Affection

• Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) , a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, has been recognized with a Best Place to Work award from national commercial real estate (CRE) media GlobeSt.
• Real Estate Forum for a second consecutive year.
• Recognition was based on a wide range of attributes, including culture, work ethos, corporate leadership, spirit of giving back to the community, and the affection with which employees hold the firm.
• For information about working with Marcus & Millichap, click here .

• Please join us on opening night Saturday, April 20th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
• REVERIE: LOST IN A DAYDREAM features paintings and quilts primarily by artists based in Los Angeles, with a focus on California in general.
• Opening Reception Saturday April 20th 6:00–9:00PM, Exhibition through June 8th, 2024: 2525 Michigan Ave. #B5B Santa Monica, CA 90404
  Our newest group exhibition, REVERIE: LOST IN A DAYDREAM, viewers are invited into a world of fantasy.
• REVERIE: LOST IN A DAYDREAM is where imagination knows no limits.

• PetPlace's new adoption features will allow potential pet owners to seamlessly match with more than 270,000 adoptable pets from nearly 8,700 animal shelters and rescue groups across the U.S. and Canada as part of its overarching mission to help speed up the often-lengthy adoption process and create a world where pet care is easy for all.
• "Our hearts go out to the countless pets still awaiting their forever homes in overcrowded and overworked shelters.
• "With one of the largest networks of shelters and thousands of pets eagerly awaiting adoption, PetPlace is uniquely positioned to make a significant impact on the process of pet adoption."
• PetPlace is looking forward to future enhancements to support shelters and rescues manage and coordinate the adoption process.

• Canada’s oil and gas sector is in the throes of profound change driven by shifting consumer demand and global commitments to dramatically lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
• But are industry and politicians sincere in their affection for oil and gas workers?
• Or, are energy workers merely a convenient vehicle to shield the industry from change that many Canadians believe is inevitable?

Picket lines

• We found the company used expanding pipeline capacity and Canada’s emission reduction policies to justify its push to force workers to take concessions.
• The lockout came to an end in June 2020 when Local 594 members ratified an agreement with FCL.

“Just” transition?

• Just this month federal Conservatives, conservative provincial governments and protesters came out strong against the increase to the Trudeau government’s signature climate policy — the price on carbon.
• The Liberal government has faced significant backlash against its other climate policies as well, including the oil and gas emissions cap.
• Conservatives position themselves as the voice of fossil fuel workers, who they cast as victims of carbon pricing and other federal environmental policies.
• Shuttered factories and their laid-off employees are victims of Liberal anti-oil policies, industry proponents insist.

Questions unanswered

• Time and again governments, local police and courts advanced the interests of industry over those of unionized workers.
• Or, will the inevitable winding down of extractive fossil fuel industries lead to acrimonious labour relations and social injustice?
• The path designed by powerful oil and gas interests is not one that puts workers or communities first.

• Emily Eaton receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
• Andrew Stevens receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the University of Regina (U of R fund: Unifor Scholar in Labour Relations).