Tony Tracy
@tonytracy.ca
Trade Unionist.
Socialist.
Anti-Racist.
Anti-Fascist.
Married to @esooze.
Solidarity! Always. ✊
Any & all opinions expressed are mine, and mine alone… of course.
Socialist.
Anti-Racist.
Anti-Fascist.
Married to @esooze.
Solidarity! Always. ✊
Any & all opinions expressed are mine, and mine alone… of course.
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Who are the wealth creators?
« it is the workers who create wealth, & their organized power that can bring capital accumulation to a grinding halt. »
When things are bad, workers concessions needed; rewards never freely given.
worthy read on Cape Breton construction strike by @tonytracy.ca #nspoli
« it is the workers who create wealth, & their organized power that can bring capital accumulation to a grinding halt. »
When things are bad, workers concessions needed; rewards never freely given.
worthy read on Cape Breton construction strike by @tonytracy.ca #nspoli
Cape Breton construction workers reach tentative agreement following historic strike - Spring
Photo: Nova Scotia Federation of Labour A tentative agreement was reached in the early morning of Monday July 21, 2025 between the affiliate unions of the Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Tr...
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July 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Who are the wealth creators?
« it is the workers who create wealth, & their organized power that can bring capital accumulation to a grinding halt. »
When things are bad, workers concessions needed; rewards never freely given.
worthy read on Cape Breton construction strike by @tonytracy.ca #nspoli
« it is the workers who create wealth, & their organized power that can bring capital accumulation to a grinding halt. »
When things are bad, workers concessions needed; rewards never freely given.
worthy read on Cape Breton construction strike by @tonytracy.ca #nspoli
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“In an era of increasing corporate power, precarious employment, and attacks on collective bargaining rights, William Davis’s sacrifice resonates with contemporary struggles for workplace dignity and economic justice.”
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#DavisDay #canlab #ns
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#DavisDay #canlab #ns
June 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“In an era of increasing corporate power, precarious employment, and attacks on collective bargaining rights, William Davis’s sacrifice resonates with contemporary struggles for workplace dignity and economic justice.”
springmag.ca/standing-the...
#DavisDay #canlab #ns
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#DavisDay #canlab #ns
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Today is the 100th anniversary of Davis Day✨
Today we to join in remembering William Davis, a coal miner tragically killed in 1925 during a strike for better working conditions and fair wages in New Waterford. His death ignited a crucial turning point in Nova Scotia’s labour movement.
Today we to join in remembering William Davis, a coal miner tragically killed in 1925 during a strike for better working conditions and fair wages in New Waterford. His death ignited a crucial turning point in Nova Scotia’s labour movement.
June 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today is the 100th anniversary of Davis Day✨
Today we to join in remembering William Davis, a coal miner tragically killed in 1925 during a strike for better working conditions and fair wages in New Waterford. His death ignited a crucial turning point in Nova Scotia’s labour movement.
Today we to join in remembering William Davis, a coal miner tragically killed in 1925 during a strike for better working conditions and fair wages in New Waterford. His death ignited a crucial turning point in Nova Scotia’s labour movement.
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Davis Day today marks 100 years since William Davis was killed by company police during a strike. We honour those who stood the gaff and sacrificed so much for labour and human rights. And we remain committed to better wages and worker protections, and ending scab labour in NS.
June 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Davis Day today marks 100 years since William Davis was killed by company police during a strike. We honour those who stood the gaff and sacrificed so much for labour and human rights. And we remain committed to better wages and worker protections, and ending scab labour in NS.
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"...it's crucial to understand not just the tragic circumstances of Davis's death, but the broader militant tradition of Cape Breton's coal miners that continues to inspire today's labour organizers and union members in the region and across Canada." #DavisDay springmag.ca/standing-the...
