Brock Labour Studies

Not All Organized Workers Are In Unions: The Naujawan Support Network In this free webinar, Simran Dhunna, an organizer with the Naujawan Support Network, discusses how their organizing has recovered over $1M in wages stolen from migrant…

In case you missed last week's excellent webinar with the Naujawan Support Network, the recording is now available! #canlab #canpoli vimeo.com/1170673813

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This summer, I'll be teaching LABR 1P95 Introduction to the Canadian Labour Movement & LABR 3P13 Politics of Labour.

Check out all of the spring/summer course offerings at #BrockU here: brocku.ca/admissions/s...

At #CSW70, join us for a powerful panel on how trade union women in Canada are defending labour rights through collective bargaining, pay equity, health and safety, and human rights.

Join us online! Register here: bit.ly/RISEUPCLC

Join a free webinar on March 4 at 4:30pm EST to hear from the Naujawan Support Network on their campaigns fighting wage theft & defending workers facing deportation due to PGWP changes. Q&A to follow. Hosted by Brock Labour Studies. Register below! www.eventbrite.com/e/not-all-or...

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

The Union That Doesn’t Like Confrontation The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) prefers to work with, not against, employers. So what happens when workers want something different?

The CLAC prides itself on being a "different kind of union," in that it doesn't believe in confrontation.

Sooo… what happens when workers want something else?

pressprogress.ca/clac-christi...

Long-time staff member at Brock University shaken after new wave of layoffs A long-time Brock University staff member said she was being let go, weeks after union representatives said the school was laying off more support staff workers. The school told CHCH News that fewer t...

Long-time staff member at #BrockUniversity shaken after new wave of layoffs

www.chch.com/chch-news/lo...

#canlab #onpse

Industrial homicide law proposed after Pasta de Conchos A new bill in Mexico seeks corporate criminal liability for worker deaths, inspired by the Pasta de Conchos mining disaster.

MEXICO: Initiative in Mexico targets industrial homicide after Pasta de Conchos www.industriall-union.org/industrial-h...

What if productivity isn’t the problem? Canada’s so-called productivity crisis isn’t about lazy workers—it’s about complacent executives, protected oligopolies, and metrics that reward speculation over real value. If being “productive” mean...

Canada’s “productivity crisis” isn’t about lazy workers—it’s about protected oligopolies and metrics that reward speculation over real value. If being “productive” means enriching landlords and gutting public services, maybe we need to be less productive.

Sri Lanka Faces Surge in Labor Strikes Amid Rising Worker Unrest Sri Lanka experienced a notable spike in labor unrest during the first nine months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Labor’s latest progress report. The country recorded 13 strikes...

SRI LANKA: Surge in Labor Strikes Amid Rising Worker Unrest slguardian.org/sri-lanka-fa...

#OtD 19 Feb 1972 the UK's miners, who had been on strike for seven weeks, accepted an improved pay offer above the government's 8% pay cap. The strike had caused rationing of electricity and had forced factories to temporarily close. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e81-...

Following a million-dollar ruling against Amazon, Unifor will seek mediation to expedite first contract VANCOUVER—The B.C. Labour Relations Board has ruled that Amazon violated the Labour Code by unlawfully imposing a wage freeze on unionized workers, upholding a complaint filed by Unifor.

CANADA: Following a million-dollar ruling against Amazon, Unifor will seek mediation to expedite first contract www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

Mothers Are on the Front Lines of the Nordic Care Crisis In Sweden today, maternal activism is uniting around a politics of collective care, turning private burdens into claims about public obligation and democratic rights.

In Sweden today, maternal activism is uniting around a politics of collective care, turning private burdens into claims about public obligation and democratic rights.

Check out Labour Studies Spring/Summer 2026 courses offerings at @brocku.ca — perfect for fast-tracking your degree.

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13-02-1913 USA: 82-year-old labour activist Mother Jones was arrested in West Virginia for supporting a coal miners strike. Convicted in a military court she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Pardoned after serving 85 days.

Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.

🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social

Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

We encourage the #Niagara community to join us on March 7 at our labour social event, co-sponsored by CUPE.

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“Our enemies are intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting." A Turkish warehouse worker explains how their on-going strike against a retail giant is part of a global fight for wages, conditions, and the right to organise in the face of union-busting.

TURKIYE: “Our enemies are intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting." progressive.international/wire/2026-02...

What does it *feel like* to build worker power?

Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movement today. Heat The Ground Up is an oral history of Starbucks Workers United, voiced by the baristas who built it.

Brock University cutting administrative jobs, impacting up to 50 workers: union | CBC News Employees were called into an all-staff meeting Monday morning to discuss a “new administrative model,” according to the union that represents administrative workers. A committee that advises the univ...

Brock University cutting administrative jobs, impacting up to 50 workers: union

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Four Lessons From the UAW’s Turn Toward Class Struggle Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy. Here’s what he learned from that process.

Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy.

Here’s what he learned from that process.

McGill Spent Over $1 Million Fighting Unionization – The Rover Union organizers at the university say this is part of a broader trend towards corporatization of the public institution.

McGill found $1 million to fight its own workers rather than bargain with them. Imagine what that $ could do for teaching, research, or student support.

therover.ca/mcgill-spent...

#canlab #cdnpse

The trades remain a danger zone—especially for women workers This year opened with the murder of a Minnesota woman by ICE agents. Last year closed with a workplace murder of an American woman tradesworker, also in Minnesota. This is not mere coincidence. The sa...

"The same forces that devalue women’s lives and organize to attack us in our neighbourhoods are at play in both the killing of Renee Good and the life and death dramas that women are prey to in our construction workplaces."

NEW from @meganysta.bsky.social:

Job Opportunities Brock University

🚨Job Alert!🚨

We’re hiring instructors for a variety of Labour Studies courses in the Spring and Summer 2026 semesters.

Courses are delivered online.

Applications close February 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM.

For more details and to apply👇

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Canada's Labour Trafficking Problem Is Getting Worse: Intelligence Agency Public service journalism

"Internal reports warn traffickers are taking advantage of a growing number of foreign workers. But criminal charges are rare." #canlab #canpoli

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Ubisoft Workers Mobilize Global Strike as Cost-Cutting Measures and Remote Work Reversal Spark International Labor Revolt Five French unions at Ubisoft have called for an unprecedented international strike targeting cost-cutting measures and remote work elimination. The action marks a potential turning point for labor ri...

GLOBAL: Ubisoft Workers Mobilize Global Strike as Cost-Cutting Measures and Remote Work Reversal Spark International Labor Revolt www.webpronews.com/ubisoft-work...

Blue-tinted portrait of civil rights activist and labor leader A. Philip Randolph with his quote: "Justice is never given; it is extacted, and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political, and religious relationship."

Acknowledged as the greatest Black labor leader in American history, A. Philip Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and was a pioneer in advancing racial equality within the labor movement. #BlackHistoryMonth

Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate Ubisoft announced last week that it will restructure its internal operations in the coming months, refocusing its strategy around open-world games, live-service titles, and player-facing generative AI...

GLOBAL: Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate www.techspot.com/news/111117-...

AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist” The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.

USA: AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist” www.afge.org/publication/...