Ruby's Aunty
@rubys-aunty.bsky.social
Good trouble maker; avid reader; crafter; gardener; lawn bowler; trying to make the world a better place for everyone; here for cats, birds, politics, and activists; she/they
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When our starting pay is this low and our scheduled hours don’t qualify us for benefits, the numbers just don’t add up. Starbucks has a higher CEO-to-worker pay gap than ANY business in the S&P 500. It would cost them less than a single day’s sales to finalize a fair contract!
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When our starting pay is this low and our scheduled hours don’t qualify us for benefits, the numbers just don’t add up. Starbucks has a higher CEO-to-worker pay gap than ANY business in the S&P 500. It would cost them less than a single day’s sales to finalize a fair contract!
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Bargaining with AHS is finished. We did not reach a tentative agreement. 📢 See you at 8:30 a.m. today on the picket lines! 📢
Stay strong, stay united. We are stronger together!
Stay strong, stay united. We are stronger together!
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Bargaining with AHS is finished. We did not reach a tentative agreement. 📢 See you at 8:30 a.m. today on the picket lines! 📢
Stay strong, stay united. We are stronger together!
Stay strong, stay united. We are stronger together!
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I stand with unionized Starbucks workers, who are on strike across the country right now for better wages and working conditions.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
It’s Time to Roast Starbucks | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I stand with unionized Starbucks workers, who are on strike across the country right now for better wages and working conditions.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
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I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to:
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
The days ahead will be crucial.
Not just in terms of public opinion, but in terms of political culture.
Champions of human rights and the constitution must not only outnumber the premier's supporters.
They must persuade Albertans that these positions are dominant, piercing the populist bubble.
Not just in terms of public opinion, but in terms of political culture.
Champions of human rights and the constitution must not only outnumber the premier's supporters.
They must persuade Albertans that these positions are dominant, piercing the populist bubble.
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to:
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
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🎶🎶 To Dani’s ploy the strike, the strike is calling,
From Gil to Schill and down the union line.
Our rights are gone and her support is falling.
The UCP must go and we must strike. 🎶 🎶
#ableg 🖕UCP 🖕Dani
From Gil to Schill and down the union line.
Our rights are gone and her support is falling.
The UCP must go and we must strike. 🎶 🎶
#ableg 🖕UCP 🖕Dani
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🎶🎶 To Dani’s ploy the strike, the strike is calling,
From Gil to Schill and down the union line.
Our rights are gone and her support is falling.
The UCP must go and we must strike. 🎶 🎶
#ableg 🖕UCP 🖕Dani
From Gil to Schill and down the union line.
Our rights are gone and her support is falling.
The UCP must go and we must strike. 🎶 🎶
#ableg 🖕UCP 🖕Dani
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If you want to be in the loop on the #alberta teachers strike, text RESIST to 55255 to get info from the Alberta Federation of Labour.
Join me and 13,000 others that have already signed up. If the UCP forces teachers back, there will be hell to pay.
Join me and 13,000 others that have already signed up. If the UCP forces teachers back, there will be hell to pay.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If you want to be in the loop on the #alberta teachers strike, text RESIST to 55255 to get info from the Alberta Federation of Labour.
Join me and 13,000 others that have already signed up. If the UCP forces teachers back, there will be hell to pay.
Join me and 13,000 others that have already signed up. If the UCP forces teachers back, there will be hell to pay.
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6/6 The labour federation is urging Albertans to sign up and "be part of the 3.5 per cent solution!"
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
Ready to Resist
If Danielle Smith and her UCP government strip teachers of their constitutionally protected right to strike and bargain collectively, it will be the last straw. This is a government that is: This is…
afl.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
6/6 The labour federation is urging Albertans to sign up and "be part of the 3.5 per cent solution!"
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
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#ABpoli #ABLeg #ABCommonFront
Alberta unions warn Premier Danielle Smith: unprecedented use of the Notwithstanding Clause against workers will result in an unprecedented response from unions in defence of worker rights.
Alberta unions warn Premier Danielle Smith: unprecedented use of the Notwithstanding Clause against workers will result in an unprecedented response from unions in defence of worker rights.
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
#ABpoli #ABLeg #ABCommonFront
Alberta unions warn Premier Danielle Smith: unprecedented use of the Notwithstanding Clause against workers will result in an unprecedented response from unions in defence of worker rights.
Alberta unions warn Premier Danielle Smith: unprecedented use of the Notwithstanding Clause against workers will result in an unprecedented response from unions in defence of worker rights.
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I just signed legislation allowing the 800,000 rideshare workers in California to unionize.
California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.
California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.
October 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I just signed legislation allowing the 800,000 rideshare workers in California to unionize.
California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.
California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.
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Not sure who to vote for? 🗳️ Try Taproot Edmonton’s 5-min survey to see which candidates align with your priorities:
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#yegCC #yegVote #EdmontonElections2025
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#yegCC #yegVote #EdmontonElections2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Not sure who to vote for? 🗳️ Try Taproot Edmonton’s 5-min survey to see which candidates align with your priorities:
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#yegCC #yegVote #EdmontonElections2025
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#yegCC #yegVote #EdmontonElections2025
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Don't cut the mail. Tax the rich.
September 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Don't cut the mail. Tax the rich.
Tonight is why I shouldn't open apps after 8pm. That said, I don't have to try to work after finding out about the loss of a bright light during these dark times. Bed time. To sleep, to grieve.
