Labour Studies Professor at @BrockLabour | Co-founder @CAWLS_ACETS | Teach & research collective bargaining, unions & labour politics | #canlab
Niagara ON
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“National interest” cannot become a catch-all excuse to override workers’ bargaining power whenever a lawful strike has economic consequences. That pressure is precisely what strikes are meant to create.
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"[G]overnments have effectively normalized a system in which full-time employment often fails to provide economic security. It’s working poverty by design." - @AdamDKKing1 on Canada's minimum wages.
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If you're in the Vancouver area, I'll be on Redeye Radio, 100.5 FM, this Saturday at 10am PST to discuss what Bill-C39 means for unions, the right to strike, and working-class power more broadly. #canlab
My forthcoming co-edited book with @stephross_mac, The Politics of Public Sector Unions, explores the struggles shaping Canada’s public services and labour politics. Now available for pre-order!
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MPs are expected to vote on Bill C-39 today. The government says it will curb intervention in labour disputes. But it will likely do the opposite: make it easier for the minister to end strikes and shift power away from workers.
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Mark your calendars! We're hosting our annual career night on Oct 20, from 6–8pm.
Join us to meet and network with recent graduates, hear about their career paths, and learn how they have put their Brock degrees to work.
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Why Carney’s economic overhaul is clashing with Canada’s unions:
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“I don’t think Canada becomes stronger by telling workers in ports or railways or airlines that their rights have to be surrendered whenever employers invoke competitiveness or the national interest,” said @Prof_Savage.
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I did my undergrad with Jen at #BrockU, and 20 years later we found ourselves across from one another at the bargaining table. She was a true professional—always kind and a voice of reason when it mattered. My condolences to her family and friends.
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Employers may have less incentive to bargain seriously if they believe government intervention is available whenever a dispute becomes politically difficult.
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Terry was a former professor of mine and a key player in the unionization of #BrockU faculty and professional librarians in the 90s.
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Winning at the ILO would be a symbolic victory at best. The ILO can scrutinize Canada’s conduct and issue findings, but it can't repeal a law or force a government to change course. It’s like a moral victory with no enforcement mechanism.
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“If this bill passes unchanged, we will take our case to the ILO and ask it to examine whether Canada is living up to the international labour standards it has committed to uphold, ” says @Lily4Workers
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Bill C-39 Poses An Existential Risk To Strike Rights
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Chantal Hébert on the Building Canada Strong Act: "I am troubled by the notion that this bill basically enlarges what is called political discretion, i.e. the power of politicians in power to bypass their own laws on a variety of topics."
With Bill C-39, the Carney government is asking workers to treat their bargaining power as a national liability while treating corporate access to uninterrupted profits and supply chains as the “national interest.”
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Making History: Workers, Conflict, and Collective Action
@CAWLS_ACETS is holding its 2027 annual meeting Jun 2-4 at Brock University in Canada's Niagara Region.
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Liberal labour reforms may be presented as a way to manage difficult disputes. But if Ottawa intervenes whenever a strike has major economic consequences, workers’ bargaining power will be weakened precisely when it matters most.
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“Canada does not become stronger by telling workers in ports, railways and airlines that their rights must yield whenever employers invoke competitiveness or the national interest.” -@Prof_Savage on Carney government’s proposed labour law reforms. #canlab theconversation.com/canadas-…
Invisible cuts to contract academic staff are everyone’s problem
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If Ottawa expands its authority to end strikes whenever they significantly affect the economy, it will not “modernize” labour relations. It will tilt the system further in favour of corporations, at workers’ expense. — @Prof_Savage
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