Chris Given🇨🇦🇺🇦

President at the Seafarers’ International Union of Canada. Rep to IMO with ITF & Chair of ITF Cabotage Task Force. Opinions are my own.

[Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @Lanampayne]

Senator @WellsDavid: not only is this an affront to the Charter rights of workers it completely misses how collective bargaining transforms society for the betterment of all.

But perhaps that is the point. Big corps with American shareholders are cheering you on tonight.

[Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @Lanampayne]

Workers are facing a crisis and their unions are fighting everyday to protect jobs.

These Senators think it’s ok to exploit this very difficult moment and try to roll back workers rights.

Capitulating to big corporations over workers. Just shameful.

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

"I get calls from seafarers at two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning. One seafarer called in a panic, saying: 'We are here bombed. We don't want to die. Please help me"".
- ITF Inspector

https://t.co/bE0B4Rms2l

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

Seafarers onboard vessels in the Persian Gulf are rationing food and water as the supply of basic necessities comes under threat due to conflict in the region.

https://t.co/RRttFKVcE9

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

ITF has demanded immediate action after an emergency meeting at @IMOHQ to address the crisis near the Strait of Hormuz.

We call for all flag states to immediately issue notice to shipowners to avoid sailing to, or transiting through, the war zone.

https://t.co/eXmuW47ZE0

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

20,000 seafarers are currently stuck near the Strait of Hormuz as a result of the war in Iran and the Middle East.

Ahead of the @IMOHQ meeting today, Jacqueline Smith, ITF Maritime Coordinator, spoke to @BBCNews to explain the steps needed to protect seafarers in the region.

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

Shore leave is disappearing and with it, a vital lifeline for seafarers’ wellbeing.

New research from the ITF Seafarers Trust shows a sharp global decline in time ashore. It’s time to defend every seafarer’s right to rest and reconnect.

Read more👇

https://t.co/QUOi7sEnFP

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

Chills 🍁

Blue Jays fans were LOUD for O Canada ahead of Game 6 of the #WorldSeries

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

New ITF report shows that maritime cabotage policies are vital for national security & supply chain resilience.
The report explores how national fleets & trained seafarers help protect critical cargo in times of crisis.

#cabotage #supplychains

🔗 https://t.co/BnOHqgDb8r

[Splash @Splash_247]

Cabotage laws now cover 85% of world’s coastlines https://t.co/owdT4qwZvl

[International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) @ITFglobalunion]

Cabotage can

- increase the resilience of international supply chains
- secure coastlines
- support strategic fleets
- reskill national seafarers.

In times of crisis, if there is no cabotage, there is no resilience

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

Businesses want temporary foreign workers so they don’t have to pay Canadians a fair market wage for their labour.

Anyone defending the TFW program is defending that.

[David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙 @TheLawofWork]

Goes without saying that the Liberal’s much hyped law banning replacement workers doesn’t achieve anything if the government prohibits strikes and lockouts.

Sometimes I like to point out obvious things. As you were.

[Larry Savage @Prof_Savage]

When politicians allow the system to be rigged in favour of employers, workers have no choice but to resist. Unions can’t be expected to bow to unjust laws — and the way the Liberals have abused section 107 is clearly unjust.

https://t.co/eq8RW3RPMS

#canlab #cdnpoli

[Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @Lanampayne]

Federal employers need to consider hard what they are sowing here.

Because this is what I know: suppressing the rights of workers in this country does not give you labour peace.

[Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @Lanampayne]

The federal government’s message today to big federal employers: don’t worry about having to bargain. We got you.

My message to those employers and the federal government: we will always and I mean always defend the right to strike and to fair and free collective bargaining. 1/

[Jim Stanford @JimboStanford]

Great question from @TheLawofWork: Why does Air Canada get a Sec107 arbitration, but Canada Post doesn't?? Critical difference: Air Canada management wants it, Canada Post's doesn't. All kinds of legal and Charter issues raised by this arbitrary and inconsistent approach. #canlab

[Laura Walton @waltonmom]

Hey you 🫵
Sick of governments & bosses screwing over workers?! Me too!
I am calling on each of you to show up tomorrow morning
Share with your friends!
@OFLabour #UnpaidWorkWontFly

[David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙 @TheLawofWork]

To be clear:

If governments can ban strikes by simply telling the labor board to ban strikes then Canada has no right to strike. It’s that simple.

That’s why Liberals’ use of s.107 of Canada Labor Code to end strikes will be struck down as unconstitutional.