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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll ask my Local. Thank you!

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I didn’t know that. Last I heard, if the PT voted yes, they could strike as early as a week after the vote. Thanks for letting me know.

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 1d

I hope the CEC is ready to bargain and that this isn’t another pointless tentative deal. There’s also pressure building with the part-time strike vote coming up next week on Oct 14th.

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 1d

OPSEU invited the employer back to the table, and they agreed. Mediation started today. Hopefully, the CEC/employer comes in good faith and doesn’t walk away this time. #OPSEU #ONStrike #CollegesStrike #ONPoli #oned #Strike #VoteFordOut

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

It’s as simple as it sounds. Ford and his cabinet aren’t working for the people, they’re committed to selling our province to their wealthy friends. Wake up, Ontario, before it’s too late. Support the #OPSEU College Support Staff Strike and send a message that our education is not for sale! #ONPoli

Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 2d

Two years ago, the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Grab.

Two years later, it’s déjà vu — Labour Minister David Piccini admits he personally picked which of his friends got millions from the Skills Development Fund.

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

Ford and his crew aren’t standing up for the people, they’re standing up for their wealthy friends. Our province is not for sale. Education belongs to everyone, not to the highest bidder. Stand with college workers. Support the #OPSEU strike. #Solidarity #OntarioColleges #ONPoli #ONStrike

bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 2d

The answer ofc is Ford and co want to break up and sell our public institutions/services for peanuts to their buddies. Like with Ontario Place. Healthcare. The Greenbelt. Etc.

Check the Auditor General’s report on the Ontario Skills Development Fund. More easy taxpayer money for their rich friends.

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

Why won’t they negotiate meaningful job security language? The semester is slipping away. Students can’t access critical services. Part-time support staff are also in bargaining and a strike vote is planned/underway for them. #OPSEU #Local557 #ONPoli #CollegesStrike

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

Why won’t they negotiate meaningful job security language? The semester is slipping away. Students can’t access critical services. Part-time support staff are also in bargaining and a strike vote is planned/underway for them. #OPSEU #Local557 #ONPoli #CollegesStrike

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

More than 10K FT college support staff across Ontario are on strike. The strike was triggered after the employer (CEC) refused to include strong job security language in their proposals. We’re fighting to protect the work that keeps campuses running, and the services students rely on. #ONPoli #OPSEU

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 10d

Ontario college CEOs take home massive salaries whilst denying job security to the staff who keep colleges running. Students lose. Staff lose. CEOs win. According to Sunshine List, CEOs are feasting whilst support staff are left starving.
#OPSEU #CollegeStrike #FairnessForStaff #ONPoli #FordFailedUs

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

More than 10K FT college support staff across Ontario are on strike. The strike was triggered after the employer (CEC) refused to include strong job security language in their proposals. We’re fighting to protect the work that keeps campuses running, and the services students rely on. #ONPoli #OPSEU

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 10d

Ontario college CEOs take home massive salaries whilst denying job security to the staff who keep colleges running. Students lose. Staff lose. CEOs win. According to Sunshine List, CEOs are feasting whilst support staff are left starving.
#OPSEU #CollegeStrike #FairnessForStaff #ONPoli #FordFailedUs

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 2d

Colleges Support Staff are still on strike as the employers/CEC refuse to return to the table. The Part Time Strike Vote on October 14. The CEC seem to be pushing for a full disruption to shift the blame onto support staff. Where is the news coverage? #OPSEU #CollegesStrike #ONStrike #ONPoli

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 10d

Ontario college CEOs take home massive salaries whilst denying job security to the staff who keep colleges running. Students lose. Staff lose. CEOs win. According to Sunshine List, CEOs are feasting whilst support staff are left starving.
#OPSEU #CollegeStrike #FairnessForStaff #ONPoli #FordFailedUs

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 3d

In 2024, college presidents’ compensation ranged widely; e.g. Ann Marie Vaughan (Humber) earned $497,880; David Agnew (Seneca) earned $459,778

If the colleges can afford that, they can afford serious protections for their support staff.
#OPSEU #ONStrike #CollegesStrike #OntarioColleges #JobSecurity

Wage hikes for Ontario college presidents face criticism amid sector cutbacks

It’s about ‘taking a good hard look at the part of the organization that really isn’t contributing to the front-line education experience,’ says academic

www.hrreporter.com

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 4d

So Charlie Kirk took one for the team, and just like that, the Epstein files disappeared into thin air! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 9d

