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.
REGINA, June 20, 2016 /CNW/ - An independent analysis prepared for SaskTel shows that the company is still as competitive as ever and shouldn't suffer as a result of the new environment resulting from the pending sale of MTS to Bell Canada. There is no reason to believe that SaskTel won't continue to have the best prices and best coverage in Saskatchewan.
VANCOUVER, June 20, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor encourages Canada's Finance Ministers to address the retirement income crisis with a significant expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
On the 20th Anniversary of National Aboriginal Day we celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of Indigenous peoples. We also acknowledge the tremendous contributions of Indigenous people to our union, our communities and the broader movement for social justice.
WINNIPEG, June 17, 2016 /CNW/ - Workers at Canadian bus manufacturers New Flyer and Nova Bus are disappointed to learn that a massive public funding injection to BC Transit will be spent oversees at the expense of Canadian manufacturing.
Vote with your heart. Vote for the person in your area and the national party you believe will best address your biggest concerns.
That is the ideal of how elections are meant to work, and the guiding principle of those who have long advocated electoral reform to replace our current first past the post system with some form of proportional representation.
Canada has been accepting refugees for over 200 years, but its refugee policies have not always reflected the generous, humanitarian values that inform the world view of Canadians. There have been times where Canada has lived up to its international commitments and moral obligations and willing accepted large numbers of displaced persons. Equally, there are times when Canada has enacted policies or taken action which has increased the vulnerability of refugees.
ST. JOHN'S, June 17, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor members from across the Atlantic provinces are gathering this weekend in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador for the annual regional council. This event provides a venue for democratic discussion on a range of topics that will direct the actions of local unions in the coming year.
METRO VANCOUVER –The union representing transit operators, skilled trades, SeaBus and support workers say the new funding plan announced today by the federal, provincial and municipal governments won’t put a single additional bus on the road in Metro Vancouver. Unifor says this is a recipe for further over-crowding and won’t help under-serviced areas.
TORONTO, June 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor National President, Jerry Dias, spoke at a Town Hall in Toronto, calling on the federal government to not ratify the current Trans Pacific Partnership, but think boldly about trade.
TORONTO, June 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor supports the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) decision to entrench the value of local news as the civic responsibility of the large media companies (VIs) holding licenses for local TV stations.
WINNIPEG, June 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Manitoba's most vulnerable workers will have fewer rights if Bill 7 becomes law, says Unifor.
"Brian Pallister is a bully who picks on those who can't defend themselves," said Jerry Dias, Unifor's National President. "Bill 7 was designed to keep Manitoba's most vulnerable workers poor and powerless."
TORONTO, June 15, 2016 /CNW/ - The crew who perished in a fatal 2013 helicopter crash in Moosonee, ON was failed by Ornge, said Unifor, the union representing advanced and critical care flight paramedics.
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. To read the complete story, click here.
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