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JE Fred Wilson

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Retired, Unifor. Author, A New Kind of Union, Lorimer, 2019

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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
J. E. Fred Wilson It is not unique for workers and unions to win settlements against wage theft, but this celebration of the Doordash settlement with NYC, the largest in the city's history, is remarkable and a joy to watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ncy...
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‘Greed Will Cost You…’: NYC Mayor Forces DoorDash Into Historic $131M Worker Settlement
YouTube video by Hook Global
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The big Bell AI Fabric announcement to quadruple the capacity of the Sherwood Sask data centre promises “Canadian control, data sovereignty…” However the plan for this giant data centre does not add up to that claim, yet.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labour Day! I was pleased to join this CBC Labour Day panel on how AI is affecting Canadian workers and what our unions have to do about it. #canlab. #labourday
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‘This is not inevitable’: Unions see AI fight brewing
YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I was pleased to join a great Labour Day panel on AI and workers on CBC Saskatchewan. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
CANADA: A hinge moment for unions in Canada’s new industrial era www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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A hinge moment for unions in Canada’s new industrial era | CCPA
Canadian unions must help shape a new era of industrial policy in favour of workers as we face an unprecedented threat in Donald Trump
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A hinge moment for unions on Workforce Policy in Canada’s new industrial era. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
policyalternatives.ca
A hinge moment for unions in Canada’s new industrial era | CCPA
Canadian unions must help shape a new era of industrial policy in favour of workers as we face an unprecedented threat in Donald Trump
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wartime Canada and the Under-Represented Left: My take on the latest in Canadian politics with new data from the Canadian Election Survey. medium.com/@jefred.wils...
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Wartime Canada and the under-represented left
Canadian politics changed fundamentally in early 2025 when the US launched a trade war and openly threatened Canada’s sovereignty, leading…
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In case anyone was thinking that US imperialist ambitions have faded... Clearly this is not a rogue US company. It is calculated economic aggression intended to create a crisis. And exactly the kind of tactics that would be used against Canada. t.co/gptr2lGgrz
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"It is the antiwar, anti-supremacy, pro-empathy epic the world needs, an antidote to its current state and despotic leaders. How do you like them Spartans, manosphere?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The culture wars come for The Odyssey – and miss
Christopher Nolan’s film is the anti-war, anti-supremacy, pro-empathy epic the world needs
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Is Canadian labour ready for the AI invasion? | CCPA
AI is coming to Canadian workplaces and management is going to use it as a tool to weaken worker power. Workers and their unions need to get ready.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The case for a public AI, by Robert Chernomas and me. Canadian AI: What kind, and who will own it www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: Canadian AI: What kind, and who will own it
What is it we should fear about AI? That it will take our jobs? Overload our electricity networks and make our own energy needs more expensive? Put scarce freshwater resources at risk? Or is it that i...
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
www.thestar.com/business/opi... #labour movement
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Despite Trump tariffs, Unifor talks with Ford the perfect moment to showcase Canada's auto sector
Both the union and the company have emphasized these negotiations as an opportunity to impart some badly-needed stability to an industry beset by Trump-induced chaos.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Excellent article and interview with @unifor.org Organizing Director Justin Gniposky on the organizing breakthrough at Walmart. #Canlab Walmart Workers Have Won A First-Ever Contract In North America www.readthemaple.com/walmart-work...
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Walmart Workers Have Won A First-Ever Contract In North America
Unifor Local 252 in Mississauga announced that about 800 workers now have a collective agreement.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.blocquebecois.org/crise-humani...
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Crise humanitaire: Le Bloc Québécois dénonce l’indifférence du gouvernement envers le peuple de Cuba - Bloc Québécois
Le seul parti qui défend les intérêts du Québec.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Charlie Angus warning about foreign (US) interference in Canada www.youtube.com/live/-kzn-P2...
