Maxim Baru

NEW: Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80% readthemaple.com/canadas-riches…

Posted a paper on broader-based bargaining (BBB) models proposed or adopted in Canada & elsewhere. Can BBB save collective bargaining? "THE 'ASCENSION' STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN LABOUR LAW REFORM: OPTIONS FOR BROADER BASED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

@TR_Illustration solidarityeconomy.ca

Last month, I got to join the fabulous @TR_Illustration in delivering a course on union organizing at Concordia University for SEIZE. Each semester, im blown away by the students. Olivia Champagne & her team are doing nothing less than reshaping the political landscape of mtl

A feat unachievable with the indispensable work of @selena_pb

It’s been an absolute privilege to work with the entrepid team of professors at McGill’s Facutly of Science to establish their first ever independent, faculty run union in the school’s history. Endlessly inspired to help workers build their union from the ground up.

When I first began unionizing McGill University's Faculty of Science, I was told it couldn't be done. People are too wealthy. Too workaholic. Don’t see themselves as workers. This week, I'm proud to announce we’ve filed for union certification with majority membership.

@business @matthewstoller might be interested in the monopoly related comments here

The Bank of Canada’s second-in-command is warning of future inflation risks if investment in artificial intelligence is concentrated among the country’s big companies. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@ChrisCWright1 Sure do! What angles are you interested in more specifically?

I'm editing a book of readings from the 1880s to 1930s that are relevant to current popular struggles around the labor movement, free speech and repression, U.S. empire, socialism, and anti-fascism. If anyone knows of any documents from that time that deserve to be included, let me know!

@ToulasTake “the elimination of the luxury tax in the latest federal budget could ‘create incredible momentum in Canada’ for private jets” 😂

Bombardier investing $100 M for new manufacturing centre ctvnews.ca/montreal/artic…

@noampomsky Definitely. I’ve found same in union organizing work. And I found it resonates with this concept I discovered through friends in healthcare en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivatio…

coaching has really helped me understand that there’s often a long gap between when someone knows and when someone is ready to act. but the stuckness is where progress happens!

@TurboHaus Keep up the good fight.

Thoughts?

Statement from the Canadian Labour Congress re: new federal tariff/trade related initiatives says "there are still some gaps that need to be addressed" but doesn't mention as one of those "gaps" the absence of measures to make joining a union easier or more accessible. 1/3

Canada’s economy is in shambles and the government’s response is to double-down on a wage-suppressing, worker-exploiting program the UN calls a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.”

Support for unions, collective bargaining might be high in Canada. But a smaller % of Canadians working in the private sector are unionized today than before we had laws protecting collective bargaining. We call that a failure of a labour law model trapped in the 20th century

@27khv This was the subject of a recent episode of @euraknot. One difference that struck me between ussr / other places, is that access to abortion seemed much more universally available. And an absence of other forms of contraception. (podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the…)

The Soviet numbers are almost too big to take in. Over 100 abortions per 1,000 women annually. But what startles more is how far the rate has fallen since in Russia. Last year, it recorded about 338,000 abortions, roughly 9 or 10 for every thousand women. That’s around a dozen times lower than the Soviet peaks, and today the rate sits well beneath Britain or France, lower than the US, and pretty much level with the famously devoutly Catholic Poland.

“Central bankers predict population ageing will not only lower output but also risks pushing up inflation, as workers would be able to demand higher wages in an environment where labour shortages were widespread.”

#BREAKING: Air Canada union says flight attendants will continue strike, defy government cp24.com/news/canada/20…

@GaryMarcus Homecoming (2018)

Best show from last 5 years that isn’t Succession, Silo or Severance (all of which I loved)? After one of my most insanely hectic weeks ever, I need some downtime.