PhD @MacLabour. My dissertation looks at teacher union democracy & central bargaining. Parent. Lover of #Hamont. Gardener. Maker of great pancakes. She/her.
Sep 4, 2023 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
1/12 #LABOURDAY 🧵: #OSSTF & the Right to Strike—A History
On Dec. 30, 1919, 62 high school teachers and principals held a secret meeting in Toronto and formed OSSTF, the second teachers’ federation to form in Ontario. It was a time of increased worker militancy in Canada.
2/12 One of the first aims of early province-wide teacher organizations was to secure better salaries and working conditions. Teacher associations had formed before, but they ignored the material interests of their members, who faced poverty wages and precarious work.
Sep 23, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1. Know what is breaking my heart the most about this BS, performative quadmester model of 2.5 hours the most, #OntEd?
2. The impact on kids. Especially the kids who already struggle. Those who could have made it through a 75-minute class, but not a 2.5 one.
Jun 11, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: Why are unions and other progressives so upset about @fordnation invoking the #notwithstandingclause to shut down 3rd-party advertising?
Well, first because this law wasn’t intended for this purpose. But that’s not the prime reason.
