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Chantal Mancini, PhD

@uniongrrl.bsky.social
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... ‘The sources tell CTV News the government has conveyed to them that the legislation will be aimed at introducing binding mediation before strike action is taken.’
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Feds could introduce new labour legislation as soon as next week: sources
A senior government source tells CTV News that plans are underway to introduce such legislation following a review of the Canadian Labour Code that began in April.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As parasitic diarrhea rages. The timing…..
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#BrockU is hosting the annual @cawls-acets.bsky.social conference next year. Check out the call for proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annu... #labourstudies #canlab @brocklabour.bsky.social
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Collective bargaining works. #canlab
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A pivotal moment for #HamOnt.
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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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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Best comment from a colleague: “I used to follow the mantra, ‘dress for the job you want, not the one you have.’ But now I’m at the point that I don’t want any job at all, so I dress accordingly.” 😆
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Under neoliberal restructuring, the most vulnerable are always hit the hardest. #onted
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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"The workers need the broader movement to treat their fight as a test case for new forms of power: cross-union coordination, supply-chain and gig worker organizing, and direct action that stops moves before they happen" #canlab #canpoli socialistproject.ca/2026/04/stru...
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The Struggle at Mama Earth and Lessons for the Labour Movement
Last month over 100 members of UFCW Local 1006A working at Mama Earth Organics in Toronto received termination notices. The company announced it would close its East York facility on May 12 and reopen...
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ocufa.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Precariously employed contract faculty teach almost 50% of university courses in Ontario with little job security or institutional support. OCUFA is holding a Social Media Day of Action to call for fair, stable working conditions for contract faculty. tinyurl.com/ybanf5yp
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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We encourage the #Niagara community to join us on March 7 at our labour social event, co-sponsored by CUPE. #canlab
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. Nurses say employers are trying to undermine safe-staffing protections and demanding concessions on nurses’ own health care benefits.
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In New York City, 15,000 Nurses Are Still on Strike
Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. Nurses say employers are trying to undermine safe-staffing protections and demanding concessions on nurses’ own health care benefits.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
At a time when official statistics are under political pressure elsewhere, Canada has an opportunity & a responsibility to strengthen its own commitment to open, reliable labour relations data. Adam King & I explain why: theconversation.com/why-canada-n... #cdnpoli #canlab
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Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
Canada does a poor job of gathering labour relations information. In a period of rising inequality and renewed workplace conflict, stakeholders need better data.
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Chris Erl @chriserl.ca · 23/12/2025
Doug Ford's government uses a lot of "D" words to justify their actions. But they're undermining the most important “D” word of them all - democracy. #onpoli #ontpoli (Totally forgot to post this yesterday when it was published, but here's a gift link to my latest in The Spec: tinyurl.com/533jm9rm)
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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Canada needs better labour relations data. Read the CAWLS/ACETS open letter on the need to restore public access to data tracking work stoppages — and for stronger collection of labour relations statistics. cawls.ca/en/canada-ne... #canlab
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Canada Needs Better Labour Relations Data - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies
CAWLS is calling on the federal government to immediately restore public access to data tracking work stoppages and labour relations
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Fantastic article on #HamOnt’s Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. Proud to be a board member. #canlab www.cbc.ca/arts/at-a-mu...
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At a museum for the art of work, these are its masterpieces | CBC Arts
The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre in Hamilton celebrates 30 years of telling working-class stories with an exhibition of ‘treasures’ from its collection.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
CYPRUS: Country might face teacher shortage as profession loses appeal, union warns in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus...
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Cyprus might face teacher shortage as profession loses appeal, union warns
POED general secretary says rising discipline problems, workload stress and low prestige driving teachers away from Cyprus classrooms.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister confirms edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister says
Alberta infrastructure minister says the province invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back was due to cost.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The annual conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies is taking place Jun 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg. Check out the call for papers here: cawls.ca/en/2026-annu... #canlab #LabourStudies
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
BANGLADESH: 'Massive victory' as mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers are dropped www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
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Bangladesh: 'Massive victory' as mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers are dropped - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Ford's re-election got nearly $40 million from the province's Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications. www.thestar.com/politics/pro... #canlab #onpoli
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Here’s how unions that backed Doug Ford scored on funding applications
Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Premier Doug Ford for re-election got nearly $40 million from the controversial Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications, according to secret ...
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Ford cuts billions from education then accuses boards of mismanagement for not being able to absorb those cuts. Then uses that as a pretext to take over school boards. Crisis created and exploited.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Smith went wholly unchallenged when she used the notwithstanding clause to strip teachers of bargaining rights. It’s empowered her to use it to strip the rights of trans people. Think she won’t continue to come for other rights? Think again. #abed #canpoli #canlab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The postwar ‘compromise’ between workers and unions on one side, and employers and governments on the other, is on life support.” #canlab www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...
