Striking workers at Winnipeg airport press on into second month by James Wilt Almost a month has passed since 150 workers at the Winnipeg International Airport started striking for increased job security. The members of Public Service Alliance of Canada/Union of Canadian Transportation Employees Local 50600 — which includes electricians, maintenance staff, IT personnel, administrators Continue readingScabs on a plane! The Winnipeg airport strike
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By James Wilt The Winnipeg Labour Council (WLC) has been stagnating for decades. The WLC has a storied history of radical union activism, including playing a key role in the legendary Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. But in recent years the WLC settled for a corridor politics approach, opting to hang around City Hall, getting Continue readingAn interview with Basia Sokal, the new Winnipeg Labour Council president
By Lynne Fernandez This fall Winnipeg City Council will determine the future of waste and recycling collection in our city. Current contracts with Emterra Environmental and Progressive Waste Services will expire in 2017. At least eight private companies have expressed interest in putting forward a proposal, and it will be up to council to select Continue readingWinnipeg should consider benefits of in-house waste collection
By Scott Price Ride-sharing service Uber wants into the Winnipeg taxi market. Looking past the marketing facade, Uber isn’t innovative or inevitable. Uber is in fact deregulation of the taxi industry, modernized using smart phone applications and an aggressive expansion campaign. Studies of the deregulation of the taxi industry in other jurisdictions find a decline Continue readingUber not the answer to Winnipeg’s transport woes
by Scott Price On Friday May 22nd during rush hour a group of people were in front of the MTS Center in Downtown Winnipeg handing out homemade donuts and Tim Horton’s gift cards to transit drivers as a show of support for members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 who have been in contract Continue readingSolidarity action for Winnipeg transit workers; tentative deal reached
by Scott Price On May 12 at noon members of ATU 1505, the union that represents Winnipeg public transit workers, held a rally at city hall calling on the city to give them a fair deal. ATU 1505 has been in a contract dispute with the city since the union members rejected the city’s offer Continue readingWinnipeg transit workers to City: Fix it, fund it, make it fair