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Former MP Charlie Angus calls for inquiry into Alberta separatist movement – June 8, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Jim Stanford: A technical recession is more about politics than economics
There’s no doubt Canada’s economy is facing tough times. But whether GDP growth is slightly above zero, or slightly below, is irrelevant. The critical priority is to boost spending, investment,
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/RfuKu...
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NDP Premier Wab Kinew tells the USA "No CUSMA no BOOZMA"
YouTube video by Meet the NDP
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another Canadian company shut down by US sanctions in Cuba. When will Canada respond, or is our FEMA now effectively defunct? share.google/zSCi16HmwWuA...
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Confirmed: Blue Diamond Resorts ceases operations in Cuba
Blue Diamond Resorts Cuba has decided to cease its operations and the use of its brands in Cuba, effective immediately,”
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thanks to @canadiandimension.bsky.social for featuring my article on the slow pace of worker rights in the Carney government's mad rush to build things. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... #labour movement #canlab
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‘Building Canada Strong’ needs sectoral bargaining and standards
It is becoming clear where workers are placed in the Team Canada Strong framework. Labour is treated as “human capital”: workers are inputs to production, future workers are “investments,” and their v...
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It's 2026 and a Democratic Governor vetoes legislation that would give Virginia state workers the right to collective bargaining. Not an expensive or controversial contract - the right to unionize and negotiate! www.commondreams.org/news/spanber...
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Unions Decry Spanberger Veto of Collective Bargaining Bill as ‘Betrayal to Virginia's Workers’ | Common Dreams
“We believed that she was being authentic and honest with us," said one Virginia labor leader. "She just flat-out flipped."
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Please see our full report, "A Sequel We Don't Want: What the 2026 Oil Price Shock Will Cost Canadians," at centreforfuturework.ca/2026/05/17/a.... And excellent coverage from Gabriela Calugay-Casuga for @rabble.ca: rabble.ca/economy/cana....
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A Sequel We Don’t Want: What the 2026 Oil Price Shock Will Cost Canadians. - Centre for Future Work
The war in the Persian Gulf has caused the biggest disruption in oil supply in world history, and is driving up costs and inflation around the world – including in Canada. New research from the Centre...
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The Canada-Cuba relationship has always been a test of sovereignty | CCPA
Playing the “Cuba card” has allowed for Canada to assert an independent foreign policy from the United States. It’s time to play it again.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 30/04/2026
Playing the “Cuba card” has allowed for Canada to assert an independent foreign policy from the United States. It’s time to play it again. By @fwilson2.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The Canada-Cuba relationship has always been a test of sovereignty | CCPA
Playing the “Cuba card” has allowed for Canada to assert an independent foreign policy from the United States. It’s time to play it again.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Canada's independent policy on Cuba has always been a test of our sovereignty - my article for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
policyalternatives.ca
The Canada-Cuba relationship has always been a test of sovereignty | CCPA
Playing the “Cuba card” has allowed for Canada to assert an independent foreign policy from the United States. It’s time to play it again.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Here ye: //www.thestar.com/business/opinion/trumps-war-on-iran-hasnt-altered-canadas-cost-of-making-gas-at-all-so-why/article_4cd48522-31f5-4249-92da-37bbede816c9.html
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Trump's war on Iran hasn't altered Canada's cost of making gas — at all. So why are we being hosed at the pumps?
Policy choices, not market forces of a war halfway around the world, explain the spike in prices, writes Jim Stanford, leading to unnecessary economy-wide inflation and higher interest rates.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 03/03/2026
Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why? If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment. Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.
Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Why has the US declared war on Iran? Rachel Maddow here cuts through the fog of war. Canada's support for this indefensible war must not stand.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Well said Charlie Angus. The dangerous invasion of Iran is simply wrong and Canada's statement in support of it is shameful. youtu.be/5yAaUXHGirU?...
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TRUMP, IRAN & CARNEY - WORLD AT WAR!!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/hu...
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HUMANITARIAN AID FOR CUBA
Donald Trump has intensified U.S. sanctions to choke off oil shipments to Cuba, tightening the embargo and pressuring other countries and companies not to supply the island with fuel. Because Cuba dep...
