In this week’s labour news update:
- Bill 115 & Ontario teachers
- OLRB ruling: Ontario government vs ETFO
- Idle No More
- Porter Airlines strike
- Walmart challenge in Saskatchewan
- New Brunswick nurses
- CAW drive at Toyota
- “New Normal” in Canadian IR
- Right-to-Work in Ontario
- Employment Insurance
- Temporary Foreign Worker program
- The Great Walmart Walkout
- UAW organizing at Mississippi Nissan
- Seattle teachers
- Global worker compensation
ONTARIO TEACHERS & BILL 115
Teachers’ Strikes and the Fight Against Austerity in Ontario
Murray Cooke, The Bullet, January 15 2013
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Ontario Labour Relations Board ruling: Government of Ontario vs. ETFO
Ontario Labour Relations Board, January 11 2013
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Ontario teachers’ dispute may be beginning of broader battle across public service
Lori Theresa Waller, Rabble.ca, January 15 2013
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Ontarians still don’t understand teachers’ dispute: poll
Ottawa Citizen, January 12 2013
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Buzz Hargrove calls on teachers to resume extracurriculars
Toronto Star, January 15 2013
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IDLE NO MORE
The economics of insurgency: Thoughts on Idle No More and critical infrastructure
Shiri Pasternak, Rabble.ca, January 14 2003
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Idle No More supporters join Calgary care facility picket line
Calgary Herald, January 8 2013
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ACROSS CANADA
Porter Airlines ground crew on strike
Toronto Star, January 10 2013
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UFCW plans appeal in Weyburn Walmart case
Regina Leader-Post, January 2 2013
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New Brunswick Nurses, province reach tentative agreement
CBC News, January 14 2013
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CAW wages another union drive at Toyota
Windsor Star, January 11 2013
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & WORKERS RIGHTS
Industrial Relations Outlook 2013: Embracing the “New Normal”
Conference Board of Canada, December 14 2012
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Tim Hudak pushes U.S.-style anti-union laws
Toronto Sun, January 7 2013
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How Canada’s EI system undermines inner-city and Aboriginal workers
Lynne Fernandez and Ellen Smiri, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, January 9 2013
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Re-defining Employment Insurance
Angella Macewen, Rabble.ca, January 9 2013
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Will Tories Fix Temp Foreign Worker Program?
Krystle Alarcon, The Tyee, January 10 2013
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US & INTERNATIONAL
Mississippi Yearning: Some Nissan workers want a union vote
New York Times, January 14 2013
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Seattle teachers boycotting standardized test
Brian Jones, Labor Notes, January 11 2013
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The Great Walmart Walkout
Josh Eidelson, The Nation, December 19 2012
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Workers getting a smaller slice of the pie
International Labour Organization, December 7 2012
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