Standing the Gaff: One hundred years of Davis Day and the militant legacy of Cape Breton’s coal miners - Spring
One hundred years ago, on June 11, 1925, company police gunned down William “Bill” Davis, a 37-year-old unionized coal miner and father of nine, in the woods near Waterford Lake outside New Waterford,...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"...it's crucial to understand not just the tragic circumstances of Davis's death, but the broader militant tradition of Cape Breton's coal miners that continues to inspire today's labour organizers and union members in the region and across Canada." #DavisDay springmag.ca/standing-the...
NO ONE LEFT BEHIND:
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID:
In person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
SIGN UP for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID:
In person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
SIGN UP for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NO ONE LEFT BEHIND:
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID:
In person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
SIGN UP for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID:
In person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
SIGN UP for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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NO ONE LEFT BEHIND:
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID: in person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
REGISTER for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
bit.ly/TariffsHalif...
#canlab
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID: in person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
REGISTER for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
bit.ly/TariffsHalif...
#canlab
April 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NO ONE LEFT BEHIND:
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID: in person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
REGISTER for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
bit.ly/TariffsHalif...
#canlab
Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis
HYBRID: in person *and* online on Zoom
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT
RadStorm
2177 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
REGISTER for HALIFAX EVENT:
bit.ly/TariffsHalifax
HYBRID on ZOOM:
bit.ly/TariffsHalif...
#canlab
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Join us tonight at @j4wns.bsky.social's No One Left Behind event. @csaulnier.bsky.social will be talking about what government can do to protect workers amidst tariffs.
EVENT INFO:
Tonight, Apr. 22 at 6pm - Radstorm 2177 Gottingen St, Halifax NS
#NSpoli
EVENT INFO:
Tonight, Apr. 22 at 6pm - Radstorm 2177 Gottingen St, Halifax NS
#NSpoli
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Join us tonight at @j4wns.bsky.social's No One Left Behind event. @csaulnier.bsky.social will be talking about what government can do to protect workers amidst tariffs.
EVENT INFO:
Tonight, Apr. 22 at 6pm - Radstorm 2177 Gottingen St, Halifax NS
#NSpoli
EVENT INFO:
Tonight, Apr. 22 at 6pm - Radstorm 2177 Gottingen St, Halifax NS
#NSpoli
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Next week April 22 6pm at Rad Storm or join online.
Organizing a workers first agenda to address the tariff crisis
Registration link below
Presented by @j4wns.bsky.social
Organizing a workers first agenda to address the tariff crisis
Registration link below
Presented by @j4wns.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Next week April 22 6pm at Rad Storm or join online.
Organizing a workers first agenda to address the tariff crisis
Registration link below
Presented by @j4wns.bsky.social
Organizing a workers first agenda to address the tariff crisis
Registration link below
Presented by @j4wns.bsky.social
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No One Left Behind: Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff
Join us to learn about Trump’s tariffs, their projected impacts & what actions we can take to ensure all workers have essential protections
Join us to learn about Trump’s tariffs, their projected impacts & what actions we can take to ensure all workers have essential protections
April 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
No One Left Behind: Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff
Join us to learn about Trump’s tariffs, their projected impacts & what actions we can take to ensure all workers have essential protections
Join us to learn about Trump’s tariffs, their projected impacts & what actions we can take to ensure all workers have essential protections
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New "Know Your Rights At Work" Program. Offered (presented by me!) through the Halifax Workers Action Centre. Hope you might promote it on your own channels. More presentations coming soon. More info and registration (walk ins welcome) on our website www.halifaxwac.ca/workplace-ju...
March 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
New "Know Your Rights At Work" Program. Offered (presented by me!) through the Halifax Workers Action Centre. Hope you might promote it on your own channels. More presentations coming soon. More info and registration (walk ins welcome) on our website www.halifaxwac.ca/workplace-ju...
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@tonytracy.ca I loved this! I think it was you that shared my interest. Glad it is coming back. Truly stirring. The wind, the speed... not my usual entertainment, as it attracts all our biggest overlords.
