Jason Kenney, at a press conference in Calgary, July 4, 2012 source: http://www.therecord.com/print/article/755089
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By Roger Annis June 28 2012 – The BC Teachers Federation has reached an agreement with the BC government for a new collective agreement to cover the two years beginning July 2011. The agreement fails to give teachers any progress on the two key items they were fighting to obtain, namely, a salary increase and Continue readingBC teachers reach two-year agreement with government, key issues unresolved
Followers of RFR are encouraged to read Roger Annis’ latest on the Quebec student strike published at Rabble.ca. Roger, who was featured on RFR’s May 16 and May 23 episodes, unpacks various aspects of the student strike, including the important statement by student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois who argues that the student strike has hit its Continue readingOrganized labour and the Quebec student strike
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RFR_Jun20_17301.mp3|titles=June 20 2012 episode] Click here to download This show features an interview with David Bush, a community and labour activist based primarily on the East Coast. David is currently finishing his Master’s in Labour Studies at McMaster University. His blog will be exploring the theoretical and strategic debates facing left-wing activists who are trying Continue readingRFR: June 20 episode
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RFR_June13.mp3|titles=June 13 2012 episode] Click here to download MP3 On this week’s show we interview Hans Rollman, a labour activist from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, discussing the strike as labour’s chief tactic, as well as the state of the Newfoundland and Labrador labour movement. Rollman is author of “The End of the Strike?” in Continue readingRFR: June 13 episode
This article was written by David Bush and originally published at Rabble.ca “David Bush is a community and labour activist based primarily on the East Coast. Currently he is finishing his Master’s in Labour Studies at McMaster University. His blog will be exploring the theoretical and strategic debates facing left-wing activists who are trying to Continue readingBuilding the power to win: learning from last year’s lockout at Canada Post
Wisconsin | Canadian pension plans | Davis Day, Cape Breton | Wages and CEO compensation in the U.S. | Iraqi oil workers | Hyundai receives 22,000 applications for 877 jobs | Report on trade union rights | Wisconsin In a major setback for workers in Wisconsin and beyond, the state’s Republican Governor Scott Walker survived Continue readingWeekly news update, June 13, 2012
CP Rail workers go back to work Back-to-work legislation ending the strike at CP rail passed on Thursday May 31, forcing an end to the labour action that began on May 23. The dispute will now be resolved through binding arbitration. It was the third back-to-work legislation bill passed by the Harper government since it Continue readingWeekly labour news update, June 6, 2012
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RFR_June6.mp3|titles=June 6 2012] Click here to download MP3 This week’s show features an interview with George Smith, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University. Mr. Smith has been widely cited in the press as a critic of the federal government’s use of back-to-work legislation in the case of Air Canada and Continue readingRFR: June 6 episode
Note: Published on Translating the printemps érable, a website dedicated to translating Quebec news articles for an Anglophone audience. Original translation page. ~RFR June 2, 2012 Original French Text: http://www.journaldequebec.com/2012/06/02/suspendus-pour-leur-carre-rouge Canada Post suspended two Montreal employees on Friday for wearing the red square in support of the student movement. Management previously advised some employees verbally Continue reading“Canada Post: Suspended for their red square” (Le Journal de Québec)
Conservatives freeze EI data As the federal Conservatives introduces radical new changes to Employment Insurance, making it more difficult for recipients to collect EI, the government also plans on cutting the public off from important employment data. Human Resource Minister, Diane Finley, announced that her department has stopped sending Statistics Canada key and current information Continue readingWeekly labour news update, May 30, 2012
[audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/RFR_May30_1730.mp3|titles=May 30 2012] Click here to download MP3 This week’s show features our labour news update followed by an analysis of the CP Rail strike. As always, Rank and File Radio airs Wednesdays, 5:30pm EST on CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario.