A weekly digest of labour and labour-related news
Locked out Nanticoke workers reject U.S. Steel’s latest offer
CBC News, August 1 2013
American Fast Food Strikes Catch Fire
David Moberg, In These Times, July 29 2013
Quebec brewery workers hold solidarity pickets for striking NAPE members at Labatt
NUPGE, August 2 2013
B.C. government proposes giving teachers right to strike to secure 10-year deal
Vancouver Sun, July 31 2013
The other side of MUNSU’s beer boycott
The Telegram, August 1 2013
Sammy Yatim: Police union head in war of words with OFL
Toronto Star, August 1 2013
Fast Food Wage (video)
The Daily Show, August 1 2013
U of O professors and librarians vote for strike mandate
CBC, August 1 2013
Rural Ontario mayor imposes his own employment terms on city staff, prompts strike
Labour Reporter, August 1 2013
Striking diplomats take feud with Clement to labour board
CBC, July 31 2013
Aicher lockout leaves workers gambling with their health
Hamilton Spectator, August 2 2013
Unions need to take the lead in getting labour education into our schools
Ben Sichel, Voices in Canadian Education, July 24 2013
Open for business, closed for workers: employment standards, the enforcement deficit, and vulnerable workers in Canada
Daniel Tucker-Simmons, Broadbent Institute, July 29 2013
After a pause, Walmart strikes back
Labor Notes, July 31 2013
New labor movement emerges in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin
James Cersonsky, Salon.com, August 2 2013
Britons rally against “Zero Hour” contracts (video)
Al-Jazeera, August 4 2013