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Stephanie Ross

@stephross.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University Unions | Labour Politics | Social Movements

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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The Ontario government and the province's teacher unions are about to enter a round of collective bargaining. Here's what you need to know as negotiations get underway, featuring commentary by @profsavage.bsky.social & @stephross.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/shorts/DNgrK... #onted #canlab #onpoli
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What you need to know as Ontario teachers negotiate their contracts
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
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Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies (CAWLS) @cawls-acets.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the University of Manitoba for this year's annual conference! Mark your calendars for next year's conference to be held Jun 2-4, 2027 at Brock University in Ontario's Niagara Region. #canlab #LabourStudies
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Between the Lines @btlbooks.com · 23/10/2025
Join @stephross.bsky.social and Rob Kristofferson, as well as Toronto-based contributors, for the Toronto launch of The Art of Solidarity! This event is hosted by the Toronto Workers' History Project and Mayworks Toronto. Find more details here: btlbooks.com/events/view/...
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Art of Solidarity: Toronto Book Launch
From the organizers: “In-Person Book Launch, with Stephanie Ross, Rob Kristofferson, and other contributors to the book. Wednesday, October 29th at 7 PM Location: Workers Action Centre (WAC) ?720 Spad...
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
CUPE's strategy appears to be working, as Air Canada has returned to the bargaining table. ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... #canlab #aircanadaflightattendants
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Air Canada strike updates: Airline, flight attendants in negotiations, union says
Air Canada has announced it will suspend all flights through Tuesday afternoon after flight attendants still defy a federal back-to-work order.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Air Canada has been “encouraged by the federal government’s pattern of intervention in labour disputes…there’s a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card now, with the use of section 107.”— @stephross.bsky.social #canlab
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social www.thestar.com/business/air...
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Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. ‘If it means jail, so be it’
CUPE union president Mark Hancock is refusing to obey Ottawa's orders.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. “This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.” www.thestar.com/business/air... #canlab
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Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. ‘If it means jail, so be it’
CUPE union president Mark Hancock is refusing to obey Ottawa's orders.
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Between the Lines @btlbooks.com · 31/07/2025
Join BTL, WAHC and editors Rob Kristofferson and @stephross.bsky.social for the launch of The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts & Heritage in Canada! 📅 Sunday August 31 ⏰3 pm - 5 pm 📍51 Stuart St, Hamilton RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-art-of...
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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The 2026 CAWLS annual conference will be held June 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg, hosted by the Labour Studies Program at the University of Manitoba. Details and CfP to follow.
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Between the Lines @btlbooks.com · 09/07/2025
📚 Coming soon from BTL: 🔸 Althusser’s crime 🔸 Graphic anti-fascism 🔸 Labour + art 🔸 Cuba and Canada 🔸 Criminology rethought 🔸 Women in unions 🔸 Palestinian liberation = feminist issue 👉 tinyurl.com/4twdfbck @peggynash.bsky.social @jwhite54.bsky.social @kdubin.bsky.social @stephross.bsky.social
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Congratulations to @stephross.bsky.social and @profsavage.bsky.social! "Shifting Gears" won the 2025 Leo Panitch Book Prize, celebrating the best book in Canadian work and labour studies. Thank you to the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies for honouring this book! 🎉
Cover: Shifting Gears: Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics, by Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage. Illustration: tire tracks on a gritty road. Beside the cover, it reads "Congratulations! Winner, 2025 Leo Panitch Book Prize, Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies."
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"Shifting Gears" tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships. bit.ly/43YFIx2
Cover: Shifting Gears: Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics, by Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage. Illustration: tire tracks on a gritty road. Beside the cover, text reads, "New in Paperback"
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
An incredible honour for @profsavage.bsky.social & me to receive the Canadian Assn for Work & Labour Studies' Leo Panitch Book Prize for best book in Canadian #LabourStudies in 2025, named for our mentor. So grateful to our peers for this recognition #canlab #cdnpoli ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears
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LabourStart Canada @labourstartcane.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Remember when we interviewed the award-winning authors? Listen to it here: www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...
