rowena
@keilr.bsky.social
labour | policy | curmudgeon | views my own
Why have wages stagnated across sectors? Don’t blame migrant workers, blame the greedy bosses who’ve spent 50 years lobbying for programs to solve “labour shortages” that allow them to avoid raising wages. Their strategy: deflect, distract, divide. www.thestar.com/news/canada/... archive.ph/eNjkt
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September 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Why have wages stagnated across sectors? Don’t blame migrant workers, blame the greedy bosses who’ve spent 50 years lobbying for programs to solve “labour shortages” that allow them to avoid raising wages. Their strategy: deflect, distract, divide. www.thestar.com/news/canada/... archive.ph/eNjkt
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." ~Joan Robinson.
This is a must watch. Thank you for your work, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social
#canlab #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...
This is a must watch. Thank you for your work, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social
#canlab #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...
🎬 BC isn’t broke: the truth behind the deficit (and other austerity narratives)
Take a data-driven look at BC’s fiscal health and equip yourself with arguments to challenge austerity narratives in favour of more sustainable and progressive policy solutions.
bcpolicy.ca
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." ~Joan Robinson.
This is a must watch. Thank you for your work, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social
#canlab #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...
This is a must watch. Thank you for your work, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social
#canlab #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...
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Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/business/air...
www.thestar.com/business/air...
Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. ‘If it means jail, so be it’
CUPE union president Mark Hancock is refusing to obey Ottawa's orders.
www.thestar.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/business/air...
www.thestar.com/business/air...
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Girl, this ain't new information. The flight attendants have been talking about this for years. But let's pretend you just heard about it during these negotiations - it's been 8-9 months. Us regular folks know about it. So yeah, fix the legislation if loopholes. But you knew @pattyhajdu.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Girl, this ain't new information. The flight attendants have been talking about this for years. But let's pretend you just heard about it during these negotiations - it's been 8-9 months. Us regular folks know about it. So yeah, fix the legislation if loopholes. But you knew @pattyhajdu.bsky.social
Not an accident, not a mistake, hell it’s not even a real crisis. This is a project that will get unimaginably worse without bottom up intervention.
breachmedia.ca/migrants-are...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
breachmedia.ca/migrants-are...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Migrants are building Canada’s homes—while getting blamed for housing policy failures ⋆ The Breach
Canada’s elite scapegoat migrants for housing woes—but they increasingly rely on them to build the homes they say will fix the crisis
breachmedia.ca
May 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Not an accident, not a mistake, hell it’s not even a real crisis. This is a project that will get unimaginably worse without bottom up intervention.
breachmedia.ca/migrants-are...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
breachmedia.ca/migrants-are...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Imagine if *all* the work we do was reinvested in infrastructure research social programs education reducing work hours retirement environmental resilience mass transportation leisure
Not some. ALL. That is what socialism is. We are entitled to all we create. Capitalists are unnecessary hoarders.
Not some. ALL. That is what socialism is. We are entitled to all we create. Capitalists are unnecessary hoarders.
May 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Imagine if *all* the work we do was reinvested in infrastructure research social programs education reducing work hours retirement environmental resilience mass transportation leisure
Not some. ALL. That is what socialism is. We are entitled to all we create. Capitalists are unnecessary hoarders.
Not some. ALL. That is what socialism is. We are entitled to all we create. Capitalists are unnecessary hoarders.
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"Premier Eby has lost the plot on who he works for — the people who can barely afford rent right now, not the billionaires looking to exploit B.C.’s ecosystems."
-Lucero Gonzalez, Conservation and Policy Campaigner
#bcpoli #StopBill15
-Lucero Gonzalez, Conservation and Policy Campaigner
#bcpoli #StopBill15
PRESS RELEASE: Wilderness Committee condemns BC NDP’s Bill 15 power grab
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/wildern...
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/wildern...
Wilderness Committee condemns BC NDP's Bill 15 power grab
Proposed Infrastructure Projects Act gives minister power to steamroll over environment for private profitVANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — The Wilderne...
www.wildernesscommittee.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Premier Eby has lost the plot on who he works for — the people who can barely afford rent right now, not the billionaires looking to exploit B.C.’s ecosystems."
-Lucero Gonzalez, Conservation and Policy Campaigner
#bcpoli #StopBill15
-Lucero Gonzalez, Conservation and Policy Campaigner
#bcpoli #StopBill15
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There is a very simple solution to this.
