Union Maid in BC
@unionmaid22.bsky.social
(she/they) solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong 💪 Comrade on unceded Coast Salish territories. find me on tiktok @unionmaid22
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Union Maid in BC
@unionmaid22.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I'm an aggressively pro-union, queer, neurodivergent, nerdy, history-loving, leftist Canadian who posts labour news/education via silly internet memes and tiktok dances. I believe in #LandBack 🧡🍉 and #anticapitalism worldwide. If any of that sounds vaguely appealing, we should be friends!
Heads up American tiktok friends: none of your videos are loading for us in Canada and American mutuals are unable to view some of the videos I have been sending them
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Heads up American tiktok friends: none of your videos are loading for us in Canada and American mutuals are unable to view some of the videos I have been sending them
Nobody:
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Nobody:
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
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"The US labour movement often has been guilty of assuming that immigrant workers are unorganisable... Actually the immigrant worker organisations have been the ones leading the labour movement..." - @sarahljaffe.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"The US labour movement often has been guilty of assuming that immigrant workers are unorganisable... Actually the immigrant worker organisations have been the ones leading the labour movement..." - @sarahljaffe.bsky.social
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The entire Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution calling on Governor Tim Walz to impose an eviction moratorium during the ongoing ICE raids.
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Minneapolis City Council Calls for Eviction Moratorium During ICE Raids
Minneapolis City Council urges Gov. Walz to pause evictions during ICE raids disrupting housing stability statewide.
spokesman-recorder.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The entire Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution calling on Governor Tim Walz to impose an eviction moratorium during the ongoing ICE raids.
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spokesman-recorder.com/2026/01/23/i...
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
www.haymarketbooks.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
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canada is fully primed for fascism. we have a government fully committed to austerity and the destruction of the public service. who are also creating gov positions for oil and gas ceo's and elites. the gap between the working class and the elites will continue to grow. the writing is on the wall.
January 26, 2026 at 2:12 AM
canada is fully primed for fascism. we have a government fully committed to austerity and the destruction of the public service. who are also creating gov positions for oil and gas ceo's and elites. the gap between the working class and the elites will continue to grow. the writing is on the wall.
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The pain and the outrage is correct and just and I'm glad everyone can see and understand it here, and this is also already what BLM was, if you argued for training, police reform or body cams instead of abolition this is what you sounded like, this is why people were so mad at you
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The pain and the outrage is correct and just and I'm glad everyone can see and understand it here, and this is also already what BLM was, if you argued for training, police reform or body cams instead of abolition this is what you sounded like, this is why people were so mad at you
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NEW: Dozens of detained immigrant families braved the cold outside the Dilley, TX facility to protest conditions and long detentions, sparked by the recent arrest of 5 y.o. Liam Conejo Ramos.
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
NEW: Dozens of detained immigrant families braved the cold outside the Dilley, TX facility to protest conditions and long detentions, sparked by the recent arrest of 5 y.o. Liam Conejo Ramos.
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
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Important for folks to understand how organized this is. It’s not just a couple of nutters on a live stream. www.antihate.ca/white_nation...
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Important for folks to understand how organized this is. It’s not just a couple of nutters on a live stream. www.antihate.ca/white_nation...
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There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
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With so many of us watching the tremendous mobilizations in Minneapolis, culminating in the call to action against ICE today, I wanted to share some of what I have gathered from talking to comrades in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. A few things stood out:
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
With so many of us watching the tremendous mobilizations in Minneapolis, culminating in the call to action against ICE today, I wanted to share some of what I have gathered from talking to comrades in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. A few things stood out:
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Shoutout to the bipartisan fear mongering and trash research reports that made this dream a reality 😎
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Shoutout to the bipartisan fear mongering and trash research reports that made this dream a reality 😎
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Paul Robeson, who passed away on this day Jan 23 1976, defending himself in the McCarthyite anti-communist witch hunt:
‘In Russia, for the first time I felt like a full human being. No colour prejudice like in Mississippi and Washington, where I did not feel the pressure of colour as I feel it...
‘In Russia, for the first time I felt like a full human being. No colour prejudice like in Mississippi and Washington, where I did not feel the pressure of colour as I feel it...
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Paul Robeson, who passed away on this day Jan 23 1976, defending himself in the McCarthyite anti-communist witch hunt:
‘In Russia, for the first time I felt like a full human being. No colour prejudice like in Mississippi and Washington, where I did not feel the pressure of colour as I feel it...
‘In Russia, for the first time I felt like a full human being. No colour prejudice like in Mississippi and Washington, where I did not feel the pressure of colour as I feel it...
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100 clergy members arrested at Minneapolis airport amid protests over ICE immigration surge!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
100 clergy members arrested at Minneapolis airport amid protests over ICE immigration surge – live
Labor unions and progressive organizations have called on workers across the state to stay home in an ‘economic blackout’
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:16 PM
100 clergy members arrested at Minneapolis airport amid protests over ICE immigration surge!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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#OtD 23 Jan 1982 Formula 1 Grand Prix drivers went on strike and barricaded themselves indoors in protest against new "super licence" conditions. They were fined but they won and the new licences were withdrawn stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9566...
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#OtD 23 Jan 1982 Formula 1 Grand Prix drivers went on strike and barricaded themselves indoors in protest against new "super licence" conditions. They were fined but they won and the new licences were withdrawn stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9566...
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Absolutely beautiful and way more than 10,000
January 23, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Absolutely beautiful and way more than 10,000
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just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
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Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
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Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
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New: Immigration Protester Faces Terrorism Charges, Deportation as Trial Approaches
Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada is facing jail time and deportation for allegedly moving a box of zines.
Read the full story here:
unicornriot.ninja/2026/immigra...
Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada is facing jail time and deportation for allegedly moving a box of zines.
Read the full story here:
unicornriot.ninja/2026/immigra...
Immigration Protester Faces Terrorism Charges, Deportation as Trial Approaches - UNICORN RIOT
Alvarado, TX — On February 17, 2026, the trial of nine people connected to a July 4, 2025 protest outside Alvarado, Texas’s Prairieland immigration detention center begins. Daniel ”Des” Rolando Sanche...
unicornriot.ninja
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
New: Immigration Protester Faces Terrorism Charges, Deportation as Trial Approaches
Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada is facing jail time and deportation for allegedly moving a box of zines.
Read the full story here:
unicornriot.ninja/2026/immigra...
Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada is facing jail time and deportation for allegedly moving a box of zines.
Read the full story here:
unicornriot.ninja/2026/immigra...
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Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
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I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
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If you aren’t already following Christy’s phenomenal journalism, you should immediately fix that.
Great reporting here!!!!
Great reporting here!!!!
It’s not just McBride.
I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated.
So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests?
My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...
I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated.
So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests?
My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...
January 20, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If you aren’t already following Christy’s phenomenal journalism, you should immediately fix that.
Great reporting here!!!!
Great reporting here!!!!
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Here is the full press release as well! minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Here is the full press release as well! minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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Alt text, because one would think folks would want news about a general strike to go as far as it can.
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Alt text, because one would think folks would want news about a general strike to go as far as it can.