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10/6/2014

RankandFile.ca Labour News Update: October 6, 2014

Nova Scotia’s Bill 1 | US Steel | Montreal firefighters | Saskatoon transit lockout | EI Reform | Migrant farm workers | Lac-Mégantic & rail safety | Edmonton senior care workers | Mount Pearl lockout | Guelph glass strike | UWindsor tentative agreement | Hong Kong strikes for democracy Nova Scotia’s Bill 1 Nova Scotia Continue readingRankandFile.ca Labour News Update: October 6, 2014

8/26/2014

Five Exhibits from the 2014 Pensions Heist

by Doug Nesbitt Five important pension fights have erupted across the country in recent months. Employers, public and private, are once again going after pensions in what amounts to a heist. Every generation of worker is facing the attack: new hires, veteran employees, and the retired. In every case, the public and private employers want Continue readingFive Exhibits from the 2014 Pensions Heist

7/14/2014

RankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – July 14 2014

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

7/13/2014

Bombardier workers in Thunder Bay set to strike Monday

By David Bush Barring a last minute agreement nearly a thousand workers at the Bombardier rail plant in Thunder Bay are set to hit the picket lines Monday at 2pm. The workers, who are unionized with Unifor 1075, voted almost unanimously in favour of a strike. The main issues that are preventing a deal is Bombardier’s Continue readingBombardier workers in Thunder Bay set to strike Monday

6/26/2014

Durham region inside workers striking against concessions

By David Bush Despite heavy rain well over 200 people rallied in Whitby in support of the striking Durham inside workers yesterday. The rally was organized by CUPE Ontario to show solidarity for the 1600 CUPE 1764 members who have been on strike since last Thursday. Over the weekend the inside workers rejected the latest Continue readingDurham region inside workers striking against concessions

6/9/2014

RankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – June 9 2014

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

4/21/2014

Rankandfile.ca Weekly Labour Update – April 21 2014

CLC Presidential Race | Temporary foreign workers | BC sawmill explosions | BC teachers | Crown Holdings Toronto strike | Chinese shoe factory strike | Toledo autoworkers strike | Federal job cuts | Tuition fees & work hours | Nova Scotia & right-to-strike CLC Presidential Race CLC Presidential Candidate Primer Candidate websites Hassan Husseini: “Take Continue readingRankandfile.ca Weekly Labour Update – April 21 2014

3/19/2014

Interview: The OPSEU strike at Carleton U

On March 10 the fifty members of OPSEU 404, representing Carleton University campus security, went on strike to win a first contract after unionizing in 2013. Ottawa’s labour movement has responded by strengthening the picket lines, while Carleton University’s administration has brought in scabs from the private security firms Garda and Securitas. Samantha Ponting conducted Continue readingInterview: The OPSEU strike at Carleton U

3/2/2014

The Right to Strike is Good For Your Health

A Look At The Health Impacts Of The Nova Scotia Liberal’s Attack On Workers’ Rights By Jason Edwards On Saturday, Nova Scotia’s legislature, led by Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil, came together to pass essential service legislation, forcing home-support workers from Northwood Homecare back to work (and stripping 700 nurses from the Victorian Order of Nurses Continue readingThe Right to Strike is Good For Your Health

12/18/2013

MLSE is Offside at the Air Canada Centre

by Gerard Di Trolio Over six hundred workers at the Air Canada Centre (ACC) went on strike at 5:00 p.m. on Friday December 13. Workers were out in full force that evening in the freezing cold picketing the ACC before a basketball game between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76’ers. Teamsters Local 847 members voted Continue readingMLSE is Offside at the Air Canada Centre

8/15/2013

Toronto Plaza Hotel Strike: A First Hand Report!

by Peter Hasek Originally published at School Edition! on August 14 2013 Editor’s note: a rally in support of Toronto Plaza Hotel workers is taking place today (August 15) at noon at the Toronto Plaza Hotel on 1677 Wilson Street. The USW brothers and sisters at the Toronto Plaza Hotel have been on the line Continue readingToronto Plaza Hotel Strike: A First Hand Report!

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