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johncartwright.bsky.social @cartwrightto.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Important piece on the future of our country by @fwilson2.bsky.social +Robert Chernomas www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada - CCPA
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is great analysis from @fwilson2.bsky.social and Robert Chernomas about the importance of pro-active industrial strategy in defending Canadian sovereignty in the face of Trump's attacks, published by @ccpa : policyalternatives.ca/news-researc.... #canlab
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Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada - CCPA
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 17/02/2026
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States. By @fwilson2.bsky.social and Robert Chernomas @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
policyalternatives.ca
Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada - CCPA
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A new article by Robert Chernomas and me for Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on the fault lines undermining Canadian resolve in the trade war with the USA, and calling for a working class based national industrial policy to unite Canadians. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
policyalternatives.ca
Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada - CCPA
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A new article by Robert Chernomas and me: Stability and prosperity must be made in Canada www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
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Opinion: Stability and prosperity must be made in Canada
The appeal for foreign investment, in part, is because incentives to Canadian business to invest in building Canada have not produced results.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This does not seem so far fetched now, and the potential scenarios we could face set out by Thomas Homer-Dixon in this article are norteworthy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears
Now the US is vying regional dominance, experts point to War Plan Red as proof its Canadian allyship has always been flimsy
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
What must be said about cars-for-canola www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Is Carney’s cars-for-canola surrender with China another nail in Canada's automaking coffin?
Without a 'build here to sell here' strategy from Ottawa, writes Jim Stanford, Carney’s China deal will be another nail in the coffin of an auto industry that was once
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NPR @npr.org · 20/01/2026
The three most-senior cardinals leading U.S. archdioceses issued the rebuke in a joint statement on Monday, saying recent policies have thrown America's "morale role in confronting evil" into question. n.pr/4bNfjrc
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Top U.S. archbishops denounce American foreign policy
The three most-senior cardinals leading U.S. archdioceses issued the rebuke in a joint statement on Monday, saying recent policies have thrown America's "morale role in confronting evil" into question.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
On MLK Day, thanks to Democracy Now for posting two of his most important speeches - Beyond Vietnam, on US imperialism and a better world, and I Have Been to the Mountaintop, the day before his 1968 assignation in Memphis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCm3...
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MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"Miller did a very good job describing imperialism" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5D...
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'Definition Of Imperialism': Bernie Sanders Responds To Stephen Miller's Comments On Venezuela
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Perhaps the most insightful assessment I have seen on what is going down in #Venezuela youtu.be/iNhc0E5BeWM?...
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Internal Coup? Was Maduro BETRAYED By His VP
YouTube video by Breaking Points
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
medium.com/@jefred.wils... My take on NY 2026
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Hope for 2026
This is a New Year filled with hope. Hope that 2026 will take us back from the political, environmental and moral abyss that marked the…
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Chatting with Jesus: what’s worse - the poor fool reduced to that, or the AI companion programmed to be God.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I may have missed it, but where was Canadian media on this story? All I saw or heard was a lot of both-sideism. Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
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Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Elbows Up, but we can do this too: youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?...
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Perhaps much more than most people will want to know about me, but a very big thank you to Carmela Allevato and the BC Labour Heritage Centre for making me part of their impressive and growing collection of oral interviews with labour activists. #canlab www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...
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Interview: Fred Wilson, Creation of Unifor | Video
Learn about Fred Wilson's career in union strategy, leading to his role in the creation of Canada's largest private-sector union.
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
If you live with a person with PD, this story will confirm your hopes and fears; if you don't it will touch you nonetheless.
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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JE Fred Wilson @fwilson2.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
My new long form article on three waves of Progressive Canadian Nationalism and the urgent need to break free from US empire is at @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com
Progressive nationalism and the fight for Canadian sovereignty
The threat to Canadian sovereignty is real and it demands a renewed analysis and a third wave of progressive nationalism to meet the challenges of the post-globalization era of authoritarian US imperi...
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