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RT @SeanTucker16: Strong statement from the BC Labour Relations Broad. They say @amazon attempted to "frustrate or defeat the [BC Labour Re….

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Support for unions, collective bargaining might be high in Canada. But a smaller % of Canadians working in the private sector are unionized today than before we had laws protecting collective bargaining. We call that a failure of a labour law model trapped in the 20th century.

Question for lawyers at LLP law firms:. Do partners have a legal right to know if the law firm has been sued for millions of dollars, or can the managing partner/committee hide this information from the partners?. As a partner I’d want to know, but do I have legal right to know?.

You “love” guns? . This is the strange American love affair at the root of the problem.

The Doug Ford led Ontario Conservatives are vying for supremacy, but Quebec remains the king of using the Charter’s “notwithstanding clause” to crush constitutionally protected fundamental rights and freedoms.

International Labour Organization (@ilo) adopts Canadian concept of “dependent contractor” as category of worker that is more like an employee than an entrepreneur.

RT @TheLawofWork: New Post on Substack:. "So Long Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, We Hardly Knew You". I discuss how Section 107 req….

New Post on Substack:. "So Long Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, We Hardly Knew You". I discuss how Section 107 requires the Minister to believe that ordering the end of strikes will "promote settlements." It is now clear that the opposite is true.

In step with the collapse of collective bargaining in the USA. These are designed policies to suck wealth upwards to Execs and shareholders and away from workers. Then folks whine about shitty jobs and blame immigrants. Story as old as time.

When I teach the history of prohibited grounds in human rights law and how new ones are recognized as social attitudes evolve, I ask what ground is coming next. I say “how about AI”? . Nervous laughter ensues.

Of course he did. Democracy is for losers.

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Found this beaut!. Circa 1980s, I’m on right with the hair. This is from Vancouver Province during national midget (U18) championships. I was on Mississauga Tomahawks. The BC team had the Gait bros & we had John Tavares. 3 of greatest lacrosse players ever in that game. And me!

In theory the American labor movement would mobilize a mass general strike like in the old days to resist corrupt billionaires from undermining the rule of law to harm workers. But what happens when large percentage of workers are on the side of the corrupt billionaires?.

Amount of time & money the Doug Ford Conservatives spend on interfering into Toronto’s affairs is quite staggering. Especially considering that the party won hardly any City of Toronto ridings & none where the bike lanes are located.

On the bright side there’s a good chance my Air Canada flight to London in September will actually fly. On the other hand, now looks like the London Tube workers will be on strike when I arrive. As I say, never a dull moment in labour law! .

I still can’t get over that the MAGA folks think the “Epstein Files” will finally prove that OTHER politicians were deep inside Epstein’s deprived world. But definitely not the most obvious politician.

Rare example of a Canadian university locking out professors at Dalhousie, starting this morning. Workers don’t get paid during a lockout and since classes don’t start for a couple of weeks, university figures it can put pressure on profs now.

For those saying “union leaders should have been thrown in jail” for defying order that Air Canada flight attendants return to work,. Curious as to what punishment should be ordered against @amazon executives who fired 4500 workers in Quebec to punish them for unionizing. Jail?.

Any labor lawyer could have come up with clever idea of using s. 107 of Labour Code & the Notwithstanding clause to block the constitutional right to strike. What distinguishes current federal Liberals & Doug Ford Conservatives is they actually thought unions would play along.