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Gerard Di Trolio

@gerardditrolio.bsky.social
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Writer, researcher & PhD Candidate in Labour Studies

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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the NYT Carney interview - Big mistake by Carney to avoid cooperation with China on AI - how exactly are you going to get effective global AI safety without them? #cdnpoli
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
lawofwork.ca/on-bill-c-39... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gil McGowan: Carney’s Bill C-39 Could Fracture His Political Coalition @gilmcgowan @MarkJCarney @ABFedLabour #cdnpoli youtu.be/ZlVXj3-CPvs
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Gil McGowan: Carney’s Bill C-39 Could Fracture His Political Coalition
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disappointed how @maxfawcett.bsky.social framed federal labour law changes in this video. 1. Charter rulings are clear about limiting the strikes. 2. Max talks like strikes can just spontaneously be called - that is not how the system works. Plenty of advance notice is given (1/n) #canlab #cdnpoli
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Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies (CAWLS) @cawls-acets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture theconversation.com/canada-says-... #canlab #cdnpoli @gerardditrolio.bsky.social
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Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture
The federal government says new labour rules will reduce intervention in strikes, but they could weaken workers’ bargaining power.
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There are historical and political contexts to Carney's proposed labour law reforms that I cover here. In short, restricting the right to strike, especially in federally regulated sectors is a bad idea: theconversation.com/canada-says-... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture
The federal government says new labour rules will reduce intervention in strikes, but they could weaken workers’ bargaining power.
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you to the @policyalternatives.ca and @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social for hosting this very important webinar - Trump's Trade War: What's Next? youtu.be/SvTeiuG7tMs?... #canlab #cdnpoli #cusma
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Trump's Trade War: What's Next?
YouTube video by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies (CAWLS) @cawls-acets.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
CAWLS annual conference call for proposals - Making History: Workers, Conflict, and Collective Action
Brock University, St. Catharines ON, Jun 2-4, 2027 cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
On July 1st, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is supposed to begin its first review phase. It's important to send a message to the Government of Canada based on the principles outlined here. Send the letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema... #canlab #cdnpoli #cusma
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
My latest!
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 23/06/2026
Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
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Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
Canada supports the first international treaty protecting platform workers. The same government is weighing a proposal that could make it difficult to legally strike in the rail and marine sectors.
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Two weeks from today! Ezekiel Kereri of the Tanzania Trade an Investment Coalition joins the Trade Justice Network's first webinar to discuss how trade and investment deals are shaping Tanzania and the East African Community Register here: mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #canlab
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Don't miss our first webinar on July 9th! Ezekiel Kereri of Tanzania Trade and Investment Coalition joins the Trade Justice Network's first webinar to discuss how trade and investment deals are shaping Tanzania and the East African Community #canlab Register here: mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
My latest! Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home theconversation.com/canada-backs... #canlab
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Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
Canada supports the first international treaty protecting platform workers. The same government is weighing a proposal that could make it difficult to legally strike in the rail and marine sectors.
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My latest at @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/05/carn... #cdnpoli #canlab
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Mark Carney’s Trickle-Down Nation-Building
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touts a new era of industrial policy and state-led development. But instead of rebuilding public capacity, he is turning the state into a guarantor of private capit...
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My latest at @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/05/carn... #cdnpoli #canlab
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Mark Carney’s Trickle-Down Nation-Building
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touts a new era of industrial policy and state-led development. But instead of rebuilding public capacity, he is turning the state into a guarantor of private capit...
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell the CLC to stop blocking debate on Hot Cargo. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... #canlab
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Tell the CLC to stop blocking debate on Hot Cargo
It’s time for unions and labour bodies to launch an international picket line against Israel, declaring all collaboration with Israel to be Hot Cargo, taking away Israel’s social license, and laying t...
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Was great to join Burt Cohen of Keeping Democracy Alive to talk about @avilewis.ca and the future of the @ndp.ca and Canadian politics. #cdnpoli #canlab keepingdemocracyalive.com/theres-a-new...
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There's a New Left Rising In Canada - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Thanks in large measure to Donald Trump, there’s space opening up on the left. Far from becoming a 51st state, the Canadian New Democratic Party has chosen a new leader, and support for Avi Lewis is g...
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Was great to join Burt Cohen of Keeping Democracy Alive to talk about @avilewis.ca and the future of the @ndp.ca and Canadian politics. #cdnpoli #canlab keepingdemocracyalive.com/theres-a-new...
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There's a New Left Rising In Canada - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Thanks in large measure to Donald Trump, there’s space opening up on the left. Far from becoming a 51st state, the Canadian New Democratic Party has chosen a new leader, and support for Avi Lewis is g...
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Politico is reporting the Carney government will table a bill to implement the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The deal is lacking on human rights, labour rights and environmental protection #cdnpoli #canlab www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need - CCPA
As the Trumpocalypse lays waste to what was left of the rules-based international trading order, countries are under pressure to diversify their trade relationships. In that sense alone, the Canada-In...
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Read TJN Coordinator @gerardditrolio.bsky.social on the Canada-UAE deal and its serious problems jacobin.com/2025/12/cana... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Canada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to Autocrats
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and rei...
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Trade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Exciting event this Friday September 12th with McMaster Labour Studies & USW Canada in Hamilton featuring trade unionists from Mexico talking about the need for international solidarity and how to build a more resilient economy that is pro-worker. #canlab #cdnpoli
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 18/08/2025
Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law
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Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law
The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 22/04/2025
The focus on manufacturing in the federal election misses what could truly help Canadian workers
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The focus on manufacturing in the federal election misses what could truly help Canadian workers
Canada’s new working class is more likely to be personified by a retail clerk than someone manufacturing cars in an auto-assembly factory.
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Gerard Di Trolio @gerardditrolio.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Trump’s Tariffs and Canadian Unions’ Identity Crisis
Canadian unions are forming alliances with industry to fight Donald Trump’s tariffs — at a time when they should be prioritizing deeper problems facing workers like austerity, increasing automation, a...
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Foreign Exchanges @fxnewsletter.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door, by Alexander Aviña
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Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door
Mexico, contra David Frum and others, is not a failing state because Claudia Sheinbaum and the MORENA-led coalition that backed her won big in Mexico’s latest elections.
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