Mac Labour Studies

McMaster's School of Labour Studies is home to Canada's leading undergraduate & graduate programs studying & researching work, labour and social justice issues

[CAWLS-ACETS @CAWLS_ACETS]

📢Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies annual conference call for papers ⬇️

https://t.co/zrNRayqPU3

#canlab #LabourStudies

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Tonight! Join us if you can
#canlab #labourarts #labourheritage

[Mac Labour Studies @MacLabour]

We are thrilled to be co-sponsoring @Prof_deLeon's visit and talk about his new book Freedom Train about the centrality of multiracial solidarity to labour movements.

Join us next week @McMasterU #canlab #hamont #labourmovement #labormovement #racialjustice #socialjustice

[CAWLS-ACETS @CAWLS_ACETS]

Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Labour Studies Program, University of Manitoba. June 3-5, 2026. Panel, roundtable and workshop proposals due Dec 15. Individual paper submissions due Jan 15. Read at https://t.co/zrNRayqi4v

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Join us today in #HamOnt for this panel discussion on Trade Wars, Manufacturing & International Solidarity #canlab #cdnpoli #cdnecon #tariffs

[Mac Labour Studies @MacLabour]

Our Labour Studies speaker series is back! Join us for:

Trade Wars, Manufacturing & International Solidarity, Fri. Sept 12 @ 1:30pm, in person on McMaster campus

Co-sponsored by @SteelworkersCA Humanity Fund

#canlab #hamont #cdnpoli #TradeWar #tarrifs

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Flight attendants are "largely women that were willing to take the biggest risk — of fines, jail time and perhaps losing their jobs — to fight for dignity at work, and we owe them a debt.”

More analysis of #AirCanadaStrike #UnpaidWorkWontFly #canlab

https://t.co/8WxbFoBhfQ

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Back-to-work orders erode trust. When gov’t intervenes for employers, unions see rules as stacked & militancy grows—expect more actions outside legal limits as faith in the system fades

See my comments on #AirCanadaStrike @cupenat in @TorontoStar #canlab

https://t.co/1NP6jzwUeh

[CAWLS-ACETS @CAWLS_ACETS]

The 2026 CAWLS annual conference will be held June 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg, hosted by the Labour Studies Program at the University of Manitoba.
Details and CfP to follow.

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

It's an incredible honour for @Prof_Savage and me to receive @CAWLS_ACETS' Leo Panitch Book Prize for the best book in Canadian #LabourStudies in 2025, especially because Leo was our mentor. So grateful to our peers for this recognition #canlab #cdnpoli

https://t.co/6P3QsYrXjg

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Register soon for the 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies being held at @maclabour at McMaster University May 28-30, 2025.

@CAWLS_ACETS members get discounted rates!

https://t.co/jORKU0Zcjp

#canlab #labourstudies

[Mac Labour Studies @MacLabour]

Join @maclabour and @WAHC April 7 for Off The Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton. Untold stories of #hamont revealed by our students

#canlab #labourstudies #CommunityEngagement

Register here, as space is limited
https://t.co/3DHawVv5B1

[Mac Labour Studies @MacLabour]

Join @maclabour and @WAHC April 7 for Off The Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton. Untold stories of #hamont revealed by our students

#canlab #labourstudies #CommunityEngagement

Register here, as space is limited
https://t.co/3DHawVv5B1

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Join us TODAY March 19 at 1pm ET for the our 2024-25 webinar series w/
@FauvelMylene
on union-community coalition-building and lessons from #Quebec's minimum wage movement. Register here 👉 https://t.co/JcuFTQTqqp

#canlab #unions #coalitions #organizing

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, I share some thoughts here about its immense impact on workers, the labour movement, and the future of worker organizing

#canlab #cdnpoli #strikes #labourmovement #labourstudies #organizing

https://t.co/YwlFgueYAM

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Some analysis on the #UAW's decision to back Trump's #tariffs and its implications for cross-border union solidarity

#canlab #cdnpoli #labourmovement #labormovement

https://t.co/GFnaoLjN44

[Mac Labour Studies @MacLabour]

Join us March 19 for the last instalment in our 2024-25 webinar series w/ @FauvelMylene on union-community coalition-building and lessons from #Quebec's minimum wage movement

Scan the QR code or register here 👉 https://t.co/mgLKSX3XMy

#canlab #unions #coalitions #organizing

[Mac Labour Studies @MacLabour]

Join us March 19 at 1pm ET for the last session in our 2024-25 speaker series feat. @FauvelMylene on Coalition-Building: Rethinking Alliances between Community-based Organizations and Unions

Register here: https://t.co/SC4rM6nRVl

#canlab #cdnpoli #coalitions #unions #community

[Maxim Baru @maxbaru]

It was a pleasure & a privilege to speak on dynamics in contemporary unionism at @MacLabour webinar series yesterday

Thanks to @stephross_mac, who’s developing the next generation of researchers playing leading roles in organizations representing working people

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Coming up tomorrow -- @maxbaru on independent union organizing. Join 2:30pm ET on Zoom, register below.

#canlab #unionorganizing #organizing #labourmovement #labormovement