June 21, 2018This morning, staffers at The Appeal a nonprofit news site focused primarily on issues of criminal justice made the sort of announcement that’s become remarkably commonplace over the past couple of years: They were forming a union. And honestly, these days, that move is as much about a tweet as a filing with the NLRB.
We ask @theappeal to voluntarily recognize our union so that we can get to work on improving The Appeal’s workplace culture and conditions.
We are unionizing to make this a high democracy workplace. pic.twitter.com/uRh4Q1o4hw
With a union, workers and management can turn a corner together, rectify working conditions, and produce more powerful and mission-driven journalism.
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The British crown need not hold any more power here
It is time to sever ties with those who have oppressed for centuries
The country of Canada is a constitutional monarchy. This means that the Crown has authority but must exercise it in accordance with the constitution of the nation-state. Since the first settlers came to Turtle Island, they have considered themselves to be under the rule of a monarchy. Not necessarily the same one, but there has always been a monarchy that has had jurisdiction over settlers in Canada.
Everything that the Canadian state has ever done, for, against, or with Indigenous nations is on behalf of the abstract but legally binding idea of the Crown. The Crown is credited with the signing of the numbered treaties among other things. This also means that crimes against Indigenous nations, like the residential school system, have technically been on behalf of the British crown.