Report from David Bush, CLC convention delegate and RankandFile.ca editor Day 3 of the CLC convention started off with the all-candidates debate at 8am. This debate only happened because a motion from the floor to amend the agenda to include a debate passed overwhelmingly on the first day. Husseini withdraws from presidential race The biggest Continue readingCLC Day 3 Recap: Races and Campaigns
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Report from David Bush, CLC convention delegate and RankandFile.ca editor As the CLC convention kicked off yesterday there was an unexpected energy at the conference. Early on an amendment to the agenda to allow for candidates debate before the Thursday election caught the Chair, Ken Georgetti, off guard. The amendment was overwhelmingly passed despite his Continue readingCLC Day 1 Recap
Workplace safety | Rana Plaza | Temporary Foreign Workers Program | CLC Presidency | Art Gallery of Ontario | UPS wildcat | Bill C-377 & C-525 | Labour-Community Alliances April 28: Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job Workplace safety by the numbers CBC News, April 28 2014 In 2012, the Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – April 28 2014
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
On April 1, 2014 Rankandfile.ca‘s Samantha Ponting interviewed Hassan Husseini who is running for the presidency of the Canadian Labour Congress at its May 5-9th 2014 convention. The interview took place at the Ottawa launch of his campaign for the presidency. He is a member of Unifor and a negotiator with the Public Service Alliance Continue readingInterview: Hassan Husseini, CLC presidential candidate
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
By Samantha Ponting Nora Loreto’s newly published book, From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement, should be added to the toolkit of any educator interested in collective consciousness raising in the 21st century. The book’s last few chapters serve as valuable reading material for Canada’s current union leadership, who need to come to Continue readingA Review of Nora Loreto’s From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement
In our final installment of the Unifor Interview Series with union leaders, staff, and rank-and-file members, we speak with Gary Engler, Vice-President of Unifor Local 2000, the Media Union of BC. Gary also recently penned two articles at Rabble.ca, “Thoughts on Labour Day” and “Unifor and the potential rebirth of militant union activism.” He recently Continue readingUnifor Interview Series: Gary Engler, Local 2000
We continue our Unifor Interview Series with Dave Coles, former president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP), and now a member of Unifor. Before being elected CEP president in 2006, he served six years as the Western Regional Vice President of the CEP. He was involved in the merger talks between CAW and Continue readingUnifor Interview Series: Dave Coles, former CEP president
In our third installment of the Unifor Interview Series with union leaders, staff, and rank-and-file members, we speak with Roxanne Dubois about Unifor’s Community Chapters. Roxane is a staff member of the CEP and now Unifor, and is a former chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. She presented a discussion paper on community chapters Continue readingUnifor Interview Series: Roxanne Dubois on Community Chapters
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
Over the next week, Rankandfile.ca will be publishing a series of interviews with Unifor union leaders, staff, and rank-and-file members. We kick off our series with Bruce Allen, an outspoken member of the CAW/Unifor. [audio:https://www.rankandfile.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bruce-allen-final.mp3|titles=Bruce Allen interview] (listen on YouTube) Bruce is Vice-President of the former CAW Local 199 (now Unifor) representing St. Catharines General Continue readingUnifor Interview Series: Bruce Allen, Local 199