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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Aug 18

THE STRIKE CONTINUES!

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Aug 16

The Liberal government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants fighting to end unpaid work and poverty wages.

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Aug 17

In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Aug 17

CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock – YYZ – August 16th 2025

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Aug 17

88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms

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88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms

New polling conducted by Abacus Data confirms that nearly 9 in 10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay – and they want the federal government to back off and let them neg...

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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Jul 26

The five former World Junior hockey players who were accused of gang sexual assault and found not guilty walked out of court without accepting even the slightest responsibility for their violent, harmful, and brutal actions.
#BelieveSurvivors #EndRapeCulture
Link: www.instagram.com/p/DMi96BXuZ1...

Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Mass deportations of Afghan migrants in Iran—documented or not—aren’t just about immigration laws & repressive government policies. They reflect deeper, structural racism that that is spreading across many parts of the world, including in Iran. Full post: www.instagram.com/p/DMF7deUuk6...

Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Jul 5

The Urgency of Remembering, Empathy, Building Solidarity, & Transforming Our Future:
Afghan Migrants & the Struggle for Organized Resistance Against Racism, Forced Deportation, Discriminatory Borders, & the Rise of Fascism
#StopDeportations #AfghanMigrants Link:
www.instagram.com/p/DLt22oKsjs...

Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Jun 27

Mark Carney calls for a “Zionist Palestinian state” while Israel continues its genocide and occupation. This isn’t a slip—it’s Canadian policy rooted in racism and colonialism.
📷 More here: www.instagram.com/p/DLY5k0EOFf...
#FreePalestine #MarkCarney #Canada

Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Jun 25

There’s a lot to reflect on about this war. ⬇️
Reflections on the War: U.S. and Israeli Bombs, Iranian Lives, and the Struggle for Self-Determination
خیلی چیزها هست که باید درباره‌ی این جنگ به آن‌ها فکر کرد.
#Iran
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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Jun 21

International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran-Canada strongly condemns the attacks on CUPE Ontario & the ongoing targeting of its president, Fred Hahn, by far-right media outlets such as the Toronto Sun, National Post, Financial Post, & pro-Israel lobbyists.”
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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · May 26

Palestinian trade unions have been clear: to stop the genocide, trade unions in the West must refuse all forms of collaboration with Israel. The Canadian Labour Congress can lead unions to refuse work relating to Israel. Click:
actionnetwork.org/letters/hot-...
@palestinelabour.bsky.social #CanLab

Tell the CLC to declare Israeli goods and services Hot Cargo!

Send an email & demand unions refuse work for Palestine!

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · May 20

The union representing about 10,000 hospital and long-term care staff in Ottawa vowed to fight Mayor Sutcliffe’s plan to create ‘bubble zones’ that would prevent health care workers from exercising their charter rights and organizing demonstrations outside their workplaces.

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OCHU-CUPE condemns Ottawa mayor’s push for ‘bubble zone’ by-law

The union representing about 10,000 hospital and long-term care staff in Ottawa vowed to fight Mayor Sutcliffe’s plan to create ‘bubble zones’ that would prevent health care workers from exercising th...

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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · May 20

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 61,700 Palestinians and wounded 121,398.
Thousands more are missing under the rubble and presumed dead.
The UN OCHA warns:
14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours without aid.
#stopgenocide #Gaza #stopgenocideingaza

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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · May 17

از ضرورت به‌رسمیت‌شناختن کثرت و تنوع درون طبقه‌ی کارگر تا اهمیت برجسته‌کردن هویت مشترک طبقاتی در مبارزه با سرمایه‌داری و فاشیسم

Link:
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Link on Substack:
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از ضرورت به‌رسمیت‌شناختن کثرت و تنوع درون طبقه‌ی کارگر تا اهمیت برجسته‌کردن هویت مشترک طبقاتی در مبارزه با سرمایه‌داری و فاشیسم
Link:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJuKbe3uOmn/?igsh=bjRqcHVqd3ZjOWht

Link on Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/faridpartovi/p/part-two-from-the-importance-of-plurality?r=4znwko&utm_medium=ios

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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · May 17

از ضرورت به‌رسمیت‌شناختن کثرت و تنوع درون طبقه‌ی کارگر تا اهمیت برجسته‌کردن هویت مشترک طبقاتی در مبارزه با سرمایه‌داری و فاشیسم

Link:
www.instagram.com/p/DJuKbe3uOm...

Link on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/faridpar...

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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · May 9

Not an Isolated Case — And Not Just a Few Bad Men.
Today in court, a survivor was forced once again to relive horrific sexual assaults under brutal cross-examination. This system retraumatizes instead of protecting. This must end.
My post:
www.instagram.com/p/DJS0aHhuer...

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Apr 28

As of 9 am today, more than 200 workers at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) will be on strike as picket lines go up in more than 15 cities across Ontario.

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Farid Partovi @faridpartovi.bsky.social · Apr 26

What happened to the world? someone asked. “One fine morning I woke up early / To find the fascist at my door”….It may seem as if we simply closed and opened our eyes and saw fascists everywhere…link to the full post: www.instagram.com/p/DI6PcTHuUo...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say

Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime

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Dave Gray-Donald @dgrdon.bsky.social · Mar 27

Breaking: charges have been withdrawn for three more of the "Indigo 11." They were pursuing a legal action against the police, and the crown withdrew the charges. Press conference about to start. More to come.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Feb 11

Folks are shocked that their institutions, after professing commitments to climate justice and DEI, are now caving to Trump and scrubbing all references.

It's brutal.

And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Feb 5

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 4

Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Feb 3

It's all an open attempt to shatter what's left of the public and sell it for parts.

Unfortunately we are a half century into this counter-revolution, and all our collective institutions are so diminished that we don't feel strong or organized enough to fight them.

But fight them we must.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Dec 31

In 2025 our love for this world has to become more ferocious.

We cannot bottle up our righteous fury at forces who are knowing setting the world on fire and actually *want* it to burn because they think they will be safe.

Whether in their palaces in the sky or their palaces down here on earth.

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