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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 3d

The advantages of unionization are obvious, so why don’t more workers join unions?

Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor.

theconversation.com/the-advantag...

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 4d

Labour Studies at @brocku.ca. It's a degree that works.

Learn more: brocku.ca/social-scien...

#BrockU #canlab #LabourStudies

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 8d

Toronto’s Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff.

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

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Exclusive Tory club hires temporary foreign workers under program Pierre Poilievre vows to kill

Toronto's Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff.

www.thestar.com

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say #CanadaPost strike could be a long one.

www.thestar.com/business/don...

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Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say Canada Post strike could be a long one

Experts say neither Ottawa nor the Crown corporation appear to be in any hurry to end the walkout as CUPW's power appears to have dwindled after last week's bombshell restructuring

www.thestar.com

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Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 13d

"In response to the government's attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike," CUPW said in a statement.

Canada Post workers on nationwide strike after government demands reforms | CBC News

The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government clearing the way for major reforms to Canada Post.

www.cbc.ca

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 13d

By imposing these changes without regard for the union's collective agreement, the Liberals are burning bridges with the labour movement faster than an Xpresspost delivery.

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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Ottawa directs Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country

Directive includes shutting down post offices in areas that were considered rural, but are now suburban

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 13d

The Liberals are handing management at #CanadaPost a battering ram to beat CUPW into submission. I suspect the union won’t go down without a fight.

www.thestar.com/business/ott...

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Ottawa gives Canada Post go-ahead to permanently end home mail delivery

Other possible changes could include closing of rural post offices and sending mail by land instead of air as Public Works Minister Joel Lightbound cites "unsustainable" losses, stalled contract talks

www.thestar.com

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 15d

The 2026 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies takes place June 3-5 in Winnipeg.

This year's theme is Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Check out the CfP for proposal deadlines.

cawls.ca/en/2026-annu...

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2026 Annual Conference - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies

The Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) is an academic association for scholars interested in work, workers, and labour.

cawls.ca

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 16d

Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report.

www.readthemaple.com/unions-impro...

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Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members

Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report.

www.readthemaple.com

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 19d

Avi Lewis kicks off #NDP leadership campaign with a call for the party to embrace class-based politics.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19d

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

Why I’m running for NDP leader

YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 20d

Canada Post to present new contract offer to postal workers

www.thestar.com/business/can...

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Canada Post to present new contract offer to postal workers

In a written statement, CUPW said the new offers from Canada Post need to be a step up from what workers already voted down in August.

www.thestar.com

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · Sep 7

#AirCanada flight attendants overwhelmingly reject tentative deal with the airline

www.thestar.com/business/air...

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Air Canada flight attendants overwhelmingly reject tentative deal with the airline

Negotiations surrounding wages will now move to mediation and, possibly, arbitration — but there will be no immediate strike or lockout.

www.thestar.com

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Sep 6

4. By voting it down, flight attendants are betting that an arbitrator will improve the offer. With most other contract provisions locked in, the cost of voting “no” felt low, which made rejection an easy choice.

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Sep 6

3. In relative terms, many flight attendants were looking for more than the deal they got. The structure of the tentative agreement gave members little reason to ratify it, since there was virtually no downside to a rejection.

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Sep 6

2. Once workers’ expectations are elevated—and especially when they’ve taken risks to secure a deal—they’re looking for big gains. While it contains improvements, it did not secure the same kinds of wage increases we saw for attendants at Air Transat or pilots at Air Canada.

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Sep 6

A few thoughts on the overwhelming tentative agreement rejection at #AirCanada. 🧵 #canlab

1. The union oversold the tentative agreement by declaring the end of unpaid work. That framing seems to have rubbed some members the wrong way.

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Sep 6

Air Canada flight attends vote to reject tentative agreement by over 99%. Now that's a statement.

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Sep 5

As contract vote closes, Air Canada attendants consider rejecting a deal that maintains pay inequality

ricochet.media/labour/as-co...

via @ricochetmedia.bsky.social

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As contract vote closes, Air Canada attendants consider rejecting a deal that maintains pay inequality

The fight exposes a deeper reality — that women’s work remains undervalued, and governments intervene to protect profits, not workers

ricochet.media

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Aug 31

Congrats to Rob Kristofferson and @stephross.bsky.social on the launch of their new edited collection: The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts & Heritage in Canada

btlbooks.com/book/the-art...

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · Aug 30

Jump-start your future career with Labour Studies collaborative programs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=keM1...

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Collaborative Programs in Brock Labour Studies

YouTube video by Brock University

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy in the wake of the #AirCanada strike. @eidlin.bsky.social and I weigh in on what may come next.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/aft...

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After Air Canada strike, Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy: experts

Flight attendants' defiance in the face of federal intervention meant to halt a recent strike at Air Canada could set a new precedent for work stoppages, some labour movement-watchers say.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Matt Polacko @mattpolacko.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 New publication 🚨

With @pgraefe.bsky.social & @sjkiss.bsky.social in @csa-scs.bsky.social

Does the public sector vote differently and hold differing political attitudes than the general public?

Available #OpenAccess
#polisky

doi.org/10.1111/cars...

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · Aug 24

New publication by #BrockU professors @alisonbraley.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social "Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector"

www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri...

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Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector – Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations

Un article de la revue Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.

www.erudit.org

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Aug 23

"...observers of the Canadian labour movement do not expect this momentum to last. In fact, they say the macroeconomic climate of lower inflation and rising economic uncertainty has chilled union militancy in Canada and cast a cloud of fear over workers."

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Air Canada flight attendants scored a big win. Don’t expect the same for other unions

The balance of power has shifted back to employers, fuelled by the trade war and the looming threat of layoffs

www.theglobeandmail.com

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lukewsavage.bsky.social @lukewsavage.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m back in the Star today with a new piece on how striking Air Canada flight attendants successfully called Ottawa's bluff — and set a potentially significant precedent in industrial relations that may soon have important political implications as well:

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The Air Canada strike wasn’t just a win for workers. It was also a wrench in Mark Carney’s plans

Workers at Air Canada won by simply refusing to abide by the Liberals' approach to labour.

www.thestar.com

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