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I sat down yesterday and wrote some tentative thoughts on Canada's 2025 federal election — and on a historically bad night for its electoral left: lukewsavage.com/p/in-trumps-sh…

An important note for the left: The election points towards serious class dealignment — and that problem needs solving. jacobin.com/2025/05/canada…

How Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives seduced working-class voters, via The Breach. breachmedia.ca/how-pierre-poi… #canlab #cdnpoli

The New Democrats and the Working-Class Vote: After a disastrous election, can the NDP reclaim labour support? thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/… #canlab #cdnpoli

Was grateful for the opportunity to participate on this panel at the 2025 Mayworks Festival and for the engaged Q&A that followed. springmag.ca/mayworks-festi… #canlab

"The Strike" is a powerful film about resistance—30k incarcerated people fighting solitary confinement. Join us for a screening + discussion with me, Nala Ismacil of Barton Prisoner Solidarity Project, moderated by furqan mohamed | فرقان محمد #MayworksFestival 📅 May 30, 7-10PM. Register 👇mayworks.ca/project/the-st…

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“If we measure things like this according to the metrics of the private market, we’re eventually not going to have these public services,” Stephanie Ross said. thestar.com/business/canad… #canlab #cdnpoli

The latest issue of Labour/Le Travail contains an article on union endorsements and the voting intentions of union members that I co-authored with Daniel Westlake. We summarized our findings in a short piece for the Conversation here: theconversation.com/do-union-endor… #canlab #cdnpoli

Unifor is urging the federal government to use the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act to penalize companies that shift production out of Canada to avoid tariffs imposed by Trump. thestar.com/business/feds-… #canlab #cdnpoli

Really looking forward to reading this!

Kaplan's report has bolstered Canada Post’s bargaining position, but make no mistake—the union is gearing up for a fight. CP's latest offer looks like a calculated move to avoid a strike by sweetening the pot. The real question is: will it be enough? thestar.com/business/canad…

“It’s important to emphasize that this particular round of bargaining is really just a battle in a much larger war about the future of Canada Post and its mandate,” said Larry Savage, a professor at Brock University. chch.com/chch-news/cana… #canlab #cdnpoli

“I think that the dignity of our ordinary coworkers who create extraordinary and amazing moments every single day, over 2,000 times a year at the Kennedy Center, is something that is worth standing up for and protecting through a labor union.” inthesetimes.com/article/kenned…

Thrilled to have Shifting Gears recognized with the Leo Panitch Book Prize for 2025, honouring the best book in Canadian work and labour studies. A heartfelt thank you to CAWLS-ACETS and to my co-author and longtime collaborator Stephanie Ross. ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears #canlab

Professor Simon Black presenting research on child care worker unions at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies. #canlab #LabourStudies

It's an incredible honour for Larry Savage and me to receive CAWLS-ACETS' Leo Panitch Book Prize for the best book in Canadian #LabourStudies in 2025, especially because Leo was our mentor. So grateful to our peers for this recognition #canlab #cdnpoli ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears

Congratulations to Larry Savage & Stephanie Ross. Their award-winning book is essential reading for anyone who wants to make sense of the shifting landscape of labour & working-class politics in Ontario and across Canada. #canlab #onpoli

Hot days are making Ontario’s workplaces more dangerous – and sometimes deadly. Here’s why the problem will only get worse. thestar.com/interactives/h… #canlab #onpoli

Is binding arbitration on the horizon in the Canada Post/ CUPW dispute? thestar.com/business/canad… #canlab #cdnpoli