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Tonight is why I shouldn't open apps after 8pm. That said, I don't have to try to work after finding out about the loss of a bright light during these dark times. Bed time. To sleep, to grieve.
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Perhaps
it's best
not to dwell
on could-have-beens
when it's enough
that I'm still here
with time to create
which is all
I ever want to do
anyway.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #perhaps #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem #creativity
it's best
not to dwell
on could-have-beens
when it's enough
that I'm still here
with time to create
which is all
I ever want to do
anyway.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #perhaps #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem #creativity
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Perhaps
it's best
not to dwell
on could-have-beens
when it's enough
that I'm still here
with time to create
which is all
I ever want to do
anyway.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #perhaps #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem #creativity
it's best
not to dwell
on could-have-beens
when it's enough
that I'm still here
with time to create
which is all
I ever want to do
anyway.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #perhaps #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem #creativity
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
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Everything is gross. Just gross. And awful. And gross.
Except for activism and hope and movement. That’s where the good stuff is.
Except for activism and hope and movement. That’s where the good stuff is.
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Everything is gross. Just gross. And awful. And gross.
Except for activism and hope and movement. That’s where the good stuff is.
Except for activism and hope and movement. That’s where the good stuff is.
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Don't forget to check out Forever Canadian signing locations at forever-canadian.ca
Look under "Sign the Petition" you can narrow it down by city/town. Please let people know this is the only valid website. There are imposters out there creating false events.
Look under "Sign the Petition" you can narrow it down by city/town. Please let people know this is the only valid website. There are imposters out there creating false events.
August 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Don't forget to check out Forever Canadian signing locations at forever-canadian.ca
Look under "Sign the Petition" you can narrow it down by city/town. Please let people know this is the only valid website. There are imposters out there creating false events.
Look under "Sign the Petition" you can narrow it down by city/town. Please let people know this is the only valid website. There are imposters out there creating false events.
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Good time to repost our piece from last year tracing history of federal government’s cute misuse of S.107 of Canada Labor Code to end strikes simply by emailing the CIRB and ordering it to ban the strike.
Story begins with #AirCanada flight attendants in 2011.
lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...
Story begins with #AirCanada flight attendants in 2011.
lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...
August 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Good time to repost our piece from last year tracing history of federal government’s cute misuse of S.107 of Canada Labor Code to end strikes simply by emailing the CIRB and ordering it to ban the strike.
Story begins with #AirCanada flight attendants in 2011.
lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...
Story begins with #AirCanada flight attendants in 2011.
lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...
Yes
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yes
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The capitalist class converts your life-time into leisure-time for themselves. Time to get organized, comrades.
#SocialistSunday
#SocialistSunday
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The capitalist class converts your life-time into leisure-time for themselves. Time to get organized, comrades.
#SocialistSunday
#SocialistSunday
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Over the past few months, I’ve heard from so many of you about long bus waits, limited green space, rising housing costs, and the need for safer streets.
Continue sharing your input now at: www.gisellegeneral.ca/platform
Let’s shape the future of Ward sipiwiyiniwak together.
#yegCC #yegVote
Continue sharing your input now at: www.gisellegeneral.ca/platform
Let’s shape the future of Ward sipiwiyiniwak together.
#yegCC #yegVote
August 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Over the past few months, I’ve heard from so many of you about long bus waits, limited green space, rising housing costs, and the need for safer streets.
Continue sharing your input now at: www.gisellegeneral.ca/platform
Let’s shape the future of Ward sipiwiyiniwak together.
#yegCC #yegVote
Continue sharing your input now at: www.gisellegeneral.ca/platform
Let’s shape the future of Ward sipiwiyiniwak together.
#yegCC #yegVote
When austerity is absent, you fix it by putting
money where the electorate can't access it. This province is run by "got your lunch money"bullies.
money where the electorate can't access it. This province is run by "got your lunch money"bullies.
No better time to tour Alberta talking about how the province and oil and gas industry are hard-done-by.
Or to play broke in union negotiations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Or to play broke in union negotiations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta posts surplus of $8.3B in 2024-25 fiscal year | CBC News
The final numbers are in on last years' Alberta budget, and the bottom-line figure is an $8.3-billion surplus.
www.cbc.ca
June 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When austerity is absent, you fix it by putting
money where the electorate can't access it. This province is run by "got your lunch money"bullies.
money where the electorate can't access it. This province is run by "got your lunch money"bullies.
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The current administration has more successfully destroyed US science and the scientific enterprise than the hypothetical nuclear weapons program in Iran.
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The current administration has more successfully destroyed US science and the scientific enterprise than the hypothetical nuclear weapons program in Iran.
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Netanyahu has suckered the United States into a dangerous war with Iran.
It is all about distracting us from the death camp that is Gaza.
Israel is committing mass crimes against humanity. The world has gone along for the ride and now we are seeing the dangerous results of unchecked criminality.
It is all about distracting us from the death camp that is Gaza.
Israel is committing mass crimes against humanity. The world has gone along for the ride and now we are seeing the dangerous results of unchecked criminality.
June 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Netanyahu has suckered the United States into a dangerous war with Iran.
It is all about distracting us from the death camp that is Gaza.
Israel is committing mass crimes against humanity. The world has gone along for the ride and now we are seeing the dangerous results of unchecked criminality.
It is all about distracting us from the death camp that is Gaza.
Israel is committing mass crimes against humanity. The world has gone along for the ride and now we are seeing the dangerous results of unchecked criminality.