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The Riley Times social media blitz has come to an end with none of the platform goals being met. Thank you to all those who took part and showed their support. I am not giving up, I have learned a lot, and will re-organize my thoughts and strategy to try again. The message of sticking together and supporting one another for the better good of society as a whole is too important to let go. In…
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Malala Yousafzai: Stronger Than 10 Regular Men, Mighty is SHE!
Malala Yousafzai: Stronger Than 10 Regular Men, Mighty is SHE!
Photo credit: Facebook – I am Malala Next Wednesday, Canada’s Governor General will bestow an honorary Canadian citizenship to the brave and ever courageous Malala Yousafzai. The outspoken teen was living in the Swat District, of her native country Pakistan, where attending school as a female was a very controversial issue, if even allowed at all. Yousafzai openly opposed the ban on female…
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Safety n Numbers
Right now we are competing with third world labor and the only winners in this game are the 1% at the top: the corporations and the billionaires. Social media has made the world a tiny flat place with no borders. We need to take advantage of this to end the competition and join together regardless of race, religion or geographical location. Our differences make us awesome and our unified voice…
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The World is Good
The World is Good
It’s amazing the difference positive thinking can make on your mental state of being. It has been a dark, negative week that has left me beardless, beat up and feeling like a whipped dog. Yes; I said beardless! It’s a long story that I probably shouldn’t get into on this platform, but I will say the experience had me dwelling on how the world is an evil dark place full of people who are out to…
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A Different Way
It was a short animated clip that ended with an old man sitting on a bench, a solemn weathered look upon his face. “I’m 94 years old now, and I’m afraid my disposition is the same as it was 75 years ago. This shit’s got to go!” The old man is Jacque Fresco, and the clip highlights his views on capitalism, greed and an alternative way of thinking that would benefit society as a whole. The “Eureka”…
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How China’s Lack of Workplace Safety is Our Problem
How China’s Lack of Workplace Safety is Our Problem
June 17, 1958 seemed like any other day for 18 workers making their way to the construction site that would inevitably take their lives. They were busily constructing the Second Narrows Bridge connecting North Vancouver and Vancouver. A grave miscalculation by bridge engineers resulted in a collapse of several spans, which sent 79 workers an estimated 30 metres into the Burrard inlet below. In…
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Unions And Democracy
Why is it that we as a society (especially in Western culture) will all agree that a democracy is far better than communism or a dictatorship, but when it comes to union vs. non-union it is anything but unanimous?
Like a democracy a union gives the people a voice.
If you speak out against safety or environmental concerns in the non-union world, like a dictatorship, there is a good chance you will…
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Splendor Sine Occasu
It kind of sounds like, “Hakuna matata” but it doesn’t mean, no worries for the rest of your days. It means, beauty that never diminishes.
The words Splendor Sine Occasu are imprinted on the coat of arms of British Columbia directly below the wapiti (elk) on the left and bighorn sheep on the right which symbolize the union of Vancouver Island and the mainland to form British Columbia in 1866.
It…
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Safety n Numbers
I was in the third year of my electrical apprenticeship working construction in Calgary Alberta. My Journeyman and I had been working on a distribution run that would reroute power away from an area that was scheduled for demolition. Due to the fact that the changeover required a two-hour major outage and could not be scheduled for day shift; we were talked into working the night shift. My three…
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The Riley Economy
Imagine a world where you were not required to go to work everyday. You were truly free to travel, explore and live your life the way you really wanted to. Up until now, the only way for this to happen was either a stroke of incredible luck, deep family wealth, incredibly hard work for years on end or some other abnormal chain of events. Well, now I’m here to tell you that the world is changing…
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Broster
Despite the fact that gender equality has been an issue for decades now, it is still an unsolved problem. Society may have come leaps and bounds from the days when women were nurses, not doctors; and men were doctors, not nurses; but I don’t think anyone could honestly say gender discrimination is a thing of the past. Permit me to speak of American Politics for just one moment; I recently read an…
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Why Fault Just Doesn't Matter
Why Fault Just Doesn’t Matter
Who is responsible for your safety on the job? If you had to pick one person to blame for you getting hurt; who would it be?
While at lunch last week, I overheard a conversation between two young ladies. The one was telling the other an animated story about how she almost got run over by a big pickup truck while out for a jog.
“I was on the crosswalk and this guy rolls through a stop sign without…
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It's Effing Labour Day!
It’s Effing Labour Day!
The Riley Times will be accelerating this fall and we are hoping you will come along with us. Of course we need readers and sharers but we also need writers. If you have written something you would like to see on our website, please send it in. This one comes from an anonymous mill worker right here in BC. It’s a little rude and maybe a bit colourful but the sentiment is great! Thanks anonymous!
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Their dreams; our reality
Their dreams; our reality
With all the issues in the world today, especially the ones concerning a fair and equitable workplace, it is sometimes a little difficult to stay positive. We are continually seeing stories of corporate corruption, union busting and safety negligence. Unionism may be in trouble, but we must realize how far we have come in the last couple centuries. If we look at the battle this way, we are…
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Unionize the world! This video is about The Riley Times and our grand plans of giving unionism to the world.
Think Unions Suck? Pull your head out of your ass and watch this video! The truth about Unions; how society sees Unions and how we should see Unions.
Why Riley? The name Riley means valiant and courageous. It came from a Viking War Lord who gave his life fighting for his community.