Cape Breton Labour

The Cape Breton District Labour Council represents unionized workers in the CBRM.

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

For those interested in #CapeBreton’s militant labour history, Suzanne MacNeil (@esooze) & I co-authored a piece on the history of William Davis Miners’ Memorial Day (“Davis Day”) for the 100th anniversary on June 11th, 2025:

https://t.co/WurepeO4HT

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

Tom Ayers (@tomayers2262) from @CBCNS also wrote last week about the (still unratified) Tentative Agreement reached by affiliate unions of the Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Trades Council:

https://t.co/H4rRjUvWsA

#canlab #1u #NSpoli #canlab #CBpoli #BuildingTrades

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

Last week, @CBPost_Ian also wrote on the Tentative Agreement between Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Trades Council affiliate unions & the Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association (CLRA) for @SaltWireNews:

https://t.co/ha7If7bK2G

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

More recently, I wrote a follow-up article about the incredible longtime militant trade union history of the labour movement in #CapeBreton, also for @SpringMagCA, in light of the strike.

https://t.co/AxIhqbpFnp

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #BuildingTrades #CBRM #UnionStrong

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

I wrote about the issues leading to this historic building trades strike of more than 4,000 #CapeBreton construction workers last week for @SpringMagCA, after they reached a tentative agreement:

https://t.co/oDloWRtibS

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #BuildingTrades #cdnpoli #CBRM

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

Tentative agreement of the Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Trades Council affiliate unions has yet to be ratified, and some #CapeBreton trades workers upset over labour board’s return-to-work call, writes @CBPost_Ian:

https://t.co/Eyn20emOi9

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

@springmagca For those interested in #CapeBreton’s labour history, Suzanne MacNeil (@esooze) & I co-authored a piece last month on the the history of William Davis Miners’ Memorial Day (“Davis Day”) for the 100th anniversary on June 11th:

https://t.co/WurepeO4HT

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

More recently, I wrote a follow-up article about the incredible longtime militant trade union history of the labour movement in #CapeBreton, also for @SpringMagCA, in light of the strike.

https://t.co/wsS2NpkLXu

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #BuildingTrades #CBRM #UnionStrong

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

I wrote about the issues leading to this month’s historic strike of more than 4,000 #CapeBreton construction workers earlier this week for @SpringMagCA, after they reached a tentative agreement:

https://t.co/pzpPt1wr9t

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #BuildingTrades #cdnpoli #CBRM

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

The Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Trades Council and the organization representing unionized contracting employers in #CapeBreton reached a Tentative Agreement recently:

https://t.co/H4rRjUvWsA

via @TomAyers2262

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #BuildingTrades #cdnpoli

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

For those interested in #CapeBreton’s labour history who missed it, Suzanne MacNeil (@esooze) & I co-authored a piece on the the history of William Davis Miners’ Memorial Day (“Davis Day”) last month on the 100th anniversary:

https://t.co/YBdbfikjVJ

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

Construction workers in #CapeBreton reach tentative agreement following historic strike of over 4,000 members of building trades unions affiliated with the Cape Breton Island Building and Construction Trades Council: 

https://t.co/pzpPt1vTjV

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #cdnpoli

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

Recent strike by union affiliates of Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Trades Council (more than 4,000 #CapeBreton construction and building trades workers) echoes militant trade union history of Cape Breton:

https://t.co/AxIhqbpFnp

#canlab #NSpoli #CBpoli #1u #cdnpoli

[Cape Breton Labour @CB_Labour]

After a period of inactivity due to the health pandemic, the Cape Breton District Labour Council (@CB_Labour) will hold a "re-launch meeting" TONIGHT (Monday October 11th) at 7:00pm by Zoom.

REGISTER FOR TONIGHT’s MEETING:

https://t.co/zPgqJBiCbk

#CBPOLI #NSPOLI #CANLAB #1U

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

The bigots with white supremacist & anti-immigrant “National Citizens Alliance” (NCA) are under the mistaken impression that Legions should open their doors to #Islamophobia & #racism.

These bigots aren’t welcome in #NovaScotia.

https://t.co/MSdFAAfvDy

#NSpoli #cdnpoli #CBpoli

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

The white supremacist National Citizens Alliance (NCA) has venues cancelled in Truro & Sydney, Cape Breton for public events the Islamophobic and racist hate group had planned for both communities.

https://t.co/wF6vj5fZhM

#NSpoli #cdnpoli #CBpoli #CBRM #racism #Islamophobia #p2

[@pipsc-ipfpc.bsky.social @PIPSC_IPFPC]

Via @CBCNews: Contract deal reached with 30K federal public servants. Agreements w/ @PIPSC_IPFPC and @acfoacaf include leave for #domesticviolence survivors and leeway for its implementation under the troubled #Phoenixpaysystem. https://t.co/KYqegdlpNB #canlab #cdnpoli

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

Airport Security Screeners who are members of @IAMAWCanada / @MachinistsUnion are lobbying for changes to an arbitrary & unfair Dispute Resolution Process that provides no right to appeal or right of unionized workers to union representation.

https://t.co/hZQ0LCpmpu

#canlab #1u

[Tony Tracy @Tony_Tracy]

The “strategic alliance” agreement between Canadian Football League Players’ Association (@CFLPA) & the United Steelworkers (@Steelworkers / @SteelworkersCA), North America’s largest private sector #union, is quite a fascinating model.

#canlab #CFLPA #CFL #TeamCFLPA #cdnpoli #1u

[Canadian Labour @CanadianLabour]

Many people living with disabilities face discrimination and stigma in today’s job market. That means they are less likely to have comprehensive drug benefits. This #NationalAccessAbilityWeek2019, add your voice for universal pharmacare: https://t.co/SXaBEQnIkY #canlab #cdnpoli