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South Island Workers Culture & Education League

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SIWCEL seeks to build connections and solidarity between workers through culture, community care & education.
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Next Workers’ Cafe topic is AI in the workplace.

This workshop will be an opportunity to consider the actual and potential impacts of AI on workers from a rank & file union perspective.

Our facilitator will draw on what they have learned and experienced chairing a committee of rank and file members of their union for the past year.

Our group has been tasked with understanding, educating members about, and responding to the proposed and potential future adoption of AI in our specific workplace. (Trust me, it’s a place you know, probably visit, and may have an opinion about AI use in!)

There will be opportunities to share your experiences too.

Note: AI was not used in the writing of this blurb and avoided it in the creation of the promotional materials and workshop, but it’s very hard to guarantee it wasn’t integrated into any of the tools we used to promote the event. by @southislandworkers

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Spend time with together in nature @ Goldstream on October 31st before heading out for Halloween/Samhain festivities! 🎃 by @southislandworkers

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Tumble out of bed and stumble to the Workers’ Cafe: Film Night - 9 to 5 to try to come to life.

Join us in person for a fun evening featuring the classic movie 9 to 5! Come kick back, enjoy the film, and hang out with fellow movie lovers. It’s a great chance to relax, laugh, and connect with the community. Don’t miss this laid-back night celebrating a timeless story about work, friendship, and standing up for yourself. See you there! by @southislandworkers

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Join us on October 15 for the next bop with @southislandworkers !!

At @themintvictoria - 1414 Douglas St
Oct 15, doors: 6pm, event: 7pm - 10pm
Co-hosts: Peter Janz and @wesconfab

Tickets are 0-$40 with all proceeds going to @southislandworkers Culture & Education League, a group that is building worker power and community in the region. It hosts Commie Bop as well as United We Sing Choir, Ginger Goodwin Outdoor Club, Worker's Cafe, Book Club, and Solidarity FC Soccer Team.

This event is for performers and 'audience members' alike! It's a participatory open mic, so even if you're not on stage, you'll be encouraged to sing and express yourself.

-- link in bio taken in The Mint Victoria by @southislandworkers

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Our next hike is a bike ride!! 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️Join us Saturday September 26, at 10:30am from the Colquitz River to Prospect Lake. by @southislandworkers

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Happy Labour Day from South Island Workers! ✊🍞🌹 Thanks to the @victorialabourcouncil for hosting us.

Our next workers cafe is on September 11th, 6:30-8:30pm @ Friend’s Meeting House, 1831 Fern Street.

We’ll be chatting with @emilylowan, @courage_ca, and @socialistvictoria about electoral politics and worker power.

RSVP in our bio. by @southislandworkers

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Catch us at the @victorialabourcouncil picnic in Memorial Park, 11am - 2pm! 🌭🍉 by @southislandworkers

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Here we gooooooo!! September 17 at @themintvictoria

Sign Up Opens at 6:30 before the event . Or online via the Google Forms Page. See ticket link in bio.

Doors: 6pm, Event: 7pm - 10pm
Tix: 0-$40
Co hosts: @azuleho__ and @wesconfab

All proceeds go to @workersolidaritybc, a worker and labor activist group who organizes to: distribute accessible know-your-rights education, close the gap in effective labour rights enforcement, support and empower individuals with complaints, and to campaign for long term improvements.

@commiebop is now offered through @southislandworkers ! Check out our Choir, Outdoor Club, Worker's Cafe, Book Club, and Soccer Team. Artwork is by Spencer Lachmanec.

About: A Commie Bop is freedom in motion: a song, a poem, a spell, a skit, a dance against the grind of colonial capitalism. It’s where creativity smashes exploitation, where solidarity squeezes alienation, and where we (yes, we, the ridiculous and unruly) celebrate our collective fire. This is a space to howl anti-capitalist anthems, share art that bites back, and honor past and future generations. Leftist debates? Vital. But tonight we revel in the kaleidoscope of our movement, checking our purity test kits at the door with our hearts open to each other’s stories. We have license to be silly little peasants! Think Carnival, mocking lords and kings…

Open Mic Sets: Your offering does NOT need to involve a complex analysis - our day-to-day experiences put us into the crosshairs of capitalism’s contradictions. Sets should be 10 minutes or less. Please explain why you chose or wrote what you’re sharing. Performers are encouraged to make space for audience participation - teach us your chorus, wrangle us into your skit, add call and response, or bring up Alice to play the tambourine or the triangle.

All acts should, in their own unique way, call for an end to exploitation and discrimination. This space celebrates dignity. Check lyrics for oppressive and triggering language (racist, sexist, ableist, SWERFS, TERFS, etc.). We fight systems, not each other. Please respect the venue. taken in The Mint Victoria by @southislandworkers

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Next Worker’s Cafe!! RSVP in bio! by @southislandworkers

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Join of next hike!! by @southislandworkers

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Join us on our next hike! 🥾 by @southislandworkers

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Join us for fun, food, and friends at the SIWCEL Summer Picnic—we’re getting all our SIWCEL groups together to enjoy the sunny weather.

Get ready for a fun-filled day at the SIWCEL Summer Picnic! Join us in person to enjoy great food, awesome games, and chill vibes with friends old and new. It’s the perfect way to soak up the summer sun and make some unforgettable memories. Don’t miss out on the laughs, the snacks, and all the summer fun! RSVP in bio! by @southislandworkers

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