I feel obligated to point out that @fordnation has tabled legislation that will eliminate mandatory coroner's inquests for construction-related deaths, just like this one. This undermining of justice re: health and safety law will embolden developers to violate workers' rights. twitter.com/BradMBradford/…

Elon Musk disagrees with the idea of unions because he doesn’t “like anything that creates a lords and peasants sort of thing.” Yes, the richest man in the world really did say that.

Can’t wait! twitter.com/thelawofwork/s…

Today the police removed me, along with others, from the south part of the space which has been treated as the churchyard for 150 years, so that the Department of Transportation could install large concrete blocks surrounded by a fence.

Union organizing in Ontario, Take 2: *Total employees covered by successful union applications for certification over the last 20 years* A downward trend, and even more notable when considered in the context of a growing overall labour force. twitter.com/jamesbrad263/s…

A worker died on the job at a MA cannabis facility, from asthma & then a heart attack caused by insufficient ventilation/poor air quality. It underscores the urgent need for heightened attention to workplace safety in emerging industries. bostonglobe.com/2023/11/28/opi… via @BostonGlobe

How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike of 1968 Changed the Labor Movement nytimes.com/2023/11/23/bus…

Great example of a broader based bargaining structure, 17 stores under one collective agreement. Union wins good improvements, no work stoppage, one round of bargaining. Efficient. Law should facilitate consolidation of multiple units of same employer. thestar.com/business/no-fr…

ALL DAY, residents didn’t get suitable indoor offers while witnesses stuck around. at 5pm the City issued trespass notices threatening to arrest residents if they didn’t move. MOVE TO WHERE?! then after nightfall, the Claw came and cleared people out. twitter.com/shjnetwork/sta…

Poignant... Even homeless Jesus is invisible. Workers were tossing belongings onto the statue until it was buried. A witness uncovered him. Now he sits guarding the belongings of the unhoused. @StStephensTO #encampment #eviction

At present rate, it would take Amazon until 2378 to reach its stated 2040 target of net-zero emissions. jacobin.com/2023/11/black-…

There are now at least TEN TIMES as many *licensed* Vehicle for Hire drivers (Uber/Lyft/Taxi) than historical levels. If Uber/Lyft drivers are not *choosing to drive,* it's a different problem. If you aren't paid enough to make minimum wage, or cover costs! would you drive? twitter.com/BradMBradford/…

Drawing charts for my Sefton-Williams Lecture on The Idea of Labour Law Reform in the 21st Century next week. Here's a chart comparing rise & fall of private sector union density in US & Canada since 1930. Notice any patterns?

Great time yesterday at the Workers’ Bowl with @GPLLP’s Strike to Win Teams I and II. Proud to support the fight for workplace justice!

“The costs of worker misclassification and off-the-books payments are enormous, particularly in the construction industry. This report finds that, nationally, 1.1 to 2.1 million construction workers are estimated to be misclassified or paid off-the-books” tcf.org/content/report…

You could eliminate federal income tax entirely, & increase the median non-union worker's income by less than half as much as if they were paid the median union wage. Powerful paycheques need powerful unions. Poilievre isn't gonna do that. #cdnecon #canlab thestar.com/business/will-…

Section 74(1) of Ontario ESA includes one of most bizarre legal rules in all of Employment Law. Says employees can’t be punished for disclosing their pay rate to others, BUT only if PURPOSE is to see if pay equity being complied with. So Govt officials decided …

Incredible too how governments have forgotten lessons of history. After both world wars the victorious allies emphasized the need for more collective bargaining as medicine for alienation, income inequality, and the rise of fascism. Those conditions sound familiar? twitter.com/JimboStanford/…

Companies like Uber claim they are “platforms” rather than employers and shouldn’t be subject to labor law. That’s nonsense: platforms are just digital machines. And like many other machines corporations use in the workplace, they’re hurting workers. jacobin.com/2023/10/gig-wo…

Out of 30 hours 16 hours my ingage time shameless government shameless company what about my 14 hours who's gonna pay ? No vacation, no benefits, no security ,no overtime no time and half on holidays 🙄😡😳 twitter.com/JMandryk/statu…

Today’s announcement from the BC government represents some progress for ride-hail and food-delivery workers. But it still leaves them without the same protections provided to BC other workers. Here's our reaction: bcfed.ca/news/releases/… #BCLab 🧵

With no cap on drivers or minimum utilization rules, that 120% will get whittled down by desperate drivers willing to wait longer (unpaid) for assigned jobs. This minimum wage is a mirage: when anyone can log on, and drivers' waiting time is 'free' for Uber, it's meaningless. /5

Conservatives’ employment law reforms largely bluster w/out substance or codify what was already the law: - ‘right to disconnect’ creating no right to disconnect - banning non-comps that are already unlawful - banning unpaid training (already illegal) Etc. Let’s not get excited twitter.com/jamesbrad263/s…

@JMandryk Yes. For drivers, this translates into 0% to 72% of minimum wage, before expenses. In the long run it appears hard to sustain more than 60% engagement in that industry. The transfer of wealth from workers to gig employers, collectively, is enormous.

120 percent of minimum wage for “engaged time” is the what Uber has been lobbying governments across Canada for years now. This is a concession to Uber framed as a win for workers. Far from it, this will entrench them as second-tier workers.

This is a hand out to Uber et al., and don’t call it anything different. These workers should be paid for all working time like any employee — not just “engaged time”. Shameful move by the ⁦@bcndp⁩. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023L…

This is a hand out to Uber et al., and don’t call it anything different. These workers should be paid for all working time like any employee — not just “engaged time”. Shameful move by the @bcndp. twitter.com/JimboStanford/…

While BC’s move to declare gig workers employees is a significant step forward, it’s incredibly disappointing to see the government fail to recognize that a minimum wage for piecework, or engaged time, is no minimum wage at all. We continue. twitter.com/JimboStanford/…

Thank you @Spacing for publishing my Op-ed on #Uber in #TOpoli. It explains why capping the number of Uber licenses is a good urban policy. • traffic ⇩ • emissions ⇩ • drivers' pay ⇧ • public transit ⇧ • walking/cycling ⇧ • car dependency ⇩ spacing.ca/toronto/2023/1…

@LorenaSGonzalez @SanMateoLabor Construction is the original gig economy. Which is why it’s so easy to exploit non-union construction workers.