World’s richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming: study
World’s richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming: study
The world’s wealthiest 10 per cent of individuals are responsible for two thirds of global warming since 1990, researchers said Tuesday.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There is a very simple solution to this.
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If you don't want to watch mainstream media election coverage, try The Breach Media - good leftish commentary and an up to date ticker
Martin Lukacs is doing an overview right now
breachmedia.ca/home/electio...
Martin Lukacs is doing an overview right now
breachmedia.ca/home/electio...
Election 2025 LIVE ⋆ The Breach
https://www.youtube.com/live/5U-w1S5D-v8?si=li1ewgYv_xqPKlNEThe Breach is back with another night of live election coverage!Tired of the usual tepid punditry dominating the airwaves? Tune i
breachmedia.ca
April 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If you don't want to watch mainstream media election coverage, try The Breach Media - good leftish commentary and an up to date ticker
Martin Lukacs is doing an overview right now
breachmedia.ca/home/electio...
Martin Lukacs is doing an overview right now
breachmedia.ca/home/electio...
Twitter is long gone for me but this tweet from @khelsilem.bsky.social resonated so much with me during the BC election that I had to save it.
April 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Twitter is long gone for me but this tweet from @khelsilem.bsky.social resonated so much with me during the BC election that I had to save it.
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I've been involved in activism & political work for a long time, & based on my experience:
The organized social media mob attacks on new #vanpoli city councillor @seanorr.bsky.social are an obvious sign that some powerful interests are scared of him & of his stature & influence in the community.
The organized social media mob attacks on new #vanpoli city councillor @seanorr.bsky.social are an obvious sign that some powerful interests are scared of him & of his stature & influence in the community.
April 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've been involved in activism & political work for a long time, & based on my experience:
The organized social media mob attacks on new #vanpoli city councillor @seanorr.bsky.social are an obvious sign that some powerful interests are scared of him & of his stature & influence in the community.
The organized social media mob attacks on new #vanpoli city councillor @seanorr.bsky.social are an obvious sign that some powerful interests are scared of him & of his stature & influence in the community.
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eCoNoMiC gRoWtH 🤡🤡🤡
Remember kids, most of these billionaires made their money with substantial government handouts! Subsidies for the wealthy, austerity for everyone else. That’s how public money funds private enterprise
Remember kids, most of these billionaires made their money with substantial government handouts! Subsidies for the wealthy, austerity for everyone else. That’s how public money funds private enterprise
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
eCoNoMiC gRoWtH 🤡🤡🤡
Remember kids, most of these billionaires made their money with substantial government handouts! Subsidies for the wealthy, austerity for everyone else. That’s how public money funds private enterprise
Remember kids, most of these billionaires made their money with substantial government handouts! Subsidies for the wealthy, austerity for everyone else. That’s how public money funds private enterprise
Government will always protect capital over people, even n*zi capital like Tesla, *but* I’d feel a whole lot better without even more bent coppers on Vancouver city council. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... vancouver.ca/your-governm...
VPD to deploy over 100 extra officers this weekend due to planned anti-Tesla protests | CBC News
Vancouver police say they're deploying more than 130 additional officers this weekend ahead of planned anti-Tesla protests and amid an ongoing spike in politically motivated vandalism targeting the el...
www.cbc.ca
March 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Government will always protect capital over people, even n*zi capital like Tesla, *but* I’d feel a whole lot better without even more bent coppers on Vancouver city council. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... vancouver.ca/your-governm...
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Billionaires are buying elections and killing the planet.
On April 5th, here in Vancouver, we can start to take back democracy by electing Sean Orr to City Council.
Read the new op-ed by @seanorr.bsky.social:
dailyhive.com/vancouver/se... #vanpoli #Vancouver #EvictKenSim
On April 5th, here in Vancouver, we can start to take back democracy by electing Sean Orr to City Council.
Read the new op-ed by @seanorr.bsky.social:
dailyhive.com/vancouver/se... #vanpoli #Vancouver #EvictKenSim
Opinion: Defending Vancouver from billionaire greed and political takeover | Urbanized
At every door we knock on, at every event we attend, the message is the same: Ken Sim and ABC don’t have their best interests in mind.
dailyhive.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Billionaires are buying elections and killing the planet.
On April 5th, here in Vancouver, we can start to take back democracy by electing Sean Orr to City Council.
Read the new op-ed by @seanorr.bsky.social:
dailyhive.com/vancouver/se... #vanpoli #Vancouver #EvictKenSim
On April 5th, here in Vancouver, we can start to take back democracy by electing Sean Orr to City Council.