#SailGP announces high-speed race will return to #Halifax in 2026 #NovaScotia
International sailing competition attracted 50,000 spectators to event last year in Halifax harbour
I had a blast at the last event with @amyshere.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
International sailing competition attracted 50,000 spectators to event last year in Halifax harbour
I had a blast at the last event with @amyshere.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SailGP announces high-speed race will return to Halifax in 2026 | CBC News
The international sailing competition known as SailGP will return to Halifax in June 2026, two years after it made its Canadian debut in the city and attracted thousands of spectators who watched the ...
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April 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@tonytracy.ca I loved this! I think it was you that shared my interest. Glad it is coming back. Truly stirring. The wind, the speed... not my usual entertainment, as it attracts all our biggest overlords.
Like others here in Halifax, I am deeply saddened by news that longtime Halifax prisoner justice activist Harry Critchley died suddenly last week.
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
Harry Critchley, ¡Presente!
SpringMag.ca/defunding-th...
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
Harry Critchley, ¡Presente!
SpringMag.ca/defunding-th...
Defunding the Police in Halifax - Spring
In September 2020, the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners appointed Professor El Jones to chair an independent committee that would prepare a report outlining a roadmap for “defunding the police” i...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Like others here in Halifax, I am deeply saddened by news that longtime Halifax prisoner justice activist Harry Critchley died suddenly last week.
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
Harry Critchley, ¡Presente!
SpringMag.ca/defunding-th...
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
Harry Critchley, ¡Presente!
SpringMag.ca/defunding-th...
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Spring is deeply saddened by the news that Halifax prisoner justice activist Harry Critchley died suddenly last week.
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
We were fortunate to interview him in 2021:
springmag.ca/defunding-th...
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
We were fortunate to interview him in 2021:
springmag.ca/defunding-th...
Defunding the Police in Halifax - Spring
In September 2020, the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners appointed Professor El Jones to chair an independent committee that would prepare a report outlining a roadmap for “defunding the police” i...
springmag.ca
February 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Spring is deeply saddened by the news that Halifax prisoner justice activist Harry Critchley died suddenly last week.
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
We were fortunate to interview him in 2021:
springmag.ca/defunding-th...
Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence.
We were fortunate to interview him in 2021:
springmag.ca/defunding-th...
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12 Janitors at Alderney Gate are about to lose their jobs because the #HRM decided to go with a cheaper non-union contractor.
Emergency rally taking place at Halifax city hall, tomorrow at 6:00pm. HRM needs to do the right thing and make sure these workers’ jobs and contract are upheld! #halifax
Emergency rally taking place at Halifax city hall, tomorrow at 6:00pm. HRM needs to do the right thing and make sure these workers’ jobs and contract are upheld! #halifax
February 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Honestly, if there was another platform to appropriately host a very active 65,000+ member & growing group of travellers to Cuba (about a third from the USA) @esooze.bsky.social and I would also abandon Zuckerberg’s platform & that of all rocket-ship billionaires.
But an email list will not cut it.
But an email list will not cut it.
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Honestly, if there was another platform to appropriately host a very active 65,000+ member & growing group of travellers to Cuba (about a third from the USA) @esooze.bsky.social and I would also abandon Zuckerberg’s platform & that of all rocket-ship billionaires.
But an email list will not cut it.
But an email list will not cut it.
Thinking of travel to Cuba?
I’d welcome folks to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) & I launched & co-administer.
It is entirely focused on *independent travel* in Cuba. 🇨🇺
*Not* on resorts, at all.
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#Cuba
I’d welcome folks to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) & I launched & co-administer.
It is entirely focused on *independent travel* in Cuba. 🇨🇺
*Not* on resorts, at all.
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
#Cuba
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February 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thinking of travel to Cuba?
I’d welcome folks to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) & I launched & co-administer.
It is entirely focused on *independent travel* in Cuba. 🇨🇺
*Not* on resorts, at all.
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
#Cuba
I’d welcome folks to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) & I launched & co-administer.
