Craig Saunders

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Union communicator focused on healthcare and organizing, occasional ski patroller, recovering journalist, parent. Member of CSU and CUPE 79, former member of CUPE 3904. Often at Bluesky.

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Apparently Meta took down the publisher's ads for this Canadian book on feminism, citing "election interference." Since Canada is not in an election, it seems they're simply opposed to discussions about feminism and tyranny.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/737833/what-she-said-by-elizabeth-renzetti/9780771010101

What She Said by Elizabeth Renzetti | Penguin Random House Canada

One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Canadian Books • One of CBC Books’ Works of Canadian Nonfiction to Check Out This FallA passionate advocate for gender equity, and one of our most respected journalists, explores the most pressing issues facing women in Canada today with humour and heart.

Penguin Random House Canada

Always nice when job action delays a scandalous project: https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/politics/ontario-public-service-engineers-stop-work-on-bradford-bypass-9721057

I can't remember these engineers ever having gone on #strike before.

#onpoli #labour #union

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Globe and Mail wins seven National Newspaper Awards, columnist Doug Saunders named journalist of the year

The Globe was the most decorated publication at this year’s awards

The Globe and Mail

A perfect example of why corporations should not be allowed to be involved in healthcare...

Shoppers Drug Mart says it doesn't have medication review targets, but records show it does

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/shoppers-drug-mart-medication-review-targets-1.7142626

Shoppers Drug Mart says it doesn't have medication review targets, but records show it does | CBC News

More than a dozen current and former Shoppers Drug Mart associate owners and pharmacists tell CBC News the chain set targets for medication reviews, and corporate management pressures owners to meet them. This despite president Jeff Leger's denial last month that the chain has such targets.

CBC

Join striking academic workers at York #University on March 6th at York Blvd. and Keele St. in #Toronto for Our Right to Strike Rally! Speeches begin at 12. Teach-ins begin at 10 AM.

#labour #union #WeAreYork

Crime fiction's newest detective is a made-in-Canada journo in a Muskoka-like small town. Let the murders begin

In their new book 'Bury The Lead' veteran reporter Renzetti and pscyhotherapist and author Hilton develop a character and series that puts a middle-age woman front and centre

Toronto Star

Colleges minister raised $24k from private college execs at meet and greet:

The PCs raised over $150k from executives with public-private #college partnerships the government saved from extinction

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/education-and-training/colleges-minister-raised-24k-from-private-college-execs-at-meet-and-greet-8319728

#universities #onpoli #sketchyasheck

Colleges minister raised $24k from private college execs at meet and greet

The PCs raised over $150k from executives with public-private college partnerships the government saved from extinction

The Trillium
TTC workers deliver near-unanimous strike mandate

In a vote yesterday, electrical workers at the Toronto Transit Commission delivered an unequivocal message when they voted 99.3 percent in favour of strike action if the employer does not return to the bargaining table with a reasonable proposal.

Canadian Union of Public Employees

2000 graduate teaching assistants and research assistants at the #University of #Waterloo officially became CUPE members today. They voted more than 90% in favour of joining.

Last year, contract instructors became the first #academic workers at the university to form a union when they joined CUPE.

#labour #organizing

Matt Elliott: Toronto’s pricey and ineffective new plan for snow clearing is a warning about privatizing city services

Toronto's pricey and ineffective new snow plowing plan is a cautionary tale about privatizing city services.

Toronto Star