Unifor members from El Met Industries in Dundas, Ont., are showing what solidarity looks like this long weekend, gathering for a turkey dinner and Easter bunny visit, after last month’s indefinite layoffs following the company applying for creditor protection. ✊✊✊
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The new #ndp tagline. This has legs, baby! #cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism

The new #ndp tagline.
This has legs, baby!
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

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The new #ndp tagline.

This has legs, baby!

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism

@Amgine @emilylowan
Yeah, and "consent" was never real anyway
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

‘Mind-boggling’ further job cuts coming to CRA, unions say as departmental plan touts AI advancements - The Hill Times The Canada Revenue Agency says it will expand the use of artificial intelligence in detecting fraud and ensuring compliance, but unions representing affected workers say job cuts will hinder efforts t...

Our members recover revenue to fund important public services from health care to old age security and emergency benefits.

Cuts to the CRA will cost all Canadians.

www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/03/m...

#CdnPoli #CanLab #TaxFairness

Labour looks to the future with the NDP post convention Labour talks about what they want to see from the NDP, the party traditionally seen as the party of the working class.

Labour talks about what they want to see from the NDP, the party traditionally seen as the party of the working class. #canlab #canpoli

As you do last-minute shopping for Easter, make sure it's Union-Made! #1u #canlab

Labour Fair 2026: The radical labour of care Claire Dion Fletcher, Grissel Orellana and Lorraine Lam discuss care work, from midwifery to crisis outreach to helping survivors of violence.

Labour Fair 2026: The radical labour of care #canlab

Getting Serious About Affordable Housing: Towards a Plan for Metro Vancouver - CCPA Download 1.17 MB48 pages The housing market in Metro Vancouver is broken, and we need more rational planning and management in the interests of local people. This paper proposes a bold affordable housing solutions agenda, including an ambitious program of public re-investment in social and co-op housing, putting the brakes on absentee ownership, and progressive property taxation options.

Marc Lee with the CCPA costed this all out in 2016. So we've known how to do it for a decade. We just won't.

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgre...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

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Marc Lee with the CCPA costed this all out in 2016. So we've known how to do it for a decade. We just won't.
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Imagine making the stupidly rich, and only them, pay for housing for the 4,000 unhoused people in BC?

Vancouver and Surrey each have over $10b in their accumulated surplus, only a portion of it is designated for specific things.

Cities, the […]

Press release – PIPSC challenges federal rollout of early retirement program - PIPSC | IPFPC Ottawa, April 2, 2026 – Public service professionals are being pushed to make irreversible career decisions without the full information or agreed safeguards,

PIPSC has filed a policy grievance over the government’s implementation of the early retirement incentive (ERI).

pipsc.ca/pipsc-challe...

#CdnPoli #CanLab

Building Power in the Workplace and Beyond – Scott Neigh

In which I say a few things about a well-known book that came out a decade ago, Jane McAlevey's *No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age*. scottneigh.ca/building-pow...
#bookreview #canlab

Trinational Call for Border Solidarity Against Trump's Rigged Trade Agenda YouTube video by Global Exchange

You can watch a replay of the Trinational Call for Border Solidarity Against Trump's Rigged Trade Agenda here! #cdnpoli #canlab #cusma www.youtube.com/live/90ZmAaJ...

Canada on Hold - Email MP Email your MP to demand reliable public services and the workers who make them possible.

It's not enough to just stop here, we need to reverse the cuts. Send a message to demand better for our public services and the people behind them: www.foryoucanada.ca/ute/email-mp

#canlab #cdnpoli #onlab #psac 2/2

PSAC Ontario graphic with a curved arrow and the phrase "Reverse the Cuts"

Carney's federal government has threatened the job security of more than 14,000 PSAC members, with more expected in the coming weeks and months. Hundreds more public service workers received affected letters today. This is an unacceptable attack on public services.

#canlab #cdnpoli #onlab 1/2

As CLC convention approaches, workers looking for more action on jobs and trade - People's Voice PV Labour Bureau  With the recent announcement that Canada lost a whopping 100,000 jobs in the first two months of 2026, working people are becoming increasingly anxious about employment security. […]

Corporate profits have grown by over 35% since USMCA came into force, despite net job loss of around a half million workers - by comparison, corporate profits have grown nearly 600 percent more than real wages #canlab #cdnpoli
pvonline.ca/2026/03/31/a...

