What I learned from my first union strike
Our union settled with the company 15 days after we went on strike. I’ve finished my first full week of being back at work and making money again, which I...
Our union settled with the company 15 days after we went on strike. I’ve finished my first full week of being back at work and making money again, which I...
A better month for reading, to be sure. Sadly, many starts and stops included, but I’ll take those any day over not getting a shot at reading enough at al...
Everyone has their opinions. And everyone has counterpoints to certain topics of discussion. That is of course a given. But here’s a hot tip: If you’...
For those out of town or who otherwise wouldn’t be in the know or affected by it, employees at the LCBO — the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the o...
I’ve worked for the LCBO for just over two years. This upcoming strike deadline is the first I’ve ever looked at being personally involved in, as LC...
Despite it being a pretty crazy busy month, I read more in June than I have for a while. Mind you, much of that was started and stopped. But in some cases I rea...
I’ve been working two part-time jobs for the last couple of years, and both underscored something to me I hadn’t encountered much previously: Compan...
Being the early Doggo Times, even without a lot of work happening, I haven’t had a lot of time to read — or to post anything… regular readers ...
It’s no secret among family and friends that my income has been… let’s call it “tight” for a while. I’m ready, willing and a...
I’ve been remiss in updating my website the last several weeks. It’s largely because this happened on April 20th… After years of discussing ge...