @parismarx.com writes, the @cupwsttp.bsky.social strike raises the question of “not just what we want the future of Canada Post to be, but also what kind of society we want to live in.”
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Planning the obsolescence of Canada Post
There is an unwillingness to entertain a future in which Canada Post’s role can evolve to serve the needs of Canadians. The degradation of delivery work by Amazon is accepted as a fait accompli, inste...
canadiandimension.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:31 AM
As @parismarx.com writes, the @cupwsttp.bsky.social strike raises the question of “not just what we want the future of Canada Post to be, but also what kind of society we want to live in.”
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
This @thetyee.ca interview with @dieworkwear.bsky.social is hilarious.
November 30, 2024 at 7:45 PM
This @thetyee.ca interview with @dieworkwear.bsky.social is hilarious.
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Media Coverage of the Canada Post Strike is Centering Business Interests, Not the Interests of Workers
Canadian media coverage of the postal strike promotes anti-worker narratives
pressprogress.ca/media-covera...
Canadian media coverage of the postal strike promotes anti-worker narratives
pressprogress.ca/media-covera...
Media Coverage of the Canada Post Strike is Centering Business Interests, Not the Interests of Workers
Canadian media coverage of the postal strike promotes anti-worker narratives
pressprogress.ca
November 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Media Coverage of the Canada Post Strike is Centering Business Interests, Not the Interests of Workers
Canadian media coverage of the postal strike promotes anti-worker narratives
pressprogress.ca/media-covera...
Canadian media coverage of the postal strike promotes anti-worker narratives
pressprogress.ca/media-covera...
Okay fine, I gave in and downloaded this app again because enough of my comrades are moving here. Where are the labour organizing, pro-public transit, and indian left folks at?
November 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Okay fine, I gave in and downloaded this app again because enough of my comrades are moving here. Where are the labour organizing, pro-public transit, and indian left folks at?
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this whole rate limit shit on twitter is making it a lot harder for me to do time theft at work, elon musk yet again siding against the working class
July 3, 2023 at 2:06 PM
this whole rate limit shit on twitter is making it a lot harder for me to do time theft at work, elon musk yet again siding against the working class