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Alberta Forcing Teachers Back To Work Is A Historic Loss
Premier Danielle Smith has used the ‘notwithstanding clause’ to shield the strike-breaking bill from a court challenge.
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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Now that Smith's UCP has passed a law ordering Alberta teachers back to work, we'll see if the teachers exercise the "Air Canada option" and defy that law. Should be an interesting day tomorrow... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Striking Alberta teachers to be forced back to work through notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Our beautiful chinkapin oak, acquired last year from the free tree giveaway by the @cityofhamilton.bsky.social and @hamiltonnature.org. Spectacular autumn colours. #HamOnt
A young oak tree with red autumn leaves.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Solidarity with Alberta teachers. The UCP can have all the supports in place they want; learning requires teachers. #abed #canlab apple.news/AlFayz_yaSEK...
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Alberta teachers are now on strike. Here's what that means for Calgary students, parents, school support staff — CBC News
Alberta teachers officially went on strike Monday, with more than 730,000 students across the province set to be affected. Financial and educational supports are available during the labour dispute, w...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/10/2025
"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say #CanadaPost strike could be a long one. www.thestar.com/business/don... #canlab #cdnpoli
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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
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Solidarity with Alberta teachers. #canlab
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Great fodder for teaching logical fallacies in my senior philosophy class. I honestly wish I had to go digging rather than have a daily plethora of examples at my fingertips.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Fantastic analysis of the strike by Air Canada flight attendants. #canlab
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A few thoughts on the overwhelming tentative agreement rejection at #AirCanada. 🧵 #canlab 1. The union oversold the tentative agreement by declaring the end of unpaid work. That framing seems to have rubbed some members the wrong way.
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Wow. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... #canlab
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Air Canada flight attendants massively reject wage offer, union says
Air Canada flight attendants have rejected the employer’s wage offer.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 05/09/2025
Two of BC’s public sector unions just went on strike as public servants push back against rising costs of living Wages that don’t keep pace with inflation and outsourcing contract work are at the centre of two public sector strikes in British Columbia
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Two of BC’s Public Sector Unions Just Went On Strike As Public Servants Push Back Against Rising Costs of Living
Wages that don't keep pace with inflation and outsourcing contract work are at the centre of two public sector strikes in British Columbia
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A solid legal precedent but the expropriation of the expropriators will still have to be unsanctioned.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
How an act of defiance by #AirCanada flight attendants was a win for labour rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab #cdnpoli
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How an act of defiance by Air Canada's flight attendants was a win for labour rights | CBC News
In refusing an order to go back to work after the federal government invoked a hotly contested provision of Canada's Labour Code, labour advocates say Air Canada's flight attendants sent a strong mess...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 19/08/2025
"A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said early Tuesday."
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Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal to end strike | CBC News
A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said early Tuesday.
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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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simon’s decrepit corpse (not a halloween thing just old) @trillymopena.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This Barry Eidlin op-ed in the Globe is very good www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Ottawa’s Air Canada strike debacle shows it failed to learn from history
By ordering flight attendants back to work, the government may be stoking further labour unrest
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Great article by @gerardditrolio.bsky.social on the strike by Air Canada flight attendants. #canlab
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 18/08/2025
The Liberals are running a masterclass right now on...how not to handle labour relations. Wow.
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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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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Air Canada strike: “We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said. “If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
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Chantal Mancini, PhD @uniongrrl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
“At press time Air Canada is offering stranded travellers the chance to fly home by working as non-union scab flight attendants, though made it clear that they will not be paid for that labour either.” 🤭🤭🤭 Beaverton gold.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/08/2025
This is absolutely enormous! Gratitude to Canada's unions for showing our banker PM he just picked a fight he cannot win. A chance now to build on the united union power that beat Doug Ford over the notwithstanding clause in 2022. There is power in our unions! canadianlabour.ca/canadas-labo...
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CANADA’S LABOUR MOVEMENT STANDS UNITED AGAINST GOVERNMENT VIOLATION OF WORKERS' RIGHTS | Canadian Labour Congress
Statement from Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, following an emergency meeting of Canada’s Unions on the Air Canada Flight Attendants Strike  ‘’Tonight, the heads of Canada’s uni...
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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms cupe.ca/88-canadians...
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88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms
New polling conducted by Abacus Data confirms that nearly 9 in 10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay – and they want the federal government to back off and let them neg...
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