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Canada: Interview with Stephanie Ross & Larry Savage - LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
The LabourStart Podcast this week -- our first in 2025 -- is an interview with two Canadian writers who've written an important new book about one of the country's largest trade unions.Stephanie Ross ...
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Thrilled to have Shifting Gears recognized with the Leo Panitch Book Prize for 2025, honouring the best book in Canadian work and labour studies. A heartfelt thank you to CAWLS and to my co-author and longtime collaborator @stephross.bsky.social. www.ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab
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McMaster Media Relations @mcmastermedia.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
With negotiations at a standstill, Canada Post workers could be on strike as early as next week. @stephross.bsky.social says the bargaining climate may be tougher this time around. #Labour #CanadaPost #McMasterExperts financialpost.com/news/canada-...
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Canada Post hits pause on negotiations with union as May deadline approaches
Canada Post workers could be heading back to the picket lines, but they might find negotiating conditions far less favourable. Read more.
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Register soon for the 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, being held at the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University May 28-30, 2025. CAWLS members get discounted rates! cawls.ca/en/2025-annu... #canlab #labourstudies
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2025 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.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Do union endorsements make a difference in election campaigns? Daniel Westlake and I weigh in, showing how union satisfaction can amplify the influence of endorsements at the ballot box. theconversation.com/do-union-end... #canlab #cdnpoli #elxn45
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Do union endorsements make a difference in election campaigns?
Not all union endorsements carry the same weight, but they can play a strategically critical role in election campaigns.
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Join Mac Labour Studies and Workers Arts & Heritage Centre April 7 for Off The Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton. Untold stories of #hamont revealed by our students #canlab #labourstudies #CommunityEngagement Register here, as space is limited docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Off the Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton
In collaboration with WAHC, students of McMaster Labour Studies created songs, poems, and other artistic media on story maps to tell suppressed stories of injustice and resilience in Hamilton. Visitor...
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Join us TODAY March 19 at 1pm ET for the our 2024-25 webinar series w/ @mfauvel.bsky.social on union-community coalition-building and lessons from #Quebec's minimum wage movement. Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #unions #coalitions #organizing
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Coalition-building: Rethinking Alliances between Community-based Organizations and Unions . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about ...
Based on activist ethnographic research on the $15 minimum wage coalition in Quebec, this presentation illustrates how participation in labour-community coalitions transforms the practices of communit...
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Join Mac Labour Studies March 19 for our last 2024-25 webinar w/ @mfauvel.bsky.social on union-community coalition-building + lessons from #Quebec's minimum wage movement Scan the QR code or click the link 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #unions #coalitions #organizing
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 20/02/2025
New from @policyalternatives.ca: Amazon has no intention of respecting the labour relations systems in any Canadian province, and will actively work to undermine them. The labour movement must respond in kind. By Niall Harney and @whosestreets.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Amazon’s Quebec closures are a wake-up call for Canada’s labour movement - CCPA
Amazon’s January 22 closure of all seven of its warehouses in Quebec is a shocking and unprecedented attack on North American workers. Not only does this decision leave as many as 4,500 workers sudden...
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 20/02/2025
Tens of thousands of city employees, including workers in shelters, long-term care homes and public health, could go on strike in just over two weeks.
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Tens of thousands of city workers cleared to go on strike early next month
The city of Toronto received a no-board report from the province Wednesday, triggering a 17-day countdown toward a possible strike or lock out.
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Labor Action Tracker @laboraction.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨The Labor Action Tracker 2024 Annual Report drops tomorrow at 7am EST!🚨 Tomorrow morning we will be releasing our annual report compiling all of our 2024 work stoppage data - stay tuned to learn more about worker action in the U.S. over the past year!
