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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

Troops in the Street: What Does an Authoritarian Takeover Look Like?

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Troops in the Street: What Does an Authoritarian Takeover Look Like?

YouTube video by Historians for Peace and Democracy

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

Call for a one-day hybrid workshop at the University of Glasgow, "Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918-1939)" proposals due Nov. 10

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - DUE NOVEMBER 21st

BOSTON LABOR CONFERENCE
(March 28, 2026)
Labor Against Authoritarianism: What Can We Do?

Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors

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The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors

Reviewed: Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea by Marcus Rediker Viking, 403 pp., $33.00

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

The Minimum Wage Increase In 5 Provinces Isn’t Enough

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The Minimum Wage Increase In 5 Provinces Isn’t Enough

Despite the importance of recent bumps and annual indexation, minimum wage rates across Canada remain highly inadequate.

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

Social Democrats of the North: Médéric Lanctôt, Canada’s First Social Democrat

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Social Democrats of the North: Médéric Lanctôt, Canada's First Social Democrat | Perspectives Journal

In this first episode of 'Social Democrats of the North' Dave McGrane recounts the life of Médéric Lanctôt — the journalist, politician, and union leader from Montreal, considered to be one of Canada’...

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 2d

Allan Gardens, Toronto: Protest and Public Space

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Allan Gardens, Toronto: Protest and Public Space

For centuries, various Annishinaabe First Nations – among them the Mississauga, Ojibwe, and others – inhabited territories on the northern shores of Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes that constitut...

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 5d

Why Mark Carney is putting Canada Post on the chopping block

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Why Mark Carney is putting Canada Post on the chopping block ⋆ The Breach

Dru Oja Jay breaks down how dismantling Canada Post fits into Mark Carney’s austerity agenda

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 5d

Reversing the Decline of Union Power

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Reversing the Decline of Union Power

Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dign...

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 5d

USA: Interview with Chris Garlock of the Labor Radio and Podcasting Network

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USA: Interview with Chris Garlock of the Labor Radio and Podcasting Network - LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.

Chris, who's based in Washington, D.C., is the founder of the Labor Radio and Podcasting Network. With around 200 members, the network shows the very widespread adoption of podcasting by activist...

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 5d

What’s at Stake As USC and LMU Push Back Against Untenured Faculty Unions?

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What’s at Stake As USC and LMU Push Back Against Untenured Faculty Unions?

Last summer, after nearly two years of organizing, hundreds of untenured faculty at Loyola Marymount University celebrated the certification of their newly formed union.

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 5d

Call for Papers: Trade Unions, the Far Right, and the Battle for the Working Class. Perspectives from Europe and North America since 1945 (English and German)

Deadline 15 November 2025

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CfP: Trade Unions, the Far Right, and the Battle for the Working Class. Perspectives from Europe and North America since 1945 (English and German) | Social History Portal

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Shawn Fain: “Solidarity Doesn’t Stop at the Border”

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Shawn Fain: “Solidarity Doesn’t Stop at the Border”

United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain lays out the union’s vision for rewriting trade rules, raising wages across North America, and challenging the race to the bottom.

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Canada Post’s Moment Of Reckoning May Finally Be Here

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Canada Post’s Moment Of Reckoning May Finally Be Here

Now is the time to draw inspiration from wherever we can, and stand with workers while they fight the employer-led race to the bottom.

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Leo Gerard, Who Led a Growing Steelworkers Union, Dies at 78 - The New York Times

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Leo Gerard, Who Led a Growing Steelworkers Union, Dies at 78

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine

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Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The Breach

The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Book Launch: Challenging Exile

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Book Launch: Challenging Exile

A launch event for "Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution" with co-author Professor Eric Adams (U of A).

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Tom Alter: Campaign for Reinstatement after Firing

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Tom Alter: Campaign for Reinstatement after Firing | LAWCHA

LAWCHA has issued a powerful statement of support for LAWCHA member and historian Tom Alter, who was recently fired without due process from his tenured

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals

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Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals | LAWCHA

Thanks to Professor Rosemary Feurer and the LaborOnline team for another opportunity to interview Robert W. Cherny, this time about his 2024 book, The

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 7d

Gaza Has Sparked Italy’s Biggest Protests in Years

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Gaza Has Sparked Italy’s Biggest Protests in Years

The Italian people made us smile in Gaza.” With these words, Eman Abu Zayed, a Palestinian writer in the bombarded strip, described how Italy’s growing mass mobilizations for Palestine were resonating...

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 11d

Quelle est la valeur du travail?
Passé, présent et futur de la classe ouvrière
et des études sur le travail

Emplacement: Université du Québec à Montréal
Dates: 13-15 novembre 2025

Vous trouverez ci-joint ou voir le site: valeurdutravail.histoireengagee.ca

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 11d

What is the value of work?

Past, present and future of the working class
and studies on work

Location: Université of Québec in Montréal
Dates: November 13-15, 2025

To view the program and register, see attached or learn more here: valeurdutravail.histoireengagee.ca

Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 11d

Canada: Interview with Paul Finch, President of the British Columbia General Employees Union (BCGEU)

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Canada: Interview with Paul Finch, President of the British Columbia General Employees Union (BCGEU) - LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.

This week we talked with Paul Finch at a particularly interesting moment.  His union, the largest in the Canadian province of British Columbia, is on strike.  The employer in this case, the ...

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 11d

How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago

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How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago

Comrades in Art Artists Against Fascism 1933-1943 Andy Friend, Frances Spalding Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 9780500027417

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Canadian Committee on Labour History @cclh.bsky.social · 11d

Research and Public Service Professionals Vote To Form New UC Union

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Research and Public Service Professionals Vote To Form New UC Union

United Auto Workers Local 4811 picket on the UCLA campus. A new UC union, Research and Public Service Professionals-United Auto Workers, will serve as an organizational unit of UAW. (Daily Bruin file ...

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