By Doug Nesbitt and Andrew Stevens [Editors note: a couple of passages have been edited for clarification. Oct.8 2012] For the first time since the late 1990s, a provincial labour-related education bill has angered a substantial number of Ontarians, from students to parents and, of course, teachers. Bill 115, with the Orwellian title of “Putting Continue readingWaiting for a walkout: The end of McGuinty?
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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
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
by Andrew Stevens and Doug Nesbitt On May 23, 4800 CP Rail workers went on strike after giving a 72-hour strike notice on May 19. The workers, represented by the Teamsters Rail Conference of Canada, had voted 95 percent in favour of a strike on April 27. The major issue is pensions, but there are Continue readingWorkers at CP get railroaded
Halifax cabbies | CP Rail | CAW 444 elections | Saint John media workers | Global youth unemployment | Toronto’s working poor | Flaherty’s EI reforms | Corporate criminal negligence | Charest’s Bill 78 Halifax cabbies consider unionizing Taxi drivers in Halifax, Nova Scotia are considering unionizing. Gary Jollymore, an independent cab driver in the city, Continue readingWeekly labour news update, May 23 2012
By Doug Nesbitt In the evening of Thursday, March 22, federal Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt disembarked at Toronto’s Pearson Airport to three Air Canada ground crew slow-clapping her in response to her back-to-work legislation against the Air Canada ground crew, baggage handlers, mechanics and pilots on March 14. Air Canada suspended the three workers Continue readingThe Air Canada Wildcat Strike