Thread by @North_Resists

This wasn't an isolated occurrence. Everywhere workers tried to unionize and bargain, there were violent reprisals. Unions fought a bitter war to get many of the rights we have today and still are under fire. #cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli

https://twitter.com/HistoricaCanada/status/1195363438391902208

BC coal mining, including in the Comox Valley in Cumberland and Union Bay fought the same things.
vancouversun.com/deadly+fight+l…

In fact, they called out the militia to beat down workers on the island.
legionmagazine.com/en/2016/07/the…

The name Cumberland seems to have been imported to every coal mining region for some reason.
nytimes.com/2019/08/19/us/…

Want to know why the guys in Kentucky don't have any bargaining rights as a union anymore? Right to work laws. The same style laws Kenney is trying to pass in Alberta, and he's already started on them. #abpoli #ableg
reuters.com/article/us-usa…

Here's a great video on the strategy behind union breaking, the disinformation, and how it's impacted wages.

Robert Reich also has some things to say about Trickle Down, which Kenney, against all evidence is trying to pull here, once again. #abpoli #ableg

Think people without money are just lazy? Think again.

So, want to know why Alberta is losing more and more jobs, in trades and construction? Because government projects maintaining and building news roads, schools, hospitals, all take tax dollars. Tax dollars we aren't collecting with corporate tax cuts.

So lets debunk 6 more myths on the power of the mighty corporate tax cut, shall we? #abpoli #ableg

Lets not forget that every insurance company and brokerage in Alberta is a corporation as well, apparently they're hurting for cash so much, they needed more of yours after a 33% tax cut the Kenney government handed them

https://twitter.com/CBCCalgary/status/1196450133967331337

I'd like to thank my auto insurance broker for the preemptive gas lighting email they sent me this morning.