Emily Leedham

Ottawa Police Using ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Striking Workers, Canada’s Biggest Federal Public Sector Union Says Human rights advocates say labour leader’s recent arrest highlights ‘threatening and chilling’ trend by Ottawa Police

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@pressprogress.ca:

The Ottawa Police arrested a national labour leader last week at a peaceful protest to support striking workers.

The arrest has highlighted a "threatening and chilling" trend about how Ottawa Police manage protests.

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Ottawa Police Using ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Striking Workers, Canada’s Biggest Federal Public Sector Union Says Human rights advocates say labour leader’s recent arrest highlights ‘threatening and chilling’ trend by Ottawa Police

My latest for
@pressprogress.ca:

The Ottawa Police arrested a national labour leader last week at a peaceful protest to support striking workers.

The arrest has highlighted a "threatening and chilling" trend about how Ottawa Police manage protests.

pressprogress.ca/ottawa-polic...

‘It’s Going to Be a Labour Fight’: Canada’s Biggest Union Battles Coming Up in 2024 Here are the biggest collective bargaining negotiations to watch in 2024

📰 Weekend Read: Canada's Biggest Union Battles Coming Up in 2024

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‘It’s Going to Be a Labour Fight’: Canada’s Biggest Union Battles Coming Up in 2024 Here are the biggest collective bargaining negotiations to watch in 2024

My latest for @pressprogress.ca

A look at the 2024 Canadian labour forecast. What contract battles and potential strikes are ahead?

2023 was a great year for labour, and workers' momentum isn't slowing.

A few upcoming fights below 🧵 :

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To stay up to date with 2024 worker contract battles and more, subcribe to my weekly national labour newsletter which tracks strikes and lockouts across Canada.

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In the private sector, Bell Canada has a massive contract with Unifor, representing 3,500 crafts and services workers, expiring later this year.

Bell Canada just announced the largest round of layoffs in 30 years today, eliminating 4,800 positions throughout the company.

The university faculty strike wave over the last couple years could continue as dozens of faculty contracts across the country expire in 2024.

As the crisis of public education funding continues, conditions remain ripe for faculty to fight for better wages & working conditions.

Ontario premier Doug Ford will be in for a ride this year as massive worker contracts with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union expire.

Under new president JP Hornick, OPSEU has entered a "new era of bargaining" that increases worker organizing and engagement.

UCP Has Made Alberta’s Labour Laws the Worst in the Country, Experts Say Alberta labour laws now even “worse than what we had under the PCs”

This will be Alberta premier Danielle Smith's first time bargaining with the majority of Alberta's public sector.

Public sector bargaining in AB has been hampered by "secret mandates" that cap wages introduced under Jason Kenney.

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2024 will see some massive provincial public sector contract fights in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario that will test the leadership of conservative premiers.

Trudeau concerned about possible Port of Montreal strike “We have a perpetual, recurring crisis called port strikes in Canada,” says Michel Leblanc, president Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.

Trudeau and business leaders are already concerned about another possible port strike.

Workers raising their expectations has the federal government on edge.

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Federal sector union contracts with Canada Post, CBC and Via Rail are up this year.

We can expect federal politicans to juggle public pressure to appear worker friendly while using these conflicts to score political points and still maintain business class support.

‘It’s Going to Be a Labour Fight’: Canada’s Biggest Union Battles Coming Up in 2024 Here are the biggest collective bargaining negotiations to watch in 2024

My latest for @pressprogress.ca

A look at the 2024 Canadian labour forecast. What contract battles and potential strikes are ahead?

2023 was a great year for labour, and workers' momentum isn't slowing.

A few upcoming fights below 🧵 :

pressprogress.ca/its-going-to...

I haven't finished it yet, but Doppelganger by Naomi Klein already feels like the most important book for understanding post-2020 politics. I'm screaming "Yes!" at every other paragraph. It's brilliant.

Hmm this app is still really slow....unfortunate.

I need to start using this more.

Religious Sect That Tried to Censor LGBTQ Content from Human Rights Museum Also Asked George W. Bush... Anti-gay marriage campaign one part of sect’s larger political organizing, new documents suggest.

Latest from @emilyleedham.bsky.social on the secretive international religious sect nobodies heard of https://pressprogress.ca/religious-sect-that-tried-to-censor-lgbtq-content-from-human-rights-museum-also-asked-george-w-bush-to-stop-gay-marriage-in-canada-documents-show/

Hi Bluesky! Our first post is announcing a new Investigative Series from PressProgress:

Merchants in the Temple: How an Anti-LGBTQ Religious Sect Wields Money & Power in Canada.

Part 1 is out now: pressprogress.ca

🫱🏿‍🫲🏽 What happened in the Cdn labour movement this week?

🚩 Behind Canada's longest currently ongoing strike

🗳️ Ontario Fed of Labour shakeup as OSBCU's Laura Walton announces bid for president

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Jack please put DMs in Bluesky so I can be gone for good I beg of you

Is there something that finds all your Twitter mutuals on here so you can refollow them?

it’s never been more over lol