Ari Vangeest
@arivangeest.bsky.social
Union Activist • Rank and file member of Canadian Office and Professional Employees Local 343 • MA Sociology
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Forming a union is one of the best ways to #MakeAmazonPay. This week Unifor member organisers are out signing cards at facilities across B.C.'s Lower Mainland.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Forming a union is one of the best ways to #MakeAmazonPay. This week Unifor member organisers are out signing cards at facilities across B.C.'s Lower Mainland.
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Radical jihadist communism actually began in Iowa City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Radical jihadist communism actually began in Iowa City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: It sure sounds as if Premier Smith’s UCP will soon rip a page from the book of Depression-era Social Credit premier William Aberhart and repeal the province’s recall legislation as soon as possible, now that it’s being used against UCP MLAs. #abpoli
Will Alberta Kill Recall Laws Now That UCP MLAs Are at Risk? | The Tyee
Legislation stripping teachers of their Charter rights has brought new challenges to the Smith government.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: It sure sounds as if Premier Smith’s UCP will soon rip a page from the book of Depression-era Social Credit premier William Aberhart and repeal the province’s recall legislation as soon as possible, now that it’s being used against UCP MLAs. #abpoli
Bye bye smelly snelly #bluejays #worldseries
October 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Bye bye smelly snelly #bluejays #worldseries
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Spurred on by local supporters and backed by their union, four laid-off journalists established a workers’ non-profit co-op to create a new community-focused publication. Freshet News launched its website and weekly newsletter last week.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Is Print the Future of Local News? This Co-Op Thinks So | The Tyee
Freshet News, owned by workers, has launched to cover Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities.
thetyee.ca
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Spurred on by local supporters and backed by their union, four laid-off journalists established a workers’ non-profit co-op to create a new community-focused publication. Freshet News launched its website and weekly newsletter last week.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
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Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019
Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019
QUEEN’S PARK - After resale tickets to the Blue Jays’ World Series immediately skyrocketed into the thousands of dollars, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference to place the blame solely on...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019
I think everyone has a different understanding of what "purity tests" are so unless they define what that term means, there will be conflict. @heathermcpherson.bsky.social what is meant by purity test in this regard? Every party has to have a line somewhere, where should the NDP draw that line?
I served 21 years in Parliament but in the last caucus I gave up even trying to offer advice because I could never pass the increasingly rigid purity tests.
Thank you @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for reminding us that social democracy needs to be social and democratic.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
Thank you @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for reminding us that social democracy needs to be social and democratic.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
MSN
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October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I think everyone has a different understanding of what "purity tests" are so unless they define what that term means, there will be conflict. @heathermcpherson.bsky.social what is meant by purity test in this regard? Every party has to have a line somewhere, where should the NDP draw that line?
I'm not sure how you can blame the party holding zero power right now for a shutdown, but I know that my republican family don't listen to facts.
NEWS: Earlier today, workers at the Department of Labor received an email blaming Congressional Democrats for “forcing” a government shutdown.
An employee described it as, “definitely the most explicitly partisan email I've seen in my three years here.”
An employee described it as, “definitely the most explicitly partisan email I've seen in my three years here.”
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm not sure how you can blame the party holding zero power right now for a shutdown, but I know that my republican family don't listen to facts.
That episode of Dr. Who was a warning, not a guide.
The Trump administration is going to launch a program to find out how much money AI could save the government by denying care to Medicare patients.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments - KFF Health News
A pilot program testing the use of artificial intelligence to expand prior authorization decisions in Medicare has providers, politicians, and researchers questioning Trump administration promises to ...
kffhealthnews.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
That episode of Dr. Who was a warning, not a guide.
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6 days ago Liberal MP Vince Gasparro smeared and ‘banned’ Kneecap from Canada (forcing them to cancel tour dates) just 3 days after meeting with an Israeli lobby group, using this bogus terrorism charge as reasoning.
Seems a public apology is in order.
Seems a public apology is in order.
Terror charge against Kneecap band member thrown out by court
Terror charge against Kneecap band member thrown out by court
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
6 days ago Liberal MP Vince Gasparro smeared and ‘banned’ Kneecap from Canada (forcing them to cancel tour dates) just 3 days after meeting with an Israeli lobby group, using this bogus terrorism charge as reasoning.
Seems a public apology is in order.
Seems a public apology is in order.
This plus 68% and they think they’re still the best fit to lead the party?
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Ontario Provincial Polling:
PCPO: 52% (+9)
OLP: 24% (-6)
ONDP: 12% (-7)
GPO: 6% (+1)
Others: 6%
Abacus / September 17, 2025 / n=1021 / Online
(% Change with 2025 Election)
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Ontario Provincial Polling:
PCPO: 52% (+9)
OLP: 24% (-6)
ONDP: 12% (-7)
GPO: 6% (+1)
Others: 6%
Abacus / September 17, 2025 / n=1021 / Online
(% Change with 2025 Election)
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September 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This plus 68% and they think they’re still the best fit to lead the party?
