Expert: Hollywood actors go on strike after SAG-AFTRA talks collapse

Published: 25 July 2023

The union representing more than 150,000 television and movie actors is on strike, joining screenwriters who walked out in May to create Hollywood’s first industrywide shutdown in 63 years. (New...

Experts: U.S. midterm elections

Published: 9 November 2022

Control of the U.S. Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high...

Expert: Ontario government's use of notwithstanding clause in union dispute

Published: 4 November 2022

The Ontario government filed an application with the labour board to stop job action from a union of 55,000 education support workers who walked off the job to defy the passing of a bill that...

Experts: One-year anniversary of the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot

Published: 5 January 2022

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks to mark the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The insurrection, which began as members of...

Expert: Amazon faces Teamsters union drive at Canadian warehouse

Published: 27 September 2021

Amazon.com Inc. could be facing its first unionization battle in Canada after a Teamsters local filed for a union vote for workers at the e-commerce giant’s fulfilment centre near Edmonton. If the...

Experts: Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration

Published: 19 January 2021

Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday under a pledge to "heal" the country as it grapples with an ongoing pandemic, economic uncertainty and deep...

Experts: Pro-Trump chaos on Capitol Hill

Published: 6 January 2021

Last week pro-Trump protesters stormed the legislature as lawmakers were set to review the Electoral College votes that made Joe Biden the president. (Globe and Mail)...

Experts: US Midterm Elections 2018

Published: 24 October 2018

Here are McGill professors and researchers that are available to comment on the upcoming 2018 US midterm elections on November 6, 2018:

Expert: America may soon face its biggest labor strike in decades

Published: 7 June 2018

The Teamsters and UPS could be heading toward the nation's largest strike in decades. Source CNN Barry Eidlin, Professor of Sociology, McGill University

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