I am a lover of how writers weave words. Trina's wordsmithery in this article led me to pick up Black Bear. She holds grief and structural critique together, placing her brother's death by suicide justly within the political context that suicides are often culturally stripped of. #canlab #cdnpoli

CUPE mourns the passing of Stephen Lewis CUPE is saddened to hear of the passing of Stephen Lewis, a leader, activist, and one of the greatest orators this country has known, who used his voice to make life better for working people.

https://cupe.ca/cupe-mourns-passing-stephen-lewis

We all get to be more like Stephen Lewis!

In fact, the world needs us to. Losing him and Catherine O'Hara so close together is a call for allllll of us to step up!

BC Timber Sales to increase fibre access, strengthen long-term forest outcomes, protect jobs Legislative changes will expand timber sales options, support partnerships, enable better fibre flow

@unifor.org welcomes responsibly increasing fibre supply in British Columbia. This legislation is a positive step toward building a more sustainable and economic forestry sector. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202... #bcpoli #cdnpoli #canlab

Unifor mourns activist and politician Stephen Lewis Unifor is deeply saddened to learn of Stephen Lewis’ passing today after a tough battle with cancer.Lewis, 88, a former politician, broadcaster and labour mediator, was a long-time friend to Unifor,…

Unifor is deeply saddened to learn of Stephen Lewis’ passing today after a tough battle with cancer. Throughout his life, he made a profound and lasting impact on working people with his fiery speeches and effective activism.
Read our statement.
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Infographic titled "Mental Health in the Canadian Music Industry: SOUNDCHECK Final Report 2026" by Revelios. Key findings from a national mixed-methods study of 1,250+ professionals: 94% report mental health issues are widespread; 53% felt life wasn't worth living; 43% have considered suicide; 86% experience anxiety; only 10% agree that leaders actively support mental health in the workplace.

Suicide risk varies by occupation. A new Revelios study reports 43% of music industry workers have experienced suicidal thoughts, a rate shaped by conditions of precarious labour including gig-based contracts, chronic financial instability, and near-absent institutional support #canlab #suicidology

Adelaide from Banff, Shilla from Lake Louise, and Josée from PacRim are giving #ParksCanada management stess dreams! #canlab

I have lost sleep, gained grey hairs and weight, and struggled with my own feelings about PSAC/UNE and govt unions. I need a break from being super active in a union and I'm looking forward to just being a Shop Steward. #canlab

Today is my last day as President of the Union of National Employees Local 30402 Lake Louise-Yoho. I wish I could say that it has felt massively rewarding rebuilding a local that was near death and is now respected by management and members alike but I am so very tired....
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Join us in Montreal, outside the Liberal Party Convention, and stand up for the experts who protect the services Canadians rely on every day

pipsc.ca/lets-rally-f...

#CdnPoli #CanLab

Is Canada Post ending home delivery? In a press release Monday, Canada Post said it is going ahead with a broad restructuring mandated by the federal government.

Management at Canada Post appears undeterred by the possibility of a rejected contract by CUPW members, insists on moving ahead with restructuring.

www.thestar.com/business/can...

#canlab #cdnpoli

Petro says Colombia will pull out of investor protection treaties - Colombia News President Gustavo Petro said that Colombia will pull out of investor protection treaties that allow foreign corporations to sue the State over perceived losses before international tribunals. In a pos...

This is a major development. More countries are beginning to reject the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system in international trade deals. We have been calling on the Government of Canada to do the same. colombiareports.com/petro-says-c... #canlab #cdnpoli

Cross-Border Solidarity Against Rigged Trade Deals Please sign this petition calling on trade negotiators from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to prioritize the needs of people and the planet ahead of billionaires and corporations.

Cross-Border Solidarity Against Rigged Trade Deals. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/cr... #canlab #cdnpoli #cusma

Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left - Part 1 - International Background - Canadian Roots A look at the problematic relationship of Canadian unions and the New Democratic Party on the eve of the 1980s, as the Socialist International meets in Vancouver. This …

IMPERFECT UNION:
Cdn Labour & the Left
National Film Board
PART 1 - International Background - Cdn Roots www.nfb.ca/film/imperfe...
PART 2 - Born of Hard Times www.nfb.ca/film/imperfe...
PART 3 ⬆️ Falling Apart and Getting Together www.nfb.ca/film/imperfe... 🔚 #canLab #cdnHistory #CCF #CFL #NFB #NDP