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Hearing from various press members, there are *at least* three accredited journalists who have been hospitalized today due to law enforcement less lethal munitions.
@adamrose.bsky.social and others will likely be able to update further.
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One of those detained this morning is the president of the SEIU labor union
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LAPD now sweeping the area of Alameda in front of MDC where protesters confronted DHS. Many less lethals being deployed.
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on this note, i wanna re-up my conversation with @1alexhemingway.bsky.social about democratic worker ownership, which has been shown in jurisdictions across the globe to be more resilient in economic hard times, on top of being more equitable
www.thebind.ca/p/a-conversa...
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Heinlein fuck off you horny dork
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what a cutie!
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defiant orange
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Do you know the name of the Quebec-based parent company? Also assuming it's IUOE 399 that's picketing?
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When workers were ordered back to their jobs last fall, the government established a commission to study the dispute.
Their report pointed to the dominance of private couriers that “have almost completely taken over in Canada" because of their “unlimited access to capital” and lower labour costs.
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Canada Post is trying to compete in a delivery landscape shaped by companies like Amazon, which one researcher described to me as “vociferously anti-union, low pay, precarious, high rates of injury, massive delivery quotas that sweat the workforce.”
pressprogress.ca/canada-post-...