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Katie

@kateytomatey.bsky.social

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Lekwungen lands (Victoria BC). Support harm reduction and safe supply, passionate about tomatoes, organ donation, trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️. Parent of a little kid. Emergency management and crisis communications and bikes. 🇵🇸

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Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social · 1d

47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.

Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.

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

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News

A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 1d

Aw thank you! 🌞

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to spend time at the BCGEU rally today! @kellyrichmondbc.bsky.social I want to go back to work keeping the people of BC safe. EMCR is facing critical staffing shortages and our wages are not keeping up with the cost of living. @bcnewdemocrats.bsky.social

Bc legislature lawn with bcgeu and PEA members rallying. White person with short hair holding a hand painted sign reading "BC Emergency Alert: Avoid exposure to low wages! Seek Solidarity @ nearest BCGEU picket line! #BCFlood #BCWildfire #BCTsunami"

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!!! 💕

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 2d

Heading out on strike tomorrow morning. I've been at the picket lines on my days off, but as of tomorrow my worksite joins strike action and the 1000s of other BCGEU & PEA public workers who have had to make the hard decision to take job action. @bcnewdemocrats.bsky.social, do better.

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 5d

Jeez Louise, everyone on a bike was making traffic lighter for the people driving.

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 5d

✊🏻

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PEA @pea.org · 5d

FUND THE FRONTLINES - MARCH ON THE LEGISLATURE

Monday, October 6
Gather at 11 AM at Centennial Square for the march. Rally at the Legislature in Victoria starts 12 PM.

✊ Join us for a march on the Legislature on October 6 when the fall legislative session begins.

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 5d

That is such a great area!

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 5d

Way happier to be stuck in traffic on a bus than I would be in a car though, lots of time for bluesky and podcasts

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 5d

Totally agree. Stuck in traffic on the bus right now because there is no safe bike route between Keating and town. I so wish I could bike from downtown Vic to my office, the lack of bikes lanes on the Keating overpass was such a miss.

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 7d

A small group of us in Victoria BC is sponsoring a refugee parent and young child who fled persecution in East Africa. We’re raising $24,000 to cover their first year of housing and essentials in Canada.

Every donation or share helps bring them to safety:
my.charitableimpact.com/groups/help-...

Help Us Sponsor a Parent and her Child to Canada. | Victoria, BC

We are ten Victoria residents who have formed a refugee sponsorship group to help a parent and her child escape persecution and relocate to Victoria o

my.charitableimpact.com

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 7d

😍

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 7d

I was going to phone them, but their website is down :(

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 7d

!!! 😮

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damned teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️👻 @ellenteapot.ca · 8d

Reconciliation begins with the truth. For The Tyee, @tyolsen.bsky.social provides a summary of crucial facts from Canada’s TRC report.

The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame | The Tyee

Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it.

thetyee.ca

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 8d

The meeting was scheduled from 9 am to noon, and apparently they arrived at 11:57 😬 With a joke of an offer in hand.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · Jul 31

🧵 A couple of years ago I was interviewed by @thetyee.ca for a story about the legacy of the Sisters of St Ann. I was encountering resistance to identifying their convent in Victoria as a residential school… thetyee.ca/News/2022/07...

Revisiting the Record of the Sisters of St. Ann | The Tyee

‘It’s an ugly history.’ Survivors call for accountability, responsibility and transparency. A Tyee special report.

thetyee.ca

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 8d

I was very, very disappointed in my employer today. @bcnewdemocrats.bsky.social

BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) @bcgeu.bsky.social · 9d

Waiting for the employer.

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 10d

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 11d

And how nice is this? 🥰

The Zero Waste Emporium sidewalk sign saying "10% off for BCGEU members"

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 11d

100%

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 11d

I don't owe my low salary to small business owners. People are struggling to afford groceries and rent and daycare, forcing us in office in the hopes that we buy the odd coffee is pretty shitty and just gives me extra motivation to meal prep and bring coffee from home more than I already do.

Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 11d

Hybrid means I can afford to spend time & $ at local businesses downtown & in my neighbourhood. It's also a huge saving to employers. I stopped going to my fave coffeeshop for my 2x/week office day breakfast&coffee when the owner of Sherwood complained to media about hybrid/remote workers like me :(

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Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social · 11d

I planted some Babington's perennial leek bulbils today, from Cicada Seeds. I am so excited to try growing them! And I also received some beautiful fava bean seeds that I can't wait to grow. And meadow garlic! Cicada is such a great little seed company! cicadaseeds.ca/products/bab... 🌱

Babington's Leek Bulbils - Allium ampeloprasum var Babingtonii

Babington's Leek are a tasty and easy to grow perennial vegetable providing slender leeks with a hint of garlicky flavour. They are an excellent cut-and-come-again veggie for a semi-wild food forest e...

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