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Tanner Mirrlees @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
My new book Work in the Digital Media and Entertainment Industries: A Critical Introduction is out (lnkd.in/gjNH2KDT). ESA04 is a 20% discount code. Looking forward to my book chat at TMU's Creative School this Tuesday. More to come!
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Learned a lot that made me think about #labor and its dismal political options, in @labourstart.bsky.social podcast with @stephross.bsky.social and Larry Savage on their new book "Shifting Gears." Conclusion: It's a "should read" and you can't trust the reviews: www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...
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Canada: Interview with Stephanie Ross & Larry Savage - LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
The LabourStart Podcast this week -- our first in 2025 -- is an interview with two Canadian writers who've written an important new book about one of the country's largest trade unions.Stephanie Ross ...
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Shifting Gears will be available in paperback in April 2025. You can request that your local library order a copy or pre-order your own today at: www.ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab #onpoli #cdnpoli
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Join us tomorrow for @maxbaru.bsky.social on independent union organizing! 2:30pm ET on Zoom, register below #canlab #organizing #unionorganizing #labourmovement
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Surprised by Unifor Local 1285 historic endorsement of Doug Ford's Conservatives? @stephross.bsky.social & I recently published a book that details and makes sense of the union's political shifts and embrace of a more transactional politics. ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab #ONpoli
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Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears - Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics; Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an ...
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In this @labourstart.bsky.social podcast interview, @stephross.bsky.social & I talk about our new book, the looming federal election, and the state of labour and working-class politics. www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Canada: Interview with Stephanie Ross & Larry Savage - LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
The LabourStart Podcast this week -- our first in 2025 -- is an interview with two Canadian writers who've written an important new book about one of the country's largest trade unions.Stephanie Ross ...
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
One more day to submit to present at the Canadian Assn for Work and Labour Studies’ 2025 annual conference to be held at McMaster School of Labour Studies May 28-30. Details below 👇 #canlab #labourstudies #laborstudies #unions #organizing #workingclass cawls.ca/en/2025-annu...
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2025 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.
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Join us Feb. 5 @ 2:30pm ET for the latest in our webinar series feat. @maxbaru.bsky.social on What independent union movements tell us about today's marketplace of trade union organization To register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #unionorganizing #labourstudies
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My comments on #Amazon in the Globe&Mail: “Amazon’s announcement casts a chill on organizing efforts nationwide, and she struggles to believe it’s unrelated to the union efforts.” It’s no accident that third-party delivery is harder to unionize #canlab www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Amazon to close all seven of its Quebec warehouses, lay off 1,700 permanent staff
Union says employer is responding to recent organizing drives by reverting to third-party delivery system
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Excited for Tracking the Global Upsurge in Workers' Strikes, the latest instalment of Mac Labour Studies' webinar series Jan 21 @ 2:30pm ET, feat. some amazing projects from Canada, Quebec, the US and the UK. Scan the QR code to register #canlab #strikes #laborstudies #labourstudies
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 10/01/2025
Job Opportunity: PressProgress is hiring a Labour Reporter. This is a permanent role and will join our team of full-time, unionized investigative journalists. Closing date January 31, 2025. #CdnMediaJobs
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PressProgress Is Hiring a Labour Reporter
We're looking for a talented labour journalist to join our investigative team
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Andy Hodder @hodderandy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Looking forward to this
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Join us Jan 21 @ 2:30pm ET for "Tracking the Global Upsurge in Workers' Strikes. Experts from Canada, the US, the UK & Quebec discuss challenges with official strike data and share innovative ways to track worker action and resistance. Register 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #canlab #strikes
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tracking the Global Upsurge in Workers' Strikes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This webinar explores the surge in workers' strike activity since 2020 and examines innovative approaches to documenting labour disputes, with perspectives from Canada, Quebec, the US and the UK. All ...
