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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 20h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever America Was Great it had high taxes on the wealthy and high unionization rates so workers bargained a higher share of income.

Trumpers are against taxes and unions.

Big surprise the system screws working people. It will get worse.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 2d

VLADDDDDDIIIII!

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s Gooooooooooo!

#BlueJays

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 5d

Possibility of lockout in @wnba.com grows just as Toronto Tempo is about to join league.

Guess who will be watching to see if the league complies with Ontario labour laws!

Fever’s Cunningham: ‘I’m just tired of our league’

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 7d

I’m taking my talents to McGill Law School in Montreal to talk on a panel cutely named The Empire Strikes Back.

We’ll be talking about Canadian governments’ concerning recent activist approach to interfering in collective bargaining rights.

November 10 if you are in town.

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 7d

Private conservative club for the wealthy claims it can’t find any Canadian “servers”.

This means:

- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;

- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;

- the club is lying.

Which is it?

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

Exclusive Tory club hires 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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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve said B4, governments don’t legislate ends to work stoppages & order arbitration when employer doesn’t want that.

In this case, Canada Post has resisted arbitration.

But now that feds handed CP big changes it wants, CP could be less resistant to arbitration.

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

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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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 8d

If a company doesn’t comply with labour standards after being given repeated opportunities:

- prosecute and imprison the directors/owners;

- ban them from being directors in a business in the future.

We are way to soft on wage thieves in Canada.

www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

This temporary foreign worker is owed $60,000 in unpaid wages from his time in Canada. He may get nothing

Migrant workers who prove wage theft are increasingly unable to recover the money they are owed even when Ontario government is trying to collect it.

www.thestar.com

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 9d

Great, just what we need, our own little Project 2025.

More private health care and public funding for religious and independent schools? Talk about out of touch.

Don’t agree with Doug Ford on much, but he’s right to shut down this nonsense.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 9d

Article says that employers must provide “reasonable notice” before telling an employee to change work locations.

I’m not aware of such a requirement, unless the idea is that you are terminating the contract and then offering a new one in a different location?

www.thestar.com/business/opi...

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 9d

Walter Mittens is pretty excited about the #BlueJays!

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 11d

I just don’t understand why in rugby a team on the drive just kicks the ball to the other team and gives up possession.

One of many mysteries for me in this sport.

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EmmaaaAHH! 🧟‍♀️ ArkHell 💀 @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 11d

Canada Post workers hit the picket lines in a surprise strike escalation just hours after the federal government announced massive cuts to the postal service.

I break down what the government is planning and what some CUPW members think about the proposed changes for @pressprogress.ca

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 11d

The government wants to end mail delivery as we know it. Postal workers hope to stop them.

Why Canada Post workers are back on strike:

pressprogress.ca/why-canada-p...

Why Canada Post Workers Are Back On Strike

Facing spiralling costs, the government wants to end mail delivery as we know it. Postal workers hope to stop them.

pressprogress.ca

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 11d

Overheard in the #rugbyworldcup:

Cocaine the hooker just scored.

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 11d

Took this photo of St Paul’s Cathedral from Tate Modern. #London

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 11d

Put differently, all of the so called “Working for Workers” legislation the Conservatives have passed to try and present the party as being “for workers” are meaningless if the machinery to enforce the laws is starved of resources.

Watch carefully where this funding freeze hits most.

David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 11d

No better way to weaken enforcement of protective labour statutes like employment standards, health and safety, and human rights than starving the administrative machinery assigned to enforcing those statutes.

Strategy as old as time.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Ford government caps new hires for agencies, boards and commissions

After "significant growth" in new employees, the Ontario government has announced a hiring crackdown in its 143 agencies, boards and commissions — arms-length organizations that have a sweeping impact...

www.thestar.com

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 11d

No better way to weaken enforcement of protective labour statutes like employment standards, health and safety, and human rights than starving the administrative machinery assigned to enforcing those statutes.

Strategy as old as time.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Ford government caps new hires for agencies, boards and commissions

After "significant growth" in new employees, the Ontario government has announced a hiring crackdown in its 143 agencies, boards and commissions — arms-length organizations that have a sweeping impact...

www.thestar.com

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 12d

Unionized workers have free speech protections in the form of just cause for discipline/dismissal protections in collective agreements.

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 12d

Non-union workers in Canada have no “right to free speech” at work.

Exceptions:

- speech protected by human rights legislation (religious, POLITICAL in some jurisdictions);

- speech insisting on compliance with statute, supporting unions

- govt employees engaged in Charter protected expression.

Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 12d

There is an interesting comparison that I learned from @thelawofwork.bsky.social book. In the US, you can be fired for virtually anything with no onus on the employer while in Canada there is a higher bar to provide reasonable notice, unless for cause. Is this activity cause for summary dismissal?

A Broad Wave of Firings Followed Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

www.nytimes.com

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 12d

Find something to love as much as modern day Conservatives love the “notwithstanding” clause that permits governments to override fundamental human rights.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Doug Ford blasts Carney government for proposal to limit use of the notwithstanding clause

Ottawa's bid to curb the province's use of the notwithstanding clause is "way overreach," warns Premier Doug Ford.

www.thestar.com

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 12d

Tomorrow in my Executive Masters Workplace Law course:

- Implied contract terms, the foundation of employment contracts

- expressed contract terms & when courts don’t enforce them.

- ancillary contact terms

- wrongful dismissal

- summary dismissal

- constructive dismissal

So, ya, busy day!

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 12d

Postal workers now on lawful strike after federal government intervenes to hand Canada Post much of what it was looking for, including an end to home delivery and closure of many post offices.

Big layoffs seem certain.

Not what for negotiations?

www.thestar.com/business/pos...

Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

CUPW leadership is "outraged" after Canada's public works minister cited "unsustainable" losses to justify the Crown corporation's restructuring.

www.thestar.com

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 13d

Why isn’t it “donkies on the edge” instead of “donkeys on the edge”?

Seems wrong.

a donkey riding on the back of a dragon with the words i 'm a donkey on the edge

ALT: a donkey riding on the back of a dragon with the words i 'm a donkey on the edge

media.tenor.com

David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 13d

Man, the American corporate world is an absolute cesspool of corruption.

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Claims It Tricked Prime Customers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/t...

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Claims It Tricked Prime Customers

www.nytimes.com

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