“Mapping Corporate Power in Saskatchewan” is a new report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (SK office). Of note is finance capital’s support for the NDP. Other major players, like resource company Mosaic, donates to both parties. This report is a model for other CCPA branches in Canada. Check out the report on-line Continue readingMapping Corporate Power in Saskatchewan
Archives for December 2012
Commend the Canadian Union of Postal Workers for their ongoing solidarity work at home and abroad Please support the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and their international solidarity work. CUPW has come under attack for sending delegates to the 2012 World Social Forum – Free Palestine. Emails can be sent to Dave Bleakney, dbleakney@cupw-sttp.org Continue readingRank and File News Update, December 17, 2012
by David Bush originally published at Rabble.ca Yesterday the Michigan legislature passed “right-to-work” legislation that would ban unions from collecting dues from all those covered by union contracts via paycheck deductions. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has said he intends to sign the bill into law. Michigan will now join 23 other states in America that Continue readingRight to work in Canada?
by Doug Nesbitt In the coming week, Ontario’s teachers, education workers and students will be turning up the heat on the Liberal minority government and Bill 115, which imposes a concessionary bargaining agenda on teachers unions and the school boards, and allows the cabinet to change tentative agreements and stop strikes without even legislative oversight. Continue readingKill Bill 115: Where is the movement going?
The CLC has launched an on-line petition against Bill C-377, a private members’ bill that will force every union, every union local, every local labour council, every federation of labour and the Canadian Labour Congress to file intrusive financial reports that will be posted on a public website for every employer to see. Join the Continue readingYour help is needed now on Bill C-377
The Campaign Against the Rand Formula By Evert Hoogers, Donald Swartz and Rosemary Warskett It has been widely reported that Pierre Poilievre, the Federal Conservative MP for Nepean-Carleton, has launched a campaign to change the rules regarding the payment of union dues [See his November 2012 letter to his constituents]. The object of Mr. Poilievre’s Continue readingNews update, 1 December 2012