This article was published on Wednesday June 29, 2016 in the Huffington Post.
I have made no secret of my respect for our new Prime Minister, especially after the disdain I held for his predecessor.
That’s why it can be tough at times to watch – as good Canadian jobs are lost to Mexico, a place of horrible human rights abuses – while Justin Trudeau publicly talks about being such good friends with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Imagine this. You buy a house. You like the house a lot. You find it welcoming, and can imagine having a long life with that house. You particularly like the kitchen, and the neighbours seem nice. So you sign the deal, and go to the bank to work out the mortgage.
Just as you get to the bank, your realtor calls. Turns out, that kitchen you liked so much? It’s no longer part of the deal. Or maybe it will be. It’s going to take a couple of years living in the place to sort out.
In the meantime, the sale price stays the same, and your mortgage will be just as high as before.
TORONTO, July 13, 2016 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor Local 100 and National Council 4000 have voted to accept a new four-year deal with VIA Rail. The agreement, reached June 12, 2016, was overwhelmingly accepted by a margin of 80% nationwide.
Members of Unifor Local 707A (Suncor) met with Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray and Energy Minister Margret McCuag Boyd on July 7 to discuss challenges and opportunities for the province’s oil and gas sector.
The closing panel of the Young Workers’ Conference made the case for why young workers and unionized workers should take action to demand fairness for all workers and fight for a $15 minimum wag
From across the country, 130 young workers came together in Port Elgin on July 8, 9 and 10 to strengthen their activist skills at the second Young Workers’ Conference.
Unifor’s campaign to stop ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal ramped up in Toronto on June 15 with a community rally and Town Hall that featured National President Jerry Dias.
When Unifor was established, the National Executive Board made a collective commitment to build a union that was vibrant, dynamic, progressive and inclusive. It was understood that the strength of Unifor comes from our membership and is reflected by the diversity of members, activists, including women, racialized and Indigenous workers, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered workers, young workers, workers with disabilities and other equity seeking groups being represented in the structures of the union, at all levels.
EDMONTON, July 8, 2016 /CNW/ - Following today's robbery of armoured guards near the Mill Woods Town Centre in Southeast Edmonton, which resulted in the shooting death of one person, Unifor is urging the federal government to develop stronger industry safety and training laws to protect the public and prevent robberies.
In the early hours of July 8, 2016, an armoured truck robbery in Southeast Edmonton resulted in the shooting death of one person. In the wake of this attack, Unifor is urging the federal government to develop stronger industry safety and training laws to protect the public and prevent robberies by supporting Bill C-285.
There has been a thaw of sorts lately in Ottawa and other corridors of power, as far as labour’s relations with government go – and that’s a good thing for working people across this country.
After a decade of being frozen out by the Harper Conservatives, what we are seeing now is a rebalancing of the voices heard by our members of parliament – including those who sit in cabinet.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, if ratified, would put the Canadian automotive industry at risk, undermining the competitiveness of Canada’s assembly and small and medium-sized auto parts plants, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives concludes. For more information, click here.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, if ratified, would put the Canadian automotive industry at risk, undermining the competitiveness of Canada’s assembly and small and medium-sized auto parts plants, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives concludes. For more information, click here.
Moose Jaw—The Brad Wall government’s cuts to the Wakamow Valley Authority (WVA) will lead to lay-offs and the degradation of Moose Jaw’s urban park. Both Sask party MLAs in the area—Greg Lawrence and Warren Michelson—voted in favour of eliminating the provincial funding for the Authority.
(and I would argue moral) ambiguity about the place of unions in Canada.
Conservative governments who can't rewrite the constitution to take that right away will use underhanded tactics to rob Canadians of their rights at work.
For the latest example of conservative politicians working hard to undermine constitutional rights, just look to Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister.
Loren Remillard’s ideological tirade against unions (June 20 “Secret ballots and democracy”) is both under-researched and misleading.
Remillard falsely asserts that workers in Manitoba cannot vote by secret ballot to join a union. In fact, it has been enshrined in Section 40(1)2. of the Labour Relations Act for decades.
VANCOUVER, June 20, 2016 /CNW/ - The expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is welcome, despite falling short of Labour's goal to double CPP benefits.
