Here is Doug Ford "solving" the nursing crisis: RPN job vacancies up 29% in third quarter of 2022 over third quarter of 2021. 1,195 more RPN job vacancies in 1 year. RPN vacancies up 4,340 since he took power in 2018 promising to fix hallway healthcare.

The Greenbelt keeps sprawl in check. It allows us to create healthy, equitable & climate-friendly communities that are supported with farms & nature! Greenbelt Alliance

FACT: The 1st food bank in Canada opened in 1981, now there are 700 experiencing their highest demand ever. As George Weston Ltd (grocery baron) made 15.1% increase in net earnings,the highest # of food insecure families was recorded + food prices went up 14.5% (44.8% for pasta)

viral tweets of stranded Southwest customers lashing out and Southwest employees crying had me thinking about how much of our system is set up to shield corporate execs while creating mutual antagonism between “customers” and workers. So I wrote about it thecolumn.substack.com/p/southwest-ai…

Listening to Jan Wong's discussions with Jesse Brown on CANADALAND is such a pleasure. They're interested in each other's opinions even when they disagree. Just damn good journalism.

The book is out! The first negotiations book written by a negotiator for workers. Rules to Win By uses the lens of union negotiations but is applicable to any setting where the working class pulls up to win against today's hyper greedy corporate class. 1/10

Our members need a fair wage increase now! “Our transportation planners organize safe, reliable, & efficient transportation to & from school for more than 30,000 students, over 600 vehicles” “Their work is valuable & yet they are being paid 19% less than the going rate for it.”

A group of Tri-Board Student Transportation Services workers is set to strike as of Monday, April 3, if their proposal for a wage increase is not accepted. #ygk trib.al/tBSIgTF

Tri-Board transportation planners prepare to strike if agreement not reached thewhig.com/news/tri-board…

“Right now, Tri-Board workers are the lowest-paid of similar transportation planners across the province, earning 19% below the average,” said Liz James, CUPE 1479 President. Members of CUPE 1479, are poised to strike on Monday, April 3. cupe.ca/tri-board-scho…

Tri-Board transportation planners are the lowest paid of their co-worker planners across Ontario, earning 19% below the average. Help them get a reasonable wage increase so they aren’t forced to strike on April 3. Send a message of support here: cupe.ca/tri-board

“Our power is not in grievances & arbitrations and things that make our problems individual…our power is in our collective action.” - JP Hornick Some of the many inspiring words from this amazing panel at OSBCU convention! #OSBCUCSCSO2023 OSBCU-CSCSO

.@TriBoardBus planners deserve a fair pay increase! Parents appreciate the 90+ years of experience they bring to safely getting kids to school every day. Limestone District School Board ALCDSB Hast. and Pr. Ed.DSB should not force workers on strike over a tiny fraction of 1% of each board’s budget.

Tri-Board transportation planners are the lowest paid of their co-worker planners across Ontario, earning 19% below the average. Help them get a reasonable wage increase so they aren’t forced to strike on April 3. Send a message of support here: cupe.ca/tri-board

Trustees at Limestone District School Board , ALCDSB , and Hast. and Pr. Ed.DSB should come to the table with a fair offer that reflects the experience and importance of the work of @TriBoardBus planners.

Frontline education workers share back-to-school review list for Minister Stephen Lecce communitywire.ca/2023/08/28/fro… #onted #onpoli

All out November 12th for a #CeasefireNOW! Join the Pan-Canadian Day of Action for peace and unity this Sunday. Find your local action at ceasefirenow.ca

Canada’s unions welcome the introduction of bill C-58 an act to ban the use of replacement labour, aka scab labour. #CDNpoli #AntiScab canadianlabour.ca/canadas-unions…

On behalf of our members in the health sector, we support the call of Palestinian health care unions, Workers in Palestine & Public Services International @psiglobalunion.bsky for solidarity. We call for an immediate #ceasefire, an end to the blockade of #Gaza & restoration of humanitarian aid. cupe.ca/cupe-stands-so…

Workers Hit by Scabs in More Acts of Anti-Worker Violence on Northern Ontario Picket Line, Criminal Charges Needed as Bare Minimum. CUPE National CUPE Ontario communitywire.ca/2024/02/17/wor…