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Julia Smith

Julia Smith is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at Rutgers University. She studies the history of union organizing in the Canadian banking industry and has published articles on labour relations in the Canadian airline industry and feminist union organizing in the service industry.

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    Canadian travellers should welcome unionization at WestJet

    We need airline workers to feel that they can speak out about safety issues without fear of losing their jobs. Unions help ensure that they can. It's a win-win for workers and travellers.
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    The best way to protect against unscrupulous bank tactics? Empower workers

    A unionized and empowered banking workforce might be one of the best defences against management pressure to upsell customers.
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