It is entirely focused on *independent travel* in Cuba. 🇨🇺
*Not* on resorts, at all.
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
#Cuba
I would absolutely welcome you (and others!), @emgeekay.bsky.social, to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) and I launched & co-administer/moderate.
It is entirely focused on independent travel in Cuba. 🇨🇺
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
It is entirely focused on independent travel in Cuba. 🇨🇺
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
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February 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I would absolutely welcome you (and others!), @emgeekay.bsky.social, to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) and I launched & co-administer/moderate.
It is entirely focused on independent travel in Cuba. 🇨🇺
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
It is entirely focused on independent travel in Cuba. 🇨🇺
www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1...
Suzanne (@esooze.bsky.social) and I were absolutely delighted to be able to catch up in person tonight over dinner & drinks with our dear friend Leanne, fresh back in Canada from her most recent weeks in Havana, and on a very brief whirlwind visit here to Halifax before she heads home to Ontario.
February 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Suzanne (@esooze.bsky.social) and I were absolutely delighted to be able to catch up in person tonight over dinner & drinks with our dear friend Leanne, fresh back in Canada from her most recent weeks in Havana, and on a very brief whirlwind visit here to Halifax before she heads home to Ontario.
Want to connect with Justice for Workers (Justice4WorkersNS.ca • @j4fns.bsky.social) in Nova Scotia & the decent work movement?
General Meeting of Justice for Workers this Thursday February 27th at 7pm — a “hybrid” meeting: in person at Glitter Bean Café in #Halifax *and* on Zoom.
#canlab #NSpoli
General Meeting of Justice for Workers this Thursday February 27th at 7pm — a “hybrid” meeting: in person at Glitter Bean Café in #Halifax *and* on Zoom.
#canlab #NSpoli
February 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Want to connect with Justice for Workers (Justice4WorkersNS.ca • @j4fns.bsky.social) in Nova Scotia & the decent work movement?
General Meeting of Justice for Workers this Thursday February 27th at 7pm — a “hybrid” meeting: in person at Glitter Bean Café in #Halifax *and* on Zoom.
#canlab #NSpoli
General Meeting of Justice for Workers this Thursday February 27th at 7pm — a “hybrid” meeting: in person at Glitter Bean Café in #Halifax *and* on Zoom.
#canlab #NSpoli
We had such a terrific response & chats today about Justice for Workers (@j4fns.bsky.social) demands for the province of Nova Scotia to vastly improve all labour / employment legislation & regulations for every worker in the province.
Justice4WorkersNS.ca/campaign/dem...
#NSpoli #canlab #1u
Justice4WorkersNS.ca/campaign/dem...
#NSpoli #canlab #1u
Demands – Justice For Workers – Nova Scotia
Justice4WorkersNS.ca
February 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We had such a terrific response & chats today about Justice for Workers (@j4fns.bsky.social) demands for the province of Nova Scotia to vastly improve all labour / employment legislation & regulations for every worker in the province.
Justice4WorkersNS.ca/campaign/dem...
#NSpoli #canlab #1u
Justice4WorkersNS.ca/campaign/dem...
#NSpoli #canlab #1u
What a fabulous sunny Saturday afternoon, spent with amazing friends and comrades (new and old), doing petitioning on Halifax street corners today while chatting with folks about Nova Scotia’s Justice for Workers (@j4fns.bsky.social • Justice4WorkersNS.ca) campaigns!
#NSpoli #canlab #1u #cdnpoli
#NSpoli #canlab #1u #cdnpoli
February 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
What a fabulous sunny Saturday afternoon, spent with amazing friends and comrades (new and old), doing petitioning on Halifax street corners today while chatting with folks about Nova Scotia’s Justice for Workers (@j4fns.bsky.social • Justice4WorkersNS.ca) campaigns!
#NSpoli #canlab #1u #cdnpoli
#NSpoli #canlab #1u #cdnpoli