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UN top court finds key labour treaty protects workers' right to strike
The International Court of Justice issued on Thursday a landmark advisory opinion that potentially enshrines the right to strike in labour standards and international trade agreements.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-right-to-strike-decision-9.7207128?cmp=rss

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Apr 27

“Canada’s #mining and processing sector operates under #environmental, #Indigenousrights, and #labourstandards frameworks that, whatever their imperfections, are verifiable and legally accountable in ways that #Xinjiang production is not.” open.substack.com/pub/barryapp...

The Same Instrument

The Same Instrument

The USTR's Section 301 playbook isn't just aimed at Beijing. It's aimed at Ottawa too - and why Canada should lead, not just react.

Barry Appleton

World Trade Institute Apr 25, 2023

Is #publichealth and #labourstandards your domain? Check out "Non-Trade Concerns in International Trade" #SummerAcademy course focusing on post-#COVID19 #pandemic 😷role of #trade?

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Focus on: Non-Trade Concerns in International Trade: Public Health and Labour Standards - 2023 Summer Academy

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore longstanding concerns about how trade policy and its implementation bear on the fulfilment of public health outcomes. …

Margaret Anne (she/her/they)Apr 7, 2023

IN Nova Scotia will you get paid for any "holidays" this weekend? - its complicated...
#workers #holidaypay #easter #statholidays #unions #labourstandards

https://judyhaiven.substack.com/p/first-a-joke-and-will-you-get-paid?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

First a Joke: and will you get paid for the holiday on Good Friday?

APRIL 6, 2023JUDYHAIVEN First published here in the Nova Scotia Advocate on Mar. 31, 2021. Updated on Apr. 6, 2023Thanks for reading Judy Haiven’s Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Here’s a joke: in an adult English-as-a-second language class, the teacher asks the students to explain what Easter is.

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Markus Helfen Dec 10, 2022

Adding my 5 cents to the #ChatGPT hype in academia. It shows amazing summarizing on #labourstandards, but gaps remain to be filled by expert human scrutiny & assessment. The benefit could be a reinstatement of practical public knowledge, the challenge remains to go beyond & act in the real world 🤖