“Why are GO Transit bus drivers striking?” A GO Transit bus driver answers 🧵THREAD 🧵 #GOtransit #atu1587 #solidarity #onpoli Metrolinx

This morning the unionized janitors at Twitter HQ went on strike, after Twitter fired over 20 workers with no notice. Tonight, Musk fired them. The richest guy on Earth is so stingy he won't even treat essential workers with basic dignity.

UPDATE: Elon Musk terminated the contract employing the striking janitors. "We have about 48 families out of work. And it just so happens that it’s three weeks before Christmas,” their union president said.

I’m 37 years old and I run a £0 portfolio of companies. This is my daily routine:

Brock's Department of Psychology seeks applications from outstanding scientists for a SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the Social Psychology of Aging. Deadline: Mon July 24. travailacademique.ca/jobs/sshrc-tie…

I think we may need to start talking about the "everyone I know is so lonely➡️ no one has a sense of community➡️without community ties there's no way to effectively organize➡️ without organization all hope is lost" pipeline

What factors are driving unions to take strike action? Prof. ⁦Simon Black⁩ appeared on ⁦CBC News⁩ to discuss strikes, profits and cost of living crisis. “Workers are frustrated, they’re fed up, and wages are not keeping up with inflation.” #canlab

Rooms for Tourists, 1945 wikiart.org/en/edward-hopp…

'Signs of the Times' by Clifford Charman (1910-1993) (Private collection)

I was recently notified that I have been appointed the next Director of the Centre for #Neuroscience Brock University, starting July 1, 2024 (to 2027). I’m honoured and looking forward to taking on this new role.

I joined over 70 labour studies researchers, scholars, and policy experts to express support for a ban on replacement workers in federally-regulated industries. Read our open letter here 👇 perspectivesjournal.ca/open-letter-bi… #canlab #cdnpoli

'Flask Walk, Hampstead' (1922) by Charles Ginner (Manchester Art Gallery)

'Snow in Islington' (2018) by Melissa Scott-Miller scottmillerart.com

someone working the same job for 27 years shouldn't have to rely on a GoFundMe to buy a home

'District Line' (1978) by Guy Beggs (Museum of London) guybeggs.com

Digging Out (1989) by Detroit painter Lowell Boileau

Circus Poster (1954) by Indiana regionalist painter Robert Edward Weaver (1913-1991)

Winter Twilight (1930) by painter Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)

Winter Diamonds (1950s) Watercolor landscape by painter Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)

Psychology's Dr. Alison O’Connor, Director of the Lifespan Lab at Mount Allison, explores how lying evolves across our lifespans — through new research funding by SSHRC's Insight Development Grant, the CFI's John R. Evans Leaders Fund, and ResearchNB: mta.ca/about/news/mou…