Read the new op-ed by @seanorr.bsky.social:
dailyhive.com/vancouver/se... #vanpoli #Vancouver #EvictKenSim
Adulting can get hard so I did my future self a favour and took one minute to register to vote by mail for the upcoming by-election. Without adequate opposition, ABC will continue to work against any efforts to make housing affordable vancouver.ca/election/202... #vanpoli
March 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Adulting can get hard so I did my future self a favour and took one minute to register to vote by mail for the upcoming by-election. Without adequate opposition, ABC will continue to work against any efforts to make housing affordable vancouver.ca/election/202... #vanpoli
Mornings are finally getting brighter 🌅 and slightly warmer ☀️
March 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mornings are finally getting brighter 🌅 and slightly warmer ☀️
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We been telling you about white supremacy but mostly liberals wanted to tell us it’s not the right time/why are you alienating your allies/we’re listening and learning
And yet as soon as it was convenient you turned to “anti-woke” gibberish
And yet as soon as it was convenient you turned to “anti-woke” gibberish
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
We been telling you about white supremacy but mostly liberals wanted to tell us it’s not the right time/why are you alienating your allies/we’re listening and learning
And yet as soon as it was convenient you turned to “anti-woke” gibberish
And yet as soon as it was convenient you turned to “anti-woke” gibberish
reduces workers to supply and demand and people to incubators? ✅ loves crises narratives?✅ austerity? ✅ stokes nostalgia politics? ✅ he’s probably helping the big tobacco loving ‘registered charity’ with crafting a Canadian-coded version of project 2025
February 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
reduces workers to supply and demand and people to incubators? ✅ loves crises narratives?✅ austerity? ✅ stokes nostalgia politics? ✅ he’s probably helping the big tobacco loving ‘registered charity’ with crafting a Canadian-coded version of project 2025
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There is so much that's dread-inducing today but for me Trump's statements about US taking over Gaza ('we'll turn it into the Riviera of the Middle East') are the top.
Americans invited all this onto themselves (yes, both neoliberal Dems & Reps got them here). Palestinians did not. #freepalestine
Americans invited all this onto themselves (yes, both neoliberal Dems & Reps got them here). Palestinians did not. #freepalestine
February 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There is so much that's dread-inducing today but for me Trump's statements about US taking over Gaza ('we'll turn it into the Riviera of the Middle East') are the top.
Americans invited all this onto themselves (yes, both neoliberal Dems & Reps got them here). Palestinians did not. #freepalestine
Americans invited all this onto themselves (yes, both neoliberal Dems & Reps got them here). Palestinians did not. #freepalestine
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbXTCDF/ confident that any of Harper’s little protégés would love this for us
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February 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbXTCDF/ confident that any of Harper’s little protégés would love this for us
“…the government should see Amazon’s low-wage, non-union model as a threat not just to Canada Post, but to Canadian workers across the board, and intervene to rein it in.”
“We should want to take advantage of the post office’s unique, nationwide infrastructure to provide more and better services to Canadians instead of dismantling something that we may never be able to rebuild.”
@parismarx.com on the future of #CanadaPost:
@parismarx.com on the future of #CanadaPost:
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
November 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM
“…the government should see Amazon’s low-wage, non-union model as a threat not just to Canada Post, but to Canadian workers across the board, and intervene to rein it in.”
“Does maintaining those relationships across or between governments have an influence or impact? We can only say that it’s very likely. Industry wouldn’t do it if they didn’t think that it had an effect.” 👀 thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-bc...
Docs reveal relationship between TC Energy and B.C. government | The Narwhal
New documents suggest ‘closeness’ between pipeline corporation TC Energy and senior B.C. government officials
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2024 at 1:05 AM
“Does maintaining those relationships across or between governments have an influence or impact? We can only say that it’s very likely. Industry wouldn’t do it if they didn’t think that it had an effect.” 👀 thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-bc...
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I am not a postal worker. But I joined a CUPW picket line at lunch today & I support their strikes because when they win, we all win. Back in the day, postal worker job action won parental leave, ultimately benefitting almost every worker in Canada. 📸 2018 strike.
November 16, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I am not a postal worker. But I joined a CUPW picket line at lunch today & I support their strikes because when they win, we all win. Back in the day, postal worker job action won parental leave, ultimately benefitting almost every worker in Canada. 📸 2018 strike.