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We are thankful for the growing buzz around Shifting Gears. You can request your local library order a copy or snag your own by pre-ordering the paperback version from @ubcpress.bsky.social here: ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab #cdnpoli #unionpolitics #unionstrategy
Cover of the book Shifting Gears, by Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage, with an orange cover and tire tracks
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
For a review that deeply and seriously engages with Shifting Gears, check out this discussion by Herman Rosenfeld in The Bullet #canlab #cdnpoli #unionstrategy socialistproject.ca/2024/12/conf...
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https://socialistproject.ca/2024/12/conflicted-transformation-caw-unifor-review-of-shifting-gears/
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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My friends @stephross.bsky.social and @profsavage.bsky.social craft a rejoinder to unfair criticisms of their book. This is how you do critical research--investigate the facts, examine historical truths, incorporate solid theoretical concepts, and defend your arguments jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-...
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We Need an Honest Assessment of CAW and Unifor Strategy
The Canadian Auto Workers and its successor union, Unifor, shifted their political strategy dramatically in response to changing political-economic conditions. We need a clear-eyed assessment of this ...
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We need an honest assessment of CAW/Unifor political history & strategy. @stephross.bsky.social and I respond to the latest review of Shifting Gears Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics here: jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-... #canlab #cndpoli
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We Need an Honest Assessment of CAW and Unifor Strategy
The Canadian Auto Workers and its successor union, Unifor, shifted their political strategy dramatically in response to changing political-economic conditions. We need a clear-eyed assessment of this ...
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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Here is @stephross.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social 's response to the claims from two founders of Unifor in their @jacobinmag.bsky.social review of Ross & Savage's book on autoworker unionism in Canada: jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-...
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We Need an Honest Assessment of CAW and Unifor Strategy
The Canadian Auto Workers and its successor union, Unifor, shifted their political strategy dramatically in response to changing political-economic conditions. We need a clear-eyed assessment of this ...
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Honestly reckoning with the past better positions unions to confront the future Read my and @profsavage.bsky.social's response to the latest review of Shifting Gears: Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics here: jacobin.com/2025/01/caw-... #canlab #cndpoli
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We Need an Honest Assessment of CAW and Unifor Strategy
The Canadian Auto Workers and its successor union, Unifor, shifted their political strategy dramatically in response to changing political-economic conditions. We need a clear-eyed assessment of this ...
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 02/01/2025
#StarInvestigation: Tens of thousands of potential workplace injury reports filed by doctors are sitting in limbo. Are they a sign of a deeper problem? Workers’ advocates say these potential injuries are not counted in provincial safety reports and could be a sign of claim suppression.
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Tens of thousands of potential workplace injury reports filed by doctors are sitting in limbo. Are they a sign of a deeper problem?
Workers' advocates say these potential injuries are not counted in provincial safety reports and could be a sign of claim suppression.
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I approve this message! Support the great work done at Parkland Institute! #canlab #cdnpoli
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Federal government moves to end Canada Post strike. What happens next? Commentary from me, @stephross.bsky.social & @thelawofwork.bsky.social. www.thestar.com/business/fed... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Federal government orders end to Canada Post strike while commission tries to reach new contract
"We're calling a timeout." Federal labour minister asking CIRB to appoint commission to come up with ways to reach new contract by May 22.
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Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Applications for @mcmaster #LabourStudies MA and PhD programs are open for 2025-26. We develop researchers who play leading roles in the academy, the community, policy and organizations representing working people. Details 👉 labourstudies.mcmaster.ca/graduate-progr… #canlab #laborstudies
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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I reviewed @stephross.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social excellent new book on the history of Unifor for @jacobinmag.bsky.social It looks at a perplexing process we are seeing in Canada and around the world: the delinking of economic protest & political reform. jacobin.com/2024/12/cana...
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How Canada’s Auto Union Lost Its Way
The story of the Canadian union Unifor is the story of a union that started at the vanguard of class struggle, seeing its role as advancing a broad vision of working-class politics — only to turn into...
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