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
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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
In 1965, postal workers across Canada and Quebec launched their historic wildcat strike. They forced the federal government to extend the right to strike and bargain collectively to the public sector. They also had to take on their professional organization whose leaders opposed the strike and the desire of workers to establish a democratic union Continue readingWeekend Video: The 1965 postal workers wildcat strike
On Saturday May 3, Donald Lafleur spoke with RankandFile.ca’s Samantha Ponting. Donald is running for executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress. He is a long-time activist with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and currently serves as CUPW’s National Vice-President. His campaign site can be found on Facebook and Twitter. [audio: https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/interviewwithdonaldlafleurfinal.mp3] Download the Continue readingInterview: Donald Lafleur, CLC Exec VP candidate
By Geoff Bickerton (CUPW Research Director and CUPE 1979 delegate) At the upcoming CLC convention we are being offered a choice between leaders who have very different visions for the future of the labour movement. Here are some of the reasons I will be supporting Hassan Yussuff: A commitment to activism Yussuff has committed himself to strengthen Continue readingWhy I will be voting for Hassan Yussuff
by Mike Palecek National Union Representative, Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) In 2012, CUPW ratified a collective agreement (under duress) that contained massive and historic concessions. The contract passed with only 56 percent of the vote. There was a large range of views and a heated debate about the best way to move forward. Continue readingAgainst careerism: A postal worker speaks out
By Toni MacAfee Saturday, March 29, 2014 — CUPW Atlantic region held a regional day of action to oppose the attacks on our public postal service. Locals from all 4 provinces participated by hitting the streets to collect signatures on petitions and spent the day discussing with the public the misinformation around Canada Post’s five point Continue readingCUPW (Atlantic) Regional Day of Action
BC teachers win big court victory for education services Roger Annis, Rankandfile.ca January 29, 2014 Ontario raises minimum wage to $11/hour CBC January 30, 2014 CN, union to talk after contract rejected Toronto Star January 31, 2014 Mount Allison strikers get national show of support CBC January 31, 2014 Interview: Kathleen Wynne and Ontario’s minimum Continue readingLabour News Update – February 3 2014
Mike Palecek is a National Union Representative with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. On January 24, Mike was invited to speak about the fight at Canada Post at a town hall organized by the Toronto Young New Democrats. Afterwards he spoke to rankandfile.ca about the purposed cuts and the fight to save Canada Post. Continue readingPostal Workers Fight Back – A Rank and File Podcast With Mike Palecek
In this week’s Labour News Update: Minimum wages in Canada Collective agreements Temporary foreign workers Canada Post Outsourcing at Sears Pension funds Silencing public sector workers Buffett keeps word, Heinz strikes “fair” deal with Ontario ketchup workers Jamie Sturgeon, Global News, January 16, 2014 New contract for UFCW Local 500 members at Laminage Continue readingLabour News Update: January 20, 2014
“All I would have to say is we’re coming for Stephen Harper and he better be ready for postal workers because Mulroney sure wasn’t.” That was Arlyn Doran’s concluding comment in a wide-ranging interview with Rankandfile.ca. From the local campaign in Winnipeg to save Canada Post from cuts, layoffs and privatization, to management and media Continue readingWinnipeg postal worker: We’re coming for Stephen Harper
In this week’s update: the campaign to save Canada Post Ten months: the strike at Labatt’s in St. John’s Public service showdown with Tories in 2014 Concessions at Boeing CUPE National squashes drive in Ottawa Cambodian garment workers murdered by police New dangers for foreign workers in Canada Top CEOs rake in average salary in Continue readingLabour News Update – 6 January 2014