Tiffany Balducci President, Durham Region Labour Council It started off like many of our recent protests and pickets have: local groups of unions, parents of autistic children, students, community members, everyday people coming together to voice our concerns and opposition to the Ford agenda and government cuts. We found out Finance Minister Vic Fedeli would Continue reading“Keep going”: Tory MPP tries to drive through pickets
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by Tiffany Balducci Oshawa Public Library worker and president of CUPE Local 960 Who ya gonna call? Scab-busters! That was just one of the many chants on Thursday’s picket line at Hematite Manufacturing with members of Workers United Canada Council Local 2508. Over 60 workers from Workers United Local 2508 in Guelph, Ontario are currently Continue readingBustin’ scabs in Guelph
By Gerard Di Trolio Cleaners in several office buildings in downtown Toronto and their allies held a protest last Friday to raise awareness of a number of major issues they have with their employers as part of the ongoing Justice for Janitors campaign organized by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2. Contractors providing cleaning Continue readingCleaners rally for justice
By Patrick Colford On the evening of October 16, 40 people demonstrated outside the Dieppe Canada Post mailing process plant to protest mail leaving New Brunswick for sorting in Nova Scotia. The demonstration was organized by the Moncton Labour Council and the New Brunswick Federation of Labour and saw participation from the CLC, local unions, and other community allies who oppose the Continue readingWorkers picket Dieppe postal depot
Rail safety | EI reform fiasco | Bill C-377 | NGF Guelph strike | Saskatoon transit lockout | Live-in caregiver program | Good Jobs Summit | Pensions study | ETFO anti-racism | Canada-Korea Free Trade | Ontario health and safety | Dalhousie post-docs Rail Safety New Teamsters TV Commercial on rail safety Train cars that Continue readingRankandFile.ca Labour News Update: October 13, 2014
By James Taylor Workers at Impark followed up their April 30 wildcat strike at Pearson Airport with a blockade on Saturday, May 24. Around 75 workers and their supporters blocked the main parking entrance at Terminal 1 and shut down the terminal departures roadway. Members of Unifor local 2002 lost their jobs with Impark when Continue readingOccupy YYZ: Pearson parking lot workers fight back