Gerard Di Trolio

Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need - CCPA As the Trumpocalypse lays waste to what was left of the rules-based international trading order, countries are under pressure to diversify their trade relationships. In that sense alone, the Canada-In...

Politico is reporting the Carney government will table a bill to implement the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The deal is lacking on human rights, labour rights and environmental protection #cdnpoli #canlab www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Canada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to Autocrats Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and rei...

Read TJN Coordinator @gerardditrolio.bsky.social on the Canada-UAE deal and its serious problems jacobin.com/2025/12/cana... #canlab #cdnpoli

Exciting event this Friday September 12th with
McMaster Labour Studies & USW Canada
in Hamilton featuring trade unionists from Mexico talking about the need for international solidarity and how to build a more resilient economy that is pro-worker. #canlab #cdnpoli

Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.

Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law

The focus on manufacturing in the federal election misses what could truly help Canadian workers Canada’s new working class is more likely to be personified by a retail clerk than someone manufacturing cars in an auto-assembly factory.

The focus on manufacturing in the federal election misses what could truly help Canadian workers

Trump’s Tariffs and Canadian Unions’ Identity Crisis Canadian unions are forming alliances with industry to fight Donald Trump’s tariffs — at a time when they should be prioritizing deeper problems facing workers like austerity, increasing automation, a...

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Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door Mexico, contra David Frum and others, is not a failing state because Claudia Sheinbaum and the MORENA-led coalition that backed her won big in Mexico’s latest elections.

Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door, by Alexander Aviña