by Dave Shaw PSAC Atlantic Region organizer Tuesday, Sept. 16 saw an unusual, unique, and long awaited meeting of the minds occur. Prompted by outreach and discussions by PSAC and SEIU, an idea was formed in late spring 2014 that perhaps it would be worthwhile to consider a conference of organizers from across the country Continue readingSharing Organizing Strategies, Building Power
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By David Bush On Saturday September 20, hundreds of postal workers and their allies rallied outside of Conservative Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s constituency office in Toronto. The rally to Save Canada Post was organized by Socialist Action and endorsed by CUPW, CLC, OFL, the Toronto and York Region Labour Council and host of other national and Continue readingPostal workers take aim at the Conservatives
By David Bush On September 12, this past Friday, well over a 100 postal workers and supporters gathered at Conservative MP Lisa Raitt’s office in Milton, Ontario to say no to the cuts at Canada Post. Raitt is the Conservative Minister of Transportation, which overseas the Canada Post Corporation. The rally was organized by the Continue readingPostal workers to Lisa Raitt: Stop hiding!
BC teachers | Baristas Rise Up | Bombardier strike | Federal minimum wage | Federal PS bargaining | Regina pensions | Cameco lockout | Native court workers | Edmonton senior care layoffs | Temporary foreign workers | Ontario mines safety report | Kellogg’s London Striking BC teachers 99.4 percent for binding arbitration Tamsyn Burgmann, CTV Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour News Update: September 15, 2014
Coming out of a productive four days of workshops and cross-union collaboration at the Peoples’ Social Forum, RankandFile.ca has developed some reflections on some of the major labour struggles panning out across the country. From the attack on BC teachers to abuse in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the public is facing its fair share Continue readingFour major battles for the Canadian labour movement
Canada Post privatization | Temporary Foreign Workers | Thunder Bay Bombardier strike | sex work | Education debates | Energizer plant closure | Toronto Wheel-Trans wage cuts | Labour Force Survey | LA, Long Beach trucker strike The Smoking Gun: Harper’s plan to privatize Canada Post Mike Palecek, Rabble.ca July 11, 2014 After repeated denials Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – July 14 2014
by Michael Keefe On June 24, 2014, the Nova Local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers held a rally in front of Halifax City Hall. The reason for the rally was to make the public aware that Halifax’s Mayor, Mike Savage, its Chief Administrative Officer, Richard Butts, and its Municipal Clerk’s office told Nova Continue readingHalifax rallies to Save Canada Post
BC teachers | Boycott IKEA | Halifax baristas | Aerospace strike | Suncor deaths | Federal sick leave | Save Canada Post | Bonfield strike | Prostitution laws | Sao Paulo transit workers BC teachers strike: Essential reading Why I’m on the picket line Tara Ehrcke, Staffroom Confidential BC teachers to vote June 9-10 on Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – June 9 2014
BC teachers strike | Impark workers | Ontario minimum wage | Save Canada Post | Nova Scotia nurses | Lac-Mégantic fallout | Manitoba NDP & IBEW | GO Transit Why I’m on the picket line Tara Ehrcke, Staffroom Confidential May 31 2014 I believe I deserve a raise, but just like other teachers, that isn’t Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – June 2, 2014
Hassan Yussuff| Halifax Nurses | BC Teachers | Home Mail Delivery | Justice for Janitors | Canadian Football League | Fight for 15 | Rana Plaza | 14 Dollar Minimum Wage | Hudak’s 100,000 Job Cuts Hassan Yussuff and the ‘war on labour’ CBC, The Current May 22, 2014 Two weeks ago, Hassan Yusseff was Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – May 26, 2014
By Toni MacAfee, CUPW Atlantic region education and organization officer The campaign to “Save Canada Post” has been ramping up over the last couple of months with more CUPW members, allies, unions and Canadians joining in on the fight. In any one community, we are seeing more lawn signs and window signs pop up this Continue readingCUPW Antigonish Local is Organized and Fighting Back
Fast food strikes | Turkish mining disaster | BC teachers | Alberta teachers | Canada Post layoffs | Artists’ compensation | Ontario election | Skill shortage myth | Saskatchewan Employment Act Fight for $15: Fast food workers strike in 130 American cities Julia Kann, Labor Notes May 15 2014 Fast food workers struck in 130 Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – May 19 2014