BC Government Lawyers Association

Workers Choose Unions, Not Employers. No to Bill 5!

[Georgia Straight @georgiastraight]

“We hear more about strikes now because people are recognizing the value of workers."

https://t.co/lgaDkRAkL6

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Since I saw that clip of Oliver Anthony singing 'Rich Men North of Richmond', the ghost of Woody Guthrie has been whispering in my ear. So today I sat down and wrote this response https://t.co/IVLTTJrXCo

[BC Labour Heritage Centre @BC_LHC]

TODAY IN LABOUR HISTORY: August 10, 1983 - 40,000 strong at Empire Stadium #Vancouver vented outrage @ BC govt attempt to re-write the social contract. Most of the city shut down. Photographer unknown. #bchist #bclab #OperationSolidarity

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

Congratulations to BC Government Lawyers on a successful conclusion to the constitutional challenge of Dr. Henry's 2020-2021 physical distancing orders.
https://t.co/LfbSNpN19f

[BC Labour Heritage Centre @BC_LHC]

The best #bclab podcast in the world has over 5,000 downloads! https://t.co/VrwTHOChe5

[Unifor @UniforTheUnion]

Unifor denounces the recent termination of Mark Chudak, President of @SPEACanada, by @SNCLavalin in what the union perceives as a hostile anti-union move.
https://t.co/4udp3hbfBz

[Variety @Variety]

Bryan Cranston delivers a rousing speech addressed to Bob Iger at a SAG-AFTRA strike rally in Times Square: "We will not allow you to take our dignity. We are union through and through all the way to the end." https://t.co/M0Cs5ahWZo

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

Report on BCGLA's constitutional challenge to Bill 5. We want to establish that workers choose unions, not employers and that labour policy decisions are made after a fair hearing with an independent decision maker:

https://t.co/45HweSEYVM

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

The NDP Government brought union-busting Bill 5 into force on Friday.

Today, we say, "See You In Court!" #bcpoli
https://t.co/r30SRnQRIi

We hope to vindicate the principle that workers choose unions, not their employers!

[BCGEU @bcgeu]

It is with heavy hearts that our union mourns the loss of one of our BCGEU family who lost her life today fighting a wildfire outside of Revelstoke. Our hearts and thoughts go out to her family and community.
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[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

Rob Shaw: B.C. government lawyers filing lawsuit against their employer - Commentary | Business in Vancouver https://t.co/FHgxSlDFQv via @BIVnews

[Alex Dutton @AlexDutton2017]

Today, an @bcndp government chose a union for me.
#workerschooseunions
@LawyersBcgla #bcpoli

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

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[Khelsilem @Khelsilem]

Every worker deserves a union.

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

Today on National Indigenous Peoples Day, we in the BC Government Lawyers Association are taking the time to reflect on how colonialism is bound up in the structures of law and government we work in.

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

@Leigh_Phillips @buffsoldier_96 Montreal was already twice as large as Quebec City in 1867 and St John was always larger than Fredericton

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

@Leigh_Phillips @buffsoldier_96 In the US, making the state capital a minor town was a deliberate decision. In BC's case, Victoria was inevitably sidelined by Vancouver once the railway was built. Most Canadian provincial capitals are or at least were major centres

[Dripped Out Trade Unionists @UnionDrip]

The right to strike is fundamental to American labor law... Workers are not indentured servants, bound to continue laboring until any planned work stoppage would be as painless as possible for their master. - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 👸🏾

[BC Government Lawyers Association @LawyersBcgla]

Congratulations to BC government lawyers on the persuasiveness of their submissions, taken up by the SCC at paras. 67 and 91.

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

The Federation will always defend the safety and inclusion of LGBTQ2S+ teachers, students, and families in our school communities.
Read our full statement here: https://t.co/a0KjKDo4un