Barry Eidlin
@eidlin
Former organizer, current Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Author, Labor and the Class Idea in the US and Canada (@CambridgeUP, 2018)
Out now from @CambridgeUP: my book, Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada. If you've been wondering what's behind union decline (and how to fix it), then check it out #labor #1u #classidea: cambridge.org/us/academic/su…
Starbucks workers at the "Downtown Disney" location between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure walked of the job. The called out the CEO directly, saying: " This is a message for Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol... We deserve better. Starbucks promised to finalize contracts…
Après mon entrevue hier avec l'équipe des Matins d'ici sur @RadioCanadaInfo à Ottawa, l'équipe du Café show en Alberta m'a invité à reprendre la conversation à propos de l'appui du public pour les grèvistes avec eux: ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere…
Je suis passé hier aux ondes de @RadioCanadaInfo Ottawa sur l'émission « Les matins d'ici » pour discuter de la dynamique entourant l'appui du public envers les travailleurs/euses en grève. Réponse courte: ça varie! ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere…
I’m honoured to learn that my community of fellow labour scholars has elected me to serve as the incoming Chair of the @ASAnews Section on Labor and Labor Movements. First order of business when I take office: restoring the proper spelling of laboUr ✊
On concerns shared with him over US-Israeli genocide in Gaza: “What offends so many in our city — this horror is one that is subsidized by our country,” Mamdani said. “I heard not just about a desire for cheaper groceries and a cost-of-living that was easier to navigate, but also…
Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada via @AdamDKKing1. readthemaple.com/uber-drivers-h… #canlab #Uber
Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9) keynote at closing ceremony of @isa_sociology 5th Forum on Sociology #ISAForum25 youtu.be/6iTLlXxl3f4?si… via @YouTube
While I wasn’t able to include any side trips during my visit to Rabat for the @isa_sociology Forum on Sociology, I did take some time between panels to explore this beautiful city. Definitely looking forward to a return visit! #ISAForum25
Been waiting a long time for this one – congrats @zyedwards!
In "Fueling Development," @zyedwards traces Trinidad and Tobago’s democratic and redistributive development success to a specific form of Black radical working-class mobilization she calls “liberation unionism.” Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/94DOWp1
It’s hard to overstate how unusual this is. UFCW has built itself around having a dues base of passive, high-turnover grocery workers not invested enough in the union to try and change things. But that seems like it might be changing…
BREAKING: 8,000 rank-and-file Kroger workers in Indiana just REJECTED a subpar contract for the 2nd time. The offer included an insulting $200 Kroger gift card and $0.90 over 3 years for starting pay. Workers know they’re worth more — and they’re ready to fight for it.
Excited that my first academic paper has been published in Critical Sociology. It contributes to some of the current discussions in Marxist state theory and attempts to revive the workerist tradition as its own clear and distinct version of state theory doi.org/10.1177/089692…