Helping people get a union at their job, make it work & sound good. Now: @CAUT_ACPPU. Then: Head of Organizing at Efling Union🇮🇸. Opinions = mine
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Apr 27
A sovereign wealth fund is a great idea, Canada should have had one years ago. But the devil is in the details. What kind of projects will it invest in, and in what form? And how will the public interest truly be advanced over time? Many questions to be answered... #cdnecon /2
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Thanks for nothing, François Legault
"The slick-talking businessman who wanted to run Quebec like a company ended up blaming immigrants and minorities for all our problems — like every other conservative politician who’s run out of ideas."
#polqc cultmtl.com/2026/01/thanks-f…
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Maxim Baru retweeted
Mar 27
I have a story up today about why young college grads are feeling so angry: It’s more than just rising unemployment and the threat of AI. It’s a deep sense of betrayal. 1/ nytimes.com/2026/03/27/busin…
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Maxim Baru retweeted
Mar 16
NEW: Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80%
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Maxim Baru retweeted
Posted a paper on broader-based bargaining (BBB) models proposed or adopted in Canada & elsewhere.
Can BBB save collective bargaining?
"THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Mar 4
Last month, I got to join the fabulous @TR_Illustration in delivering a course on union organizing at Concordia University for SEIZE. Each semester, im blown away by the students. Olivia Champagne & her team are doing nothing less than reshaping the political landscape of mtl
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When I first began unionizing McGill University's Faculty of Science, I was told it couldn't be done. People are too wealthy. Too workaholic. Don’t see themselves as workers.
This week, I'm proud to announce we’ve filed for union certification with majority membership.
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It’s been an absolute privilege to work with the entrepid team of professors at McGill’s Facutly of Science to establish their first ever independent, faculty run union in the school’s history. Endlessly inspired to help workers build their union from the ground up.
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21 Oct 2025
Thoughts?
21 Oct 2025
Not the fix—the tell. The new $100k H-1B fee isn’t a solution so much as an admission: the program was built to mute wage signals by adding a visa “compensation” channel. Prices matter—now fix the design that suppresses domestic STEM pay. ineteconomics.org/perspectiv…
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Maxim Baru retweeted
8 Sep 2025
Statement from the Canadian Labour Congress re: new federal tariff/trade related initiatives says "there are still some gaps that need to be addressed" but doesn't mention as one of those "gaps" the absence of measures to make joining a union easier or more accessible. 1/3
5 Sep 2025
4\ It’s time to put workers at the heart of Canada’s economic plan.
Canada`s Unions are ready to help make it happen.
#canlab #cdnpoli
Full statement 👇
canadianlabour.ca/statement-…
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Maxim Baru retweeted
5 Sep 2025
Canada’s economy is in shambles and the government’s response is to double-down on a wage-suppressing, worker-exploiting program the UN calls a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.”
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Maxim Baru retweeted
29 Aug 2025
Support for unions, collective bargaining might be high in Canada.
But a smaller % of Canadians working in the private sector are unionized today than before we had laws protecting collective bargaining.
We call that a failure of a labour law model trapped in the 20th century
29 Aug 2025
Unions are polling well in the US. In Canada too, there's a historically strong public approval of unions. So labour federations here could use that goodwill to make unions' biggest challenge -- private sector union growth -- their #1 priority. I don't think they're doing that.
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24 Aug 2025
“Central bankers predict population ageing will not only lower output but also risks pushing up inflation, as workers would be able to demand higher wages in an environment where labour shortages were widespread.”
23 Aug 2025
Rich economies may need foreign workers to fuel growth, policymakers warn on.ft.com/4lJ1Jqe
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#BREAKING: Air Canada union says flight attendants will continue strike, defy government
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Maxim Baru retweeted
14 Jul 2025
"The first step for anyone interested in winning back voter support is recognizing the reality of America’s money-driven system once and for all — and then putting forward real reforms to that system, not empty slogans." - Ferguson, Jorgensen, and Chen:
ineteconomics.org/perspectiv…
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15 May 2025
RT @TheLawofWork: The elimination of the Minister of Labour portfolio at a time when the future of labour markets, work laws and policy is…
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Maxim Baru retweeted
21 Apr 2025
NDP & Liberal platforms are out. Both appear to lack any commitment to make it easier or more accessible to join or form a union or any proposal to bolster the capacities of unions to engage in effective collective bargaining.
ndp.ca/campaign-com...
liberal.ca/cstrong/
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