In this week’s Labour News Update:
- Minimum wages in Canada
- Collective agreements
- Temporary foreign workers
- Canada Post
- Outsourcing at Sears
- Pension funds
- Silencing public sector workers
Buffett keeps word, Heinz strikes “fair” deal with Ontario ketchup workers
Jamie Sturgeon, Global News, January 16, 2014
New contract for UFCW Local 500 members at Laminage Farnham
UFCW, January 13, 2014
Staff strike at University of New Brunswick after talks fail to produce deal
The Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, January 13, 2014
UFCW Local 175 members hold strong at Horizon Plastics lockout
UFCW, January 10, 2014
GM fights tax ruling that left employees owing thousands
Jeff Gray, The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2014
Breach of trust harder than monetary loss for longshoremen
Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun, January 18, 2014
Province facing shortage of more than 5,000 nurses by 2023: labour market report
Mariam Ibrahim, Edmonton Journal, January 15, 2014
Stephen Harper takes aim at temporary foreign worker program
Peter O’Neill, Vancouver Sun, January 16, 2014
Toronto Hydro workers vote 99 per cent in favour of strike, talks continue
The Canadian Press, January 17, 2014
PSW’s earnings sickening — MILLS
Tom Mills, Sault Star, January 17, 2014
Advocates for Workers Raise the Ire of Business
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, January 16, 2014
Charelle Evelyn, Prince George Citizen, January 16
Canada Post forces some GTA carriers into overtime
Jacques Gallant, Toronto Star, January 9, 2014
Mail theft on the rise and expected to increase: union
CTV News, January 15, 2014
Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra said corporation “forgot” to alert customers of delays
Jacques Gallant, Toronto Star, January 13, 2014
Is Harper really talking tough on temporary foreign workers?
Press Progress, January 15, 2014
Outsourcing of call centres at Sears Canada feeds into 1,628 job cuts
The Canadian Press, January 15, 2014
Ontario College of Teachers: Cancel the 7% Membership Fee Hike
Petition by Michael Jursic
Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 6:
Trade Unions, Pensions, Corporations, and the State
Leftstream, December 13, 2014
Featuring Doug Henwood, Sam Gindin, Kevin Skerrett
Study shows Alberta pension plans are healthy says union leaders
Matt Dystra, Edmonton Sun, January 14, 2014
Forget labour shortages – could Canada be headed for a worker glut?
Sheryl King, Globe and Mail, January 13, 2014
Checking-In: Minimum Wage Wars
The Current, January 16, 2014
Worthwhile Canadian initiative, January, 2014
Frances Coppola, Forbes, January 13, 2014
Too many or too few doctors? What’s really behind Canada’s unemployed specialists
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
The Fifth Estate, January 10, 2014
Ottawa’s omnibus bill to face legal fight from public-sector unions
Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2014
TSB recommendation to equip trains with voice recorders stalled
Dave Seglins, CBC News, January 14, 2014