Madison Trusolino

Please let there be a "Gwyneth Paltrow has an Oscar" moment

Crumbs & Whiskers, DC’s first cat cafe, temporarily(?) closed in Georgetown, Staff says this happened right after they decided to form a union. - PoPville photo by Ryan Maxwell Ed. Note: There is no announcement about a temporary closure on the Crumbs and Whiskers website (or socials), having said that, appointments are not available to visit until Marc...

Solidarity forever with the workers at DC's cat cafe who were put out of work by their union-busting owner after they announced they intended to unionize. www.popville.com/2026/02/crum...

Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.

🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social

Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

Dan James: Community Service | FULL SPECIAL YouTube video by Dan James

I know this app is notoriously no fun, but my bestie Dan James released his comedy special & you should take a break from doomscrolling to watch it youtu.be/fHEElS1hl0Y?...

New article out in the Canadian Journal of Communication about the definitions, opportunities & limitations of queer safe(r) spaces in the comedy industry cjc.utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

Saint John launches 2-year security pilot program to address city public safety concerns | CBC News Saint John is launching a two-year, $780,000-per-year security pilot in crime-affected areas starting in early February. Guards will focus on de-escalation, not arrests, with oversight from the city.

Saint John is continuing to respond to a homelessness crisis by criminalizing homelessness. The money being spent on private security could go to actually addressing the systemic issues at hand, but no no small business owners are the REAL victims www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yes, let’s trust AI

the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.

even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.

they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.

📄 Pub alert! ✨

My piece with @madzbrutal.bsky.social is out in the Bulletin of Applied Trans Studies @transstudies.bsky.social 🦇

We analyze how gender critical forum users on Ovarit and Mumsnet were radicalized through anti-trans media literacy and storytelling practices.

doi.org/10.57814/wjd...

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

📚 New Book Review in Feminist Media Studies: "Sex Work in Popular Culture" by Lauren Kirshner 📚

Kirshner's book is infused with a deep and unabashed respect for sex workers and a fierce critique of capitalism. Highly recommend!

Review Link: tinyurl.com/ymezvrdk
Book Link: tinyurl.com/5drdze2v

So Long Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, We Hardly Knew You Why it is time to retire Section 107 to the Labour Law history books

New Post on Substack:

"So Long Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, We Hardly Knew You"

I discuss how Section 107 requires the Minister to believe that ordering the end of strikes will "promote settlements." It is now clear that the opposite is true.

thelawofwork.substack.com/p/so-long-se...

Today. Locked out. This was an especially dirty move by Dal when the faculty were in the process of voting in the latest offer.
Join a picket line and definitely don’t cross one.
#solidarity

Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. ‘If it means jail, so be it’ CUPE union president Mark Hancock is refusing to obey Ottawa's orders.

Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social

www.thestar.com/business/air...

Air Canada strike updates: Airline, flight attendants in negotiations, union says Air Canada has announced it will suspend all flights through Tuesday afternoon after flight attendants still defy a federal back-to-work order.

CUPE's strategy appears to be working, as Air Canada has returned to the bargaining table.

ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

#canlab #aircanadaflightattendants

Just fully admitting to bargaining in bad faith

Absolute Scum over at @aircanada.bsky.social

Stay strong @cupescfp.bsky.social! Flight attendants are making history

It’s kind of beautiful that our collective hatred of Air Canada is building class consciousness

Very helpful breakdown!

Good time to repost our piece from last year tracing history of federal government’s cute misuse of S.107 of Canada Labor Code to end strikes simply by emailing the CIRB and ordering it to ban the strike.

Story begins with #AirCanada flight attendants in 2011.

lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...

@cupescfp.bsky.social & the Air Canada flight attendants are defending every single Canadian’s right to strike & bargain.

Jobs minister orders Air Canada flight attendants back to work Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu has ordered binding arbitration in the Air Canada flight attendant strike.

Tell me again how ‘great’ Carney is. Canada Post and now these seriously underpaid workers for A PRIVATE COMPANY ordered back to work.
I guess our constitutional right to collective bargaining is only ‘protected’ some of the time.

Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...

"To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike."

Amazing that flight attendants are standing up this back to work order.

Shame on @aircanada.bsky.social

Home | Unfair Canada

@aircanada.bsky.social does not pay their flight attendants for essential duties that they perform.

The quality of the Air Canada flight experience has plummeted & flight prices have skyrocketed, but AC can't be bothered to properly pay their crew.

Take action here: unfaircanada.com

New article out in Media Industries on how media workers tackle equity from below via collective bargaining, co-authored with @madisontrusolino.bsky.social and Natasha Grzincic. Open access: journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/article/...

New publication out in Media Industries looking at how CBAs are used to address issues of equity and diversity in digital media workplaces.

"Diversity and Equity from Below: Media Worker Unions and Collective Bargaining." Co-authored w/ @nicolecohen.bsky.social & Natasha Grzincic.

I assume there’s a club and that cake is served 😹

Big News from the East Coast: in January 2026 I’ll be joining the Department of Social Science at the University of New Brunswick Saint John as an Assistant Professor (LTA) in Sociology.

I can’t wait to join UNBSJ’s wonderful community.

Thank you to everyone who helped me get here.

How about Team? Don’t you love Teams?

📚 🌟 New Publication 🌟 📚

In “A labour of love: cancel culture as an accountability practice in the comedy industry,” Diandra Ships & I disentangle comedians’ demands for safety from the narrative of ‘cancel culture’

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HPZPR...