#subsidizing — Public Fediverse posts

#Subsidizing #Clearcuts.
Communities and forest workers need a new social contract, not a corporate bailout.

https://watershedsentinel.ca/article/subsidizing-clearcuts/

In June, USW Local 1-1937 went on strike in Tree Farm License 64 because the company insists on hiring non-union contractors to do union work. The new TFL is held by Western Forest Products and La-Kwa sa muqw, a partnership of four Vancouver Island First Nations: Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, and K’omoks.

Forest industry losses will continue because the Canadian lumber industry is barely profitable. Almost all the old growth forests are gone. The easy-to-reach, low-elevation, high-value trees were taken years ago. What’s left is the “guts and feathers,” as Wilderness Committee campaign director Joe Foy says.

It costs politicians nothing to claim that this bailout will benefit workers. But the only thing they can guarantee is a new round of austerity: cutting wages and benefits and replacing union workers with non-union contractors – the same gambit that led to the Steelworkers’ strike.

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCForestryReform #BCForestryWorkers #WorkerUnions #Greenwashing #Scabs #Logging

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine’s retaliation — Russia to spend $1.1 trillion preparing for upcoming large-scale war — Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs — Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-23-2025/

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine’s retaliation — Russia to spend $1.1 trillion preparing for upcoming large-scale war — Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs — Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-23-2025/

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine’s retaliation — Russia to spend $1.1 trillion preparing for upcoming large-scale war — Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs — Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-23-2025/

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine’s retaliation — Russia to spend $1.1 trillion preparing for upcoming large-scale war — Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs — Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-23-2025/

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine’s retaliation — Russia to spend $1.1 trillion preparing for upcoming large-scale war — Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs — Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-23-2025/

"On the #LatestEpisode of #TheMaple 's #NorthUntapped #podcast , we spoke to Dru Oja Jay from #TheBreach about why #BillC18 will likely end up #subsidizing the #profits & #debt #repayments of #corporate #media giants like #Postmedia & why the #government should instead focus on providing such #revenues to #nonprofit #news organizations dedicated to #PublicInterest #journalism ."

https://www.readthemaple.com/podcast-bill-c-wont-save-canadian-journalism/