#Unions

An important question. Here's one (not the only) reason why they ignored sound public health advice: university senior managers & governing bodies are supposed to promote the interests of their
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Speaking of she-cessions and care-work in strange times:The 1942 mass income tax met fierce resistance from married women war workers who had children. Like care workers today, they were under
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The @USDOL just released its Weekly Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims report, showing that 4.4 workers filed initial claims the week ending on April 18 as #coronavirus related layoffs continue (1/9)
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8 things responsible companies can do in their #Covid19 response, despite varied contexts and cash-flow pressures. Their actions affect the crisis impact, the recovery & their reputations. Short thread 1/10
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Thread on school re-opening: It's really something: we are seeing in real time the acknowledgement that teachers and related staff are the equivalent of menial "essential workers" who never had
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A personal statement on the end of the #StrikeForSafeCampus from an ordinary @geo3550 member: Thank you for listening. It's a long thread. 0/13https://twitter.com/geo3550/status/1306441530954182656 A lot to process tonight. I'm prou
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I feel like I've missed an episode. I have very little clue what has caused the latest feminist blow up. From what I can gather, it appears to be class,
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Please join us for @tdsb Committee of the Whole beginning at 4:30 - click here https://www.tdsb.on.ca/stream/boardmeetings/livemeeting.html Agenda includes Reports From Trustees Appointed to @opsba and @TOPublicHealth, Profiles of Administr
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Important thread about the national collective agreement signed between food delivery platforms in Italy with a minority union with scarce representativeness to deprive workers of statutory protection. More to follow
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Dmitry is right. Maybe it has not been explained often and simply enough why there won't be frictionless trade - even with a trade agreement. So let me try to
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Vaughan developer’s son is again at the Ontario legislature protest.... This protest has grown quite a bit. It doesn’t seem to have as many conspiracy theorists, but more regular people
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Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Postmates, and DoorDash have put about $180 million – & a slew of in-app messages – behind their push for California Prop. 22, one of the most
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A Thread #UnionExposed on #BankMerger #HypocrisyIn 1991 Red Flag Bank union were demanding larger banks in interest of Nation, Economy & Banking System. And suggested Govt for #BankMerger with 7-8
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Lord Neuberger, a former President of the Supreme Court, said something we should listen toGovt’s Internal Markets Bill, which allows UK to breach international law and in vital respects removes
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Black women are fired for wearing their hair natural, fired when they speak out about workplace discrimination and harassment, and fired when they demand equal pay. It's rich to see
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It feels like a lot of people really want to make "should we have in-person K-12 school in the fall" a simple yes/no question and I just want to share
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