"Trump’s tariffs frenzy is a reaction to the long-term decline of the US economy. A rising global South is reshaping world economics. Why bend over backwards for the privilege of staying on a sinking ship." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/trumps… #morningstaronline

“…per-procedure payments ....will not provide a (sufficient) return for the financial backers”. Despite costing twice as much, taking only the least complex cases and duplicating infrastructure, these investors call for higher prices. Scrap this policy. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

tough but fair

Research continues to show that higher nurse-to-patient ratios reduce errors, and deaths in #hospital. Here is a report on why Ontario should mandate #nurse to patient ratios like other jurisdictions Jim Brophy, PhD University of Windsor OPSEU/SEFPO #nurses ochu.on.ca/nurse-to-patie…

As their crisis deepens, US capitalist extraction of wealth from other wealthy countries becomes vital. Canada is the most vulnerable of these countries. Alternative trade, especially with China, which adds more growth each year than any other country, is more and more important.

1,200 private sector workers unionized. One of the biggest successful private sector drives in years, I suspect. ihttps://cupe.ca/cupe-welcomes-porter-cabin-crew

🆘 Gaza’s Health Unions: The health system is collapsing—hospitals destroyed, staff killed or detained, and medical supplies blocked. Starvation and infection spread threaten children and mothers. We urge urgent global action: open crossings, send aid, protect medical teams.

Pearson right now The strike continues...

Our message to Mark Carney, Patty Hajdu and the Liberal government: You have seriously understimated our strength, our determination. You have picked a fight with the wrong union, the wrong workers, and you have definitely picked a fight with the wrong women. #unfairCanada

100% Respect.

The response to the CUPE Flight Attendants strike by Air Canada, Mark Carney, and the federal government shows why women's wages are so much lower than men's.

Every strike day cuts Air Canada revenue $60 million. Every week costs them $300 million in profit. Keep this strike going and get a good deal. This will send a STRONG message to all employers that ALL WORKERS NEED A REAL WAGE INCREASE.

Defend free collective bargaining, build our wages. Rally Wednesday at 9 am, 622 College, Toronto

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Unpaid Work Won't Fly!. Write one here: unpaidworkwontfly.ca/?source=twitte…

Unpaid work is a near constant for women -- at home, in health care, and as flight attendants. Air Canada is exploiting that.

Canada could learn a thing or two as well...

Canada wasn't even allowed in the room.

"In addition to producing better outcomes, the costs avoided due to fewer readmissions and shorter LOS were more than twice the cost of the additional nurse staffing." - Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing (The Lancet, 2021) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC84…

PCs are far behind on their plan to add new LTC beds, despite giving a lot more to the mostly for-profit homes to buy new properties. Here they are going backwards. Cambridge LTC closes because of disrepair, 52 residents permanently relocated cbc.ca/news/canada/ki…

Canada spends billions more for war in Ukraine and elsewhere. But that means 15% cuts for social programs at home -- with "inescapable" consequences msn.com/en-ca/news/can…