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sobrady.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, McMaster University | Interested in helping workers boost their wages, obtain data rights, and build collective power
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Amazon clearly wants stop union momentum in the industry. Strong legislative supports for sectoral bargaining would be one way to combat these tactics. If all warehouses were covered by a master agreement, it wouldn't matter who's operating it. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/01/22/s... #canlab

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

What happens after a strike? How do management actions during strikes impact labour relations when the strike is over? I was asked these questions in an interview with the Canadian HR Reporter. Check out the article below: www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/... #canlab #cdnpoli

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Ho-ho-ho, solidarité!

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

What happens when workers have less voice than they expect? Surveying 1,307 U.S. workers, we found that gaps in worker voice are tied to lower job satisfaction, poor well-being, higher burnout, turnover intentions, and stronger interest in unionizing. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Permanent exceptionalism continues for the regulation of labour conflict in Canada. The last suite of federal back-to-work orders are consistent with decades of neoliberal labour policies suppressing the rights of Canada's working class. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #canlab

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Explore Jeonghun Kim's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of Debbie Goldman's new book 'Disconnected' @illinoispress.bsky.social that documents how call center #workers exercised their collective agency and protected their working conditions under #neoliberal pressure.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

This is what happens in the absence of a strong labour movement that can force companies to share their wealth.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

@sasemeeting.bsky.social is on bluesky! Submit your abstracts for SASE 2025 in Montreal: to networks on comparative capitalism, digital economy, finance and society, global value chains, postcolonialism and more…

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

New @etui.bsky.social book, 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' - Mélanie Laroche & Gregor Murray, eds. @kurtvandaele.bsky.social www.etui.org/publications...

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

As @parismarx.com writes, the @cupwsttp.bsky.social strike raises the question of “not just what we want the future of Canada Post to be, but also what kind of society we want to live in.” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

"The HIAL storm: Resisting the technological transformation of air traffic control". In this newly published article, @huwthomas.bsky.social & Peter Turnbull demonstrate how different power resources can complement, but also compromise workers' interests. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

So far, the federal government is signalling it will not intervene to end the Canada Post strike because the issues on the table need to be negotiated, not arbitrated #canlab #cdnpoli ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/212...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

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Just released! We prepared a practical guide for investigative journalists who cover the medical field to help them avoid being taken advantage of by pharmaceutical companies and pr firms who do their best to shape narratives to further their interests. carleton.ca/ghostmanagem...

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#GM is laying off 1,000 workers while it reports record profits and high pay for its CEO. A sure sign that we need to majorly tilt the scales and boost workers' ability to seize more gains from production. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

When the Federal government normalizes the use of back-to-legislation, it "provides employers with a playbook for making an end-run around collective bargaining". Wise words from @eidlin.bsky.social. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Postal workers in Canada are on strike. A year of negotiations and the employer still has concessions—including two-tier pensions and benefits—on the table. Unacceptable in this economic climate. #canlab #cdnpoli #cupw #canadapost www.cupw.ca/en/statement...

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

As this is really helping me getting a network, here are some people doing research on industrial relations and trade unions Feel free to suggest more @etui.bsky.social @mhermans.bsky.social @melaniesimms.bsky.social @johnwbudd.bsky.social @kurtvandaele.bsky.social go.bsky.app/8W2BZMR

submitted 110 days ago • 17 comments

Woah. NLRB rules captive audience meetings are illegal. www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment