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David Camfield and I go back three decades, to the days of the New Socialist Group and the various Days of Action citywide strikes across Ontario in the mid-1990s. 1/

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It was great to reconnect with @prof-deleon.bsky.social at the @cawls-acets.bsky.social meeting in Winnipeg. Not only did we get to catch up & strategize together, but he got to pick up his hardware for the Leo Panitch Book Prize, & deliver the keynote. A true friend, colleague, and comrade ✊❤️

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Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 3: The conference wrapped with some great panels. Most notable for me was a two-part session on “The State of Canadian Labour” 1/

Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 2: The conference continued with some great panels, including one where I presented alongside @thomascollombat.bsky.social , Steve Tufts, Julia Smith, and Geoff Bickerton 1/

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Academic Conference Fashion Report, CAWLS 2026 Edition, Day 1: We kicked off this year’s premier gathering of Canadian labour scholars with a morning plenary, followed by paper sessions and then a bus/walking tour of Winnipeg’s North End led by a local indigenous community activist, 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Looking forward to gathering in Winnipeg with my fellow laboUr scholars for the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies! See you 🔜 #CanLab

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My annual repost of Wallace, our punk rock kitty 🐱 #WallaceChaton #CatsOfPunkRock #BlackFlag

A cat looking like he is roaring, counterposed with a picture of Black Flag lead vocalist Henry Rollins screaming on stage.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

[English below] Ce fut un grand honneur de participer à la session d’ouverture du colloque des États généraux du syndicalisme, qui a réuni à Drummondville des centaines de délégués venant de partout à travers le Québec mardi et mercredi dernier. 1/

McGill sociology professor Barry Eidlin addressing the opening session of the États généraux du syndicalisme conference, while Françoise David looks on.

The speakers at the opening session of the États généraux du syndicalisme conference.

McGill sociology professor Barry Eidlin with legendary feminist activist and Québec solidaire co-founder Françoise David.

McGill sociology professor Barry Eidlin with CSN president Caroline Senneville and FTQ president Magali Picard.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Recalling one of my top archival finds ever. 🧵 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Soooo…it has now been *30 years* since this happened 🤯😱 Free the Feb. 7 Four! ✊

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Queries of a sociologist on Christmas Day, as I’m listening to Christmas music while preparing dinner: why has the canon of Christmas classics barely changed in 50 years? 🧵 1/

Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

[English below] Ce fut un honneur et un grand plaisir de pouvoir assister à la soutenance de thèse de Gabriel Rosenman à l’ @ehess.fr (École des hautes études en sciences sociales) en tant que rapporteur 🧵 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Got off the overnight flight to Paris, cleared customs with the family, got the train into town, checked into our hotel, changed, put the finishing touches on my talk, then made my way to École normale supérieure for my presentation. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Academic Conference Fashion Report, #SSHA2025 Edition, Day 3: I had to cut the conference shorter than usual because I also managed to schedule my family’s first visit to Montreal in 5 years for the same weekend (my life these days), so today called for a conference-to-airport outfit. 🧵 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Academic Conference Fashion Report, #SSHA2025 Edition, Day 2: today was about both the best and worst of conference life. 🧵 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Academic Conference Fashion Report, #SSHA2025 Edition, Day 1: I was up at an ungodly hour to catch my 6:00 am flight to Chicago for this year’s Social Science History Association meeting, my favourite conference of the year. 🧵 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I planned to teach Jo Freeman’s article on “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” in my social movements class this week, before students voted to strike for Palestine. So it made sense to include it in the students’ strike school. If you’re on campus, come by Leacock 210 at 1:00 pm to listen in!

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Great moments in cultural appropriation (with @eeidlin.bsky.social )

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Seeing your actual article in print never gets old. I’m excited that after almost eight years, my paper with Emanuel Guay, “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Political Mobilization and Policy Reform in Québec,” is now out in Volume 96 of Labour/Le Travail. 🧵 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Looks like the STM drivers got a tentative agreement hours before they were about to hit the picket lines and shut down Montreal transit for the weekend. This is how strike threats are supposed to work, providing the leverage necessary to get the employer to reach a negotiated settlement. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

For Halloween this year, I’m the Honmoon from K-Pop Demon Hunters. But as I told my students in class this morning, not just any Honmoon — the Golden Honmoon. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

POV: you’re about to testify before the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications about why government back-to-work orders are a bad idea. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

We showed up for the No Kings rally in Pasadena today. The kids were feeling grumpy, but thanks to the diffusion of creative Portland protest tactics, they did at least have fun chatting up the many inflatable animals on hand for the protest. #NoKings #NoICE #ICEOutOfLA #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Tens of thousands of students across Montreal universities and CÉGEPs staged a one-day strike for Palestine today, based on authorization votes taken in general assemblies and online referenda. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I’m all for people wearing what they want at conferences. Were I to try pulling off such a look, I’d take a cue from our Kiwi colleagues, who know a thing or two about wearing shorts in more professional settings. This Wellington civil servant ca. 1973 would be on my mood board.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

So! So! So! Solidarité! Avec! Avec! Avec la Palestine! Huge march for Palestine in Montreal today 🇵🇸 Manifestation énorme pour la Palestine à Montréal aujourd’hui 🇵🇸 #AllEyesOnGaza #FreePalestine #PalestineWillBeFree #BoycottIsrael

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We had our first inter-union rally of the academic year today, bringing together students, faculty, and staff from across campus to speak out against austerity and cutbacks. 1/

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I’m excited to be part of this round table discussion happening at @lawmcgill.bsky.social on November 10! It will feature a great panel of labour experts including @thelawofwork.bsky.social , @sibelataogul.bsky.social , Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, and me. 1/ 🧵

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It is also well-timed for our inter-union rally against campus austerity tomorrow at noon, when we we gather in front of the entry to campus and make loud noises together to express our views. See you there! 6/end

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Absent a compelling case, the Quebec Superior Court denied McGill’s request for a permanent injunction. Pointedly, the court noted that an injunction is not “meant to be a message broadcasted to the whole community to signify that certain acts will not be tolerated” 4/

McGill administrators did not make a convincing case, providing little evidence for imminent danger requiring injunctive relief aside from the Deputy Provost’s vibes that “something” might happen. The judge was not amused. 3/