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10/1/2013

Labour News Update: 1 October 2013

“Made in the USA” documentary critiques Hudak’s plans for a low-wage Ontario  September 20, 2013 The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has chosen the sidelines of the Ontario PC Convention as the right venue to premier a new documentary about Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak’s plan to bring American-style labour laws to Ontario. The embattled Continue readingLabour News Update: 1 October 2013

9/13/2013

Unifor Interview Series: Lindsay Hinshelwood, Local 707

We continue our weeklong series of interviews with Unifor union leaders, staff, and rank-and-file members. Today we speak with Lindsay Hinshelwood, an assembly line worker at Ford Oakville and a member of Unifor Local 707, formerly of the Canadian Autoworkers. [audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/LHfinal.mp3|titles=Lindsay Hinshelwood interview] Lindsay is a rank-and-file Unifor member who ran from the floor for Continue readingUnifor Interview Series: Lindsay Hinshelwood, Local 707

9/6/2013

Jamaica: A Leader in Protecting the Rights of Domestic Workers

By Meaghan Frauts [audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JHWU-FulleditforRF-1.mp3|titles=JHWU] Not unlike the challenges confronting the Canadian labour movement, Jamaican workers and unions are experiencing a period a turmoil and uncertainty.  The fall of the Jamaican dollar in June of 2013 pushed the rate to over $100 JA for every $1 USD for the first time ever reducing the  purchasing power Continue readingJamaica: A Leader in Protecting the Rights of Domestic Workers

4/30/2013

Labour News Update, 30 April 2013

Changes to Canada’s federal temporary foreign workers program: Is there any difference? Foreign Workers Canada: Tories Change Course On Controversial Program Wildcats in Alberta: Is labour militancy on the rise in Wildrose country? Alberta jail guard wildcat strike leaves main courthouses in gridlock Alberta jail guard union fined, found in contempt of court Workers on Continue readingLabour News Update, 30 April 2013

3/11/2013

Labour News Update: 11 March 2013

Some of subjects in these week’s labour news update: Saskatchewan labour legislation Porter Airlines strike Study: Employment precarity and household well-being Labour Force Survey: February 2013 Austerity in Ontario universities Precarious employment in GTA Racial wealth gap triples since Reagan era

9/28/2012

Weekly news update, 28 September 2012

Union advantage A recent report released by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) shows that the average unionized worker makes over $5 an hour more than their non-unionized counterparts. This comes to a culmulative value of almost $800 million each week across the unionized workforce. The report, titled “The Union Advantage in Canadian Communities”, is based Continue readingWeekly news update, 28 September 2012

8/10/2012

International Workers Solidarity – Vancouver & the Philippines

On August 2, 2012, Pete Pinlac (Jose Eleuterio Pinlac) was able to stop in Vancouver on route to a conference in Toronto and spoke on trade union organizing in Philippines, especially how it relates to MAKABAYAN’s strategies in the broader class struggle, and the need for internationalism. Pete is the chair of the KPD, a Continue readingInternational Workers Solidarity – Vancouver & the Philippines

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