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Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.
I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.
We need a government that serves the many, not the money.
Join in. lewisforleader.ca/
youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.
We need a government that serves the many, not the money.
Join in. lewisforleader.ca/
youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
Why I’m running for NDP leader
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.
I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.
We need a government that serves the many, not the money.
Join in. lewisforleader.ca/
youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.
We need a government that serves the many, not the money.
Join in. lewisforleader.ca/
youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
My union and fantasy worlds have collided
'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president
'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president
Astin, who was also in "Rudy" and "The Goonies," will succeed Fran Drescher, who decided not to run for reelection.
www.latimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My union and fantasy worlds have collided
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CANADA: More than 10,000 college support workers go on strike across Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More than 10,000 college support workers go on strike across Ontario | CBC News
More than 10,000 full-time support workers from Ontario’s 24 public colleges are going on strike starting Thursday in an effort to ensure job security, the union says.
www.cbc.ca
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
CANADA: More than 10,000 college support workers go on strike across Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Trying to come up with an equivalent to this speed camera story but for transit riders. Imagine if, in wake of hypothetical reports of people getting mad about fines and vandalizing Presto readers, the gov was just like, well, I guess we should stop fare enforcement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We are prepared to help get rid of them,' Ont. government says after 16 speed cameras vandalized | CBC News
Sixteen Toronto speed cameras were found damaged on Tuesday morning, only two days after the Parkside Drive speed camera was cut down for the seventh time in less than a year.
www.cbc.ca
September 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trying to come up with an equivalent to this speed camera story but for transit riders. Imagine if, in wake of hypothetical reports of people getting mad about fines and vandalizing Presto readers, the gov was just like, well, I guess we should stop fare enforcement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Prime Minister’s Office just emailed me confirmation that “regrettably” the Project 2025 mastermind cancelled ON THEM, not the other way around
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Prime Minister’s Office just emailed me confirmation that “regrettably” the Project 2025 mastermind cancelled ON THEM, not the other way around
With the erosion of Liberal Arts degrees, courses like English literature are optional for computer science degrees. English Lit would teach the media literacy skills needed to understand that science fiction is a warning, not a playbook.
I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
September 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
With the erosion of Liberal Arts degrees, courses like English literature are optional for computer science degrees. English Lit would teach the media literacy skills needed to understand that science fiction is a warning, not a playbook.
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Patty Hadju said she had not heard the allegations about unpaid work for Air Canada Flight Attendants… but she sat in the 44th parliament when Bill C415 was introduced… #aircanada #flightattendant #pattyhadju #cdnpoli #CUPE #canada_life🇨🇦
August 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Patty Hadju said she had not heard the allegations about unpaid work for Air Canada Flight Attendants… but she sat in the 44th parliament when Bill C415 was introduced… #aircanada #flightattendant #pattyhadju #cdnpoli #CUPE #canada_life🇨🇦
Unions survived before the NLRB and they will survive after. Some current unions might not survive, but others will take their place. Bosses will soon learn that Unions that don’t rely on courts for legitimacy will give them a harder time than those who follow the rules of labour relations.
August 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unions survived before the NLRB and they will survive after. Some current unions might not survive, but others will take their place. Bosses will soon learn that Unions that don’t rely on courts for legitimacy will give them a harder time than those who follow the rules of labour relations.
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Tentative agreement reached. The union said in a statement provided to CBC News that "unpaid work is over." The agreement now goes to a vote. Operations have resumed. Congratulations to these workers for standing up. The right to strike has been trampled for too long. Great solidarity #canlab
Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal to end strike | CBC News
A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said early Tuesday.
www.cbc.ca
August 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Tentative agreement reached. The union said in a statement provided to CBC News that "unpaid work is over." The agreement now goes to a vote. Operations have resumed. Congratulations to these workers for standing up. The right to strike has been trampled for too long. Great solidarity #canlab
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Air Canada’s CEO gave striking flight attendants more reason to defy a government order to go back to work.
On BNN Bloomberg, CEO Michael Rousseau says the company didn’t make provisions for passengers with cancelled flights because it assumed government would enforce Section 107 to end the strike.
On BNN Bloomberg, CEO Michael Rousseau says the company didn’t make provisions for passengers with cancelled flights because it assumed government would enforce Section 107 to end the strike.
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Air Canada’s CEO gave striking flight attendants more reason to defy a government order to go back to work.
On BNN Bloomberg, CEO Michael Rousseau says the company didn’t make provisions for passengers with cancelled flights because it assumed government would enforce Section 107 to end the strike.
On BNN Bloomberg, CEO Michael Rousseau says the company didn’t make provisions for passengers with cancelled flights because it assumed government would enforce Section 107 to end the strike.
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Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the impact of the strike.
Timing - 2:35
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
Timing - 2:35
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the impact of the strike.
Timing - 2:35
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
Timing - 2:35
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...