Good analysis going over the labour history of illegal strikes. Ford is setting labour relations back by a hundred years.

1. It was 150 years ago that thousands of Torontonians marched to Queen's Park during an illegal strike. They won the right for Canadians to form unions — and inspired the creation of Labour Day. Here's a thread about the Toronto Printers' Strike & how it changed Canada…

"We all deserve to participate meaningfully in decisions that greatly impact our lives and to withdraw that participation without risking destitution or punishment." Alec Stromdahl on the right to strike under "the Law of Master and Servant." springmag.ca/class-struggle… Spring Magazine

How workers prepare one another for strikes is crucial to their strength and success—the ATU members ratified a great contract last Thurs. I look at the steps they took to build serious wins, an example all workers can follow. Labor’s Winning Weapon thenation.com/article/activi…

Now is the time to step up the pressure on the government to win an historic regularization program that delivers permanent resident status for all undocumented people without exclusions. #StatusForAll springmag.ca/we-can-win-sta…

🎉 3 cheers to Unifor for bargaining #PaidSickDays in its latest CA for Compass Minerals salt workers! 💪🏿💪🏾💪 This is how we win #Justice4Workers - we fight to: 💥 Bargain it! 💥 Legislate it! 💥 Enforce it! 💥 Win it for everyone! unifor.org/news/all-news/…

"Commissioned by the Fraser Institute"

Reminder that our AGM is this Saturday, March 4 at 9:30am at 60 Lowther St in Toronto. We will offer a Zoom connection to those who cannot make it in person.

#OtD 3 Mar 1937 a strike at Holmes Foundry in Ontario, Canada, descended into a race riot. After a wildcat strike by Polish & Italian immigrant workers, bosses sent Canadian-born strikebreakers with clubs to attack and replace the strikers, who were sacked sarniahistoricalsociety.com/story/the-holm…

Interested in learning more about the union advantage? Here are the latest figures from Stats Canada pulled together in a graph for my latest book with Stephanie Ross. In short, the union advantage applies in both public and private sectors. fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/building-…