Not sure if this is the case in other countries, but universities here in Canada tend to employ unionozed workers and have a huge variety in positions. I’m a unionized groundskeeper and its an infinitely better gig than any other landscaping work I’ve done.

When searching for a union job, be mindful that many employers are anti-union and unions vary in their efficacy. Try to avoid unions that have already been castrated by bad deals, or ones that constantly have to strike for basic concessions.

When you succeed at getting a union job, I highly recommend showing up at meetings and considering a leadership role if you have the chops. A union is only as strong as its active members.

I’ve been asking people this a lot lately just to be sure there’s no fascists in my orbit. Thankfully everyone has answered Nazis so far.

I don’t recall saying anything about even attempting to change his behaviour, anyone with half a brain knows that’s a lost cause. The point is being a thorn in his side. He clearly cares or he wouldn’t invest the time and money into these games.

This goes against the TOS for both games. If you play either, I highly recommend flooding them with reports on that. It would be great to see him banned. He’ll probably just set up a new account and start again, but it’ll cost him and you know he’ll keep cheating so you can just rinse and repeat.

The NDP has been stuck much longer than that through little to no fault of their own. The media spun Rae days into such a monster that very few of my elders will even consider voting NDP and they vote in much higher numbers. While I agree a new leader is a good idea, they would have to succeed at either erasing Bob Rae’s memory or drastically increasing voter turnout to do any better than they are now. I say this as someone who has voted strictly NDP for the past 20 years and volunteered for them in the last two elections.

The saddest part is I have yet to encounter a Canadian who complains about Bob Rae that was actually affected by Rae Days. When you read into it, Rae Days were a fair attempt at keeping people employed during tough times. I am completely convinced that any other party would’ve done a much worse job with that situation.

For any Canadians on the fence with their vote, please consider the NDP. We all spend the majority of our lives working and the NDP is the only party primarily focused on improving our work lives. The rest of their policies are pretty decent and they’re open to a good suggestion if you have ideas. While red and blue continue to simp for oligarchs, our orange friends simp for unions. Also look into how much of Trudeaus policy was improved by the NDP forcing changes to bills before they would vote for them. I am convinced they are currently our only option for real progress in this country and I hope you can be convinced too.