Not a trans person, just another religious zealot abusing their power to harm children. Says a lot about christians. #DefundTheChurch #DefundCatholicSchools

Nikki @varivergirl.bsky.social · 10d

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months of that sentence.

www.nbcnews.com

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 10d

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 10d

Let me remind you what a weird populist conservative politician sounds like. They will not reject a debunked conspiracy theory if their constituents believe it. This is part of the problem with the far-right, they nurture "popular" disinformation instead of stamp it out.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Office of Alberta Premier Smith responds to her comment about chemtrails | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comments about chemtrails don't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

www.cbc.ca

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 10d

Old news, but high time to seiously investigate Jeff "Fallingballs" Ballingall and PoiLIEvre for hate speech.

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 10d

Ontario college CEOs take home massive salaries whilst denying job security to the staff who keep colleges running. Students lose. Staff lose. CEOs win. According to Sunshine List, CEOs are feasting whilst support staff are left starving.
#OPSEU #CollegeStrike #FairnessForStaff #ONPoli #FordFailedUs

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11d

Yep, she blamed the Federal govt for the job cuts. When it had nothing to do with Ottawa.

#Alberta premier blames Ottawa for Imperial Oil job cuts, but experts say it's a global trend #SmithFAIL

Calgary-based company says cuts are part of broader restructuring plan

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta premier blames Ottawa for Imperial Oil job cuts, but experts say it's a global trend | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Imperial Oil's plan to lay off roughly 20 per cent of its workforce by 2027 is “very disappointing," laying the blame on Ottawa and reinforcing the need to build pi...

www.cbc.ca

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 11d

Anyone surprised? Didn’t think so. Ford’s government isn’t here for everyday Canadians. They’re working for the ultra-rich, pushing to privatize colleges/education so their buddies cash in. Wake up, Ontario!
#ONStrike #OPSEU #CollegesStrike #FordCorruption #ONPoli

Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING: The Ford govt has given groups hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars against the advice of civil servants who’d evaluated their applications, per Ontario’s auditor general.

@thetrillium.bsky.social has been covering this story in depth.

#onpoli

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general

Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report

www.thetrillium.ca

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 12d

Canadians should be really worried about the Conservatives turning into a full-blown christo-fascist party under Poilievre’s leadership. If this crook ever gets into power, we will descend the same path as the USA. Stay woke and keep the cons out of power! ✊
#CDNPoli #NeverPoilievre #PierrePutin

Poilievre claims Christians 'may be the number 1' victims of hate-based violence | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday that Christians and their places of worship are being targeted and, if elected, he will crack down on religion-based hate.

www.cbc.ca

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16d

With abortion rights and reproductive freedom under assault by politicians across the country, California stands firmly by a woman's right to choose.

Our defense of these fundamental rights is unshakeable.

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 15d

PETER THIEL IS THE ENEMY.

the fucking shoe @thefuckingshoe.bsky.social · 15d

PETER THIEL IS THE ENEMY.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15d

Crowd for the march against ICE assembling at 59th and 4th in Brooklyn! @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social and @bradlander.bsky.social here.

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David Andrew Edwards @helpmehelpall.bsky.social · 15d

Danielle Smith would rather play Prime Minister of Alberta then actually solve serious issues for the people she is paid to represent. #ABPoli #AlbertaFail

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 15d

But Danielle Smith is targeting trans people instead of actually working for the folks who elected her. That’s why I have little sympathy for Albertans. They’re going to face the consequences of their choices. Hate and contempt breed more of the same. #ABPoli #AlbertaFail #DanielleSmithIsACrook

Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 16d

Alberta’s healthcare waitlist has grown so large that they decided to stop counting the people who die while waiting for care.

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 15d

I’m starting to wonder if you’re intentionally misrepresenting what I’m saying, which feels like an attempt to create confusion and division.

Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 15d

Most of the trans people targeted by the UCP cannot even vote, so it seems unfair to blame them for their oppression.

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 15d

But Danielle Smith is targeting trans people instead of actually working for the folks who elected her. That’s why I have little sympathy for Albertans. They’re going to face the consequences of their choices. Hate and contempt breed more of the same. #ABPoli #AlbertaFail #DanielleSmithIsACrook

Dare to Dare @daretodare.bsky.social · 15d

Isn’t Danielle Smith targeting Trans people??? Is she not? I’m so confused by your accusations.

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