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Capilano U Faculty @CapUFaculty
Joined November 2013
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Happy New Year! The CFA starting to organize and getting ready for a new cycle of Bargaining after obtaining a good deal in 2023.
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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
Larry Savage@Prof_Savage
8 Nov 2023
The ⬆️ number of strikes is a sign that workers are fed up. It's not surprising that the very same workers who were held up as heroes during the pandemic aren’t content to just go back to living paycheck-to-paycheck without paid sick days. stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… #canlab

Time to strike?: Rising number of job actions in Niagara sign that workers are fed up, experts say

Greater labour mobilization indicates workers are using collective bargaining to make up lost ground

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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
BC Federation of Labour@bcfed
8 Nov 2023
THURSDAY at 12:30 pm: Come support @USW1944 USW Local 1944 workers locked out by Rogers! Join the downtown Vancouver rally at Jack Poole Plaza, 1055 Canada Place (outside the new Convention Centre). And spread the word! #BCLab
MÉTALLOS SECTION LOCALE 1944 USW LOCAL 1944 — RALLY TO SUPPORT 300 WORKERS LOCKEDOUT BY ROGERS — Where: Jack Poole Plaza, outside the Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Place — When: 12:30pm, Thursday Nov. 9" 2023 — Why: Το protect locked-out workers against scabs and contracting-out

ALT MÉTALLOS SECTION LOCALE 1944 USW LOCAL 1944 — RALLY TO SUPPORT 300 WORKERS LOCKEDOUT BY ROGERS — Where: Jack Poole Plaza, outside the Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Place — When: 12:30pm, Thursday Nov. 9" 2023 — Why: Το protect locked-out workers against scabs and contracting-out
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CAUT Statement on Academic Freedom in Times of Conflict caut.ca/latest/2023/11/caut-…
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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
Dr. Sarah Yercich@DrSarahYercich
7 Nov 2023
Join the #Sociology and #Criminology Department at @CapilanoU! We are #hiring two instructors to begin in January 2024. Sociology (full-time permanent): jobs-capilanou.peopleadmin.c… Criminology (full-time permanent): jobs-capilanou.peopleadmin.c… Please share broadly with your networks.
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Centre for Int’l Experience (@capilanoucie) • Instagram reel

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RT @bcfed: "Everyone deserves to be who they are and to feel safe, valued, and supported at work, at school, or in their community. That’s…

Unions are standing with trans people today. Here’s why | Georgia

An injury to one is an injury to all.

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Please find attached FPSE’s statement on the anti-SOGI rallies taking place tomorrow.
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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
The Tyee@TheTyee
31 Aug 2023
While supporting his family in Guatemala packing cucumbers in Abbotsford, Jeffry Hernández says he faced abuse, was paid under minimum wage and was housed in cramped quarters. He’s not the only one. @zakvescera reports. #BCLab 🍎 thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/31/B…

A Case of Bad Apples, or a Rotten Orchard? | The Tyee

BC’s farms rely on migrant labour. But workers and advocates say their working conditions are often unsafe, even abusive.

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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
Larry Savage@Prof_Savage
31 Aug 2023
Fighting back makes a difference. Strikes make a difference. They can literally transform workers’ lives for the better. thestar.com/business/metro-s… #canlab

Metro strike is over. Inside the deal that ended the month-long walkout

Some 3,700 workers at 27 GTA grocery stores could return to work as early as Friday morning after voting in favour of a five-year contract that includes a return of their ‘hero’ pay

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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
BC Federation of Labour@bcfed
14 Aug 2023
“As a Canadian citizen, I fail to understand why a business should be permitted to operate while denying its workers the basic protections that virtually other worker has.” — Dr. Mark Thompson, professor emeritus at UBC's Sauder School of Business #BCPoli #BCLab
The Tyee@TheTyee
12 Aug 2023
“Because these deep-pocketed global companies have been allowed for years to operate in B.C. without oversight, they will now fight like hell to preserve the free pass they have been given on labour standards so far.” thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/11/B…
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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
MoveUP@MoveUPTogether
6 Aug 2023
Happy PRIDE Vancouver! 🌈 Special thanks to all our MoveUP members joining us today. hope to see many of you along the parade route!
MoveUP members pose at Pride parade

ALT MoveUP members pose at Pride parade

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Please share and attend this lovely event that will bring together one more time new friends and siblings
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Capilano U Faculty retweeted
Kathleen Klein (aka: Kats Nee: Mohan)@KatsKlein
25 Jul 2023
The Capilano U Strike Might Be Over, but Bitterness Lingers | The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/25/C…

The Capilano U Strike Might Be Over, but Bitterness Lingers | The Tyee

A tentative settlement has been reached after a weeks-long walkout by admin workers.

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Solidarity all Summer long until we go back to the table to fight for our faculty contract! #hotlaboursummer #capufaculty #MoveUPTogether #FairContract #universitystrike #capu #capilanou #strike #workersrights #capustrike #caut #globalbc #cbcnewsbc #northshorenews #fpse #bcfed
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Solidarity all Summer long until we go back to the table to fight for our faculty contract! #hotlaboursummer #capufaculty #MoveUPTogether #FairContract #universitystrike #capu #capilanou #strike #workersrights #capustrike #caut #globalbc #cbcnewsbc #northshorenews #fpse #bcfed
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#capufaculty #capstudentunion #MoveUPTogether #universitystrike #capu #capilanou #strike #workersrights #capustrike #caut #globalbc #cbcnewsvancouver #cbcnewsbc #thetyee #canadianlabour #northshorenews #fpse #bcfed
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Be wise and organize! CapU admin is not far behind Fairy Godmother’s company. youtube.com/watch?v=27BO_4e8…
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