Ruby's Aunty

I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to:
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition

The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.

🎶🎶 To Dani’s ploy the strike, the strike is calling,
From Gil to Schill and down the union line.
Our rights are gone and her support is falling.
The UCP must go and we must strike. 🎶 🎶

#ableg 🖕UCP 🖕Dani

A show of solidarity for the Alberta teachers. Text Resist to 55255

If you want to be in the loop on the #alberta teachers strike, text RESIST to 55255 to get info from the Alberta Federation of Labour.
Join me and 13,000 others that have already signed up. If the UCP forces teachers back, there will be hell to pay.

Ready to Resist If Danielle Smith and her UCP government strip teachers of their constitutionally protected right to strike and bargain collectively, it will be the last straw. This is a government that is: This is…

6/6 The labour federation is urging Albertans to sign up and "be part of the 3.5 per cent solution!"

"Let’s get ready to resist!"

RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!

Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...

A Facebook post by Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, dated 2025/Oct/24. It reads, BREAKING: Alberta unions warn Premier Danielle Smith: unprecedented use of the Notwithstanding Clause against workers will result in an unprecedented response from unions in defence of worker rights. At an emergency meeting held today at 5:00pm (MT), the Common Front, an umbrella group for all Alberta unions, leaders unanimously endorsed the following message to Premier Danielle Smith. Dear Premier Smith, On behalf of the more than 350,000 working Albertans who we represent, we urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to rule out the use of the Notwithstanding Clause as part of your government’s approach to the teachers’ strike. Invoking the clause would be unprecedented in the history of Canadian labour relations. It would also escalate the situation from a confrontation between your government and the teachers to a confrontation between you and the entire Canadian labour movement. If governments start using the Notwithstanding Clause as a tool in their dealings with workers and unions, it will make a mockery of the constitutionally protected right to strike. Without a robust and reliable right to strike, worker bargaining power will be eroded, and with it, the wages and living standards of all Canadian workers. If you take this unprecedented approach, we will have no choice but to mobilize an unprecedented response. There are many avenues your government could pursue to negotiate with public sector unions that do not involve invoking the Notwithstanding Clause. We urge you to choose them. Signed by all the unions of the Alberta Federation of Labour and the Alberta Common Front

#ABpoli #ABLeg #ABCommonFront

Alberta unions warn Premier Danielle Smith: unprecedented use of the Notwithstanding Clause against workers will result in an unprecedented response from unions in defence of worker rights.

Some of us had guts that told us all that glitters is not gold.

Mr Kitty wants me to tell you b that you look so spooky. Mr. Kitty must want to go as Super Girl. She walked into living room 2x on Saturday wearing a reusable bag as a cape. Girl cat. So fluffy looks like neutered boy from behind.

Governor Newsom signs legislation allowing for rideshare workers in California to unionize.

I just signed legislation allowing the 800,000 rideshare workers in California to unionize.

California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.

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My cat was in a snit because I didn't take her out for her morning stroll. The wet food treat did not stave off the meows for long.

Don't cut the mail. Tax the rich.

Tonight is why I shouldn't open apps after 8pm. That said, I don't have to try to work after finding out about the loss of a bright light during these dark times. Bed time. To sleep, to grieve.

Perhaps
it's best
not to dwell
on could-have-beens
when it's enough
that I'm still here
with time to create
which is all
I ever want to do
anyway.

#vss365 #poetryprompt #perhaps #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem #creativity

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Everything is gross. Just gross. And awful. And gross.

Except for activism and hope and movement. That’s where the good stuff is.

So inspiring

Don't forget to check out Forever Canadian signing locations at forever-canadian.ca
Look under "Sign the Petition" you can narrow it down by city/town. Please let people know this is the only valid website. There are imposters out there creating false events.

Good time to repost our piece from last year tracing history of federal government’s cute misuse of S.107 of Canada Labor Code to end strikes simply by emailing the CIRB and ordering it to ban the strike.

Story begins with #AirCanada flight attendants in 2011.

lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...

I had no idea the movie was based on a short story. I'm grateful your post showed up in my feed today.

Thanks! My bookclub read Persepolis and enjoyed it very much. I have been thinking of selecting Denison Ave as my next pick. I'll add this one to the consideration pile.

Yes

A capitalist telling a worker: I got rich through hard work The worker replies: who's though

The capitalist class converts your life-time into leisure-time for themselves. Time to get organized, comrades.
#SocialistSunday

I have four days of this ahead of me. My sis and bro-in-law don't like grill marks or any char whatsoever. "Then don't use a grill" I yell silently in my head.

We’ve heard your ideas and concerns. We want to hear more from you. Giselle General for city councillor ward sipiwiyiniwak. Independent Candidate.

Over the past few months, I’ve heard from so many of you about long bus waits, limited green space, rising housing costs, and the need for safer streets.

Continue sharing your input now at: www.gisellegeneral.ca/platform

Let’s shape the future of Ward sipiwiyiniwak together.

#yegCC #yegVote

Thanks

Onion-peppers. I haven't heard of those. Do you have a recipe that you can recommend?

CF Snowbirds to put on a show over Edmonton on Wednesday - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca The CF Snowbirds will put on a 15–20 minute non-aerobatic display in the skies above Louise McKinney Park, but will be visible from many areas of the River Valley and downtown.

Someone else shared this globalnews.ca/news/1131172...

If you know, you know. #IYKYK

When austerity is absent, you fix it by putting
money where the electorate can't access it. This province is run by "got your lunch money"bullies.

If you see this, post a picture from your device without an explanation... #cats