By Scott Price The 2015 Canadian federal election is approaching its last days. Although the NDP has seen its support wane, the election will most likely be a close one. In Manitoba and Winnipeg the municipal, federal and upcoming provincial elections could signal the start of a longer process of reevaluation and retooling for both the Continue readingIn Manitoba labour movement in the middle of the election cycle storm
Archives for October 2015
By John DG 30 Norfinch Drive may not be the centre of the city, but right now you could call it the centre of the fight to decide wether hospitality jobs in the city of Toronto will be a path to the middle class or a poverty sentence. To keep warm and occupied the workers Continue readingHoliday Inn workers stand up for Toronto service sector
We’ll get straight to the point, as airport workers we must vote in the upcoming federal election. Not only because it is our democratic right and duty as Canadians, but because this election could have a direct impact on our working conditions due to many of us being federally regulated workers. This means its Ottawa, Continue readingWhy this election matters at YYZ
By Mike Palecek and Aalya Ahmad with contributions from CUPW members and retirees The “Save Canada Post” campaign was launched by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers shortly after Canada Post announced drastic postal cuts and rate hikes, including ending all home delivery, in December 2013. This announcement sparked massive and ongoing public protests. A Continue readingSaving Canada Post from Coast to Coast – Mobilizing Members As We Go
By Dan Darrah “Those dreams of staying in Canada are now gone,” said Marco Lucinao of migrant work advocacy group Migrante Alberta. The April 1, 2015 deadline for citizenship sent scores of temporary foreign workers back to their home countries. The Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program was instituted in 1973 as a way to alleviate Continue readingWhile the TFW program has to go, the workers deserve the right to stay
Auto-sector protection under TPP deal less than Ottawa touted | Judge sides with U.S. Steel | Canadian postal workers challenge 2011 back-to-work order | Striking for Good Jobs in Jane & Finch | Remember the Temporary Foreign Worker Scandal? It’s Back | Why elementary teachers continue to fight | A Maple Fall in Quebec? | Continue readingR&F Labour News Update – October 12, 2015
Canada and 11 other countries have officially reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP, the largest regional trade accord in history. This deal, negotiated in secret, is good for big businesses, but bad for workers, consumers groups, the environment, privacy rights and national sovereignty and democracy.
By the Canadian Association of Professional Employees Recently, the Conservative Party of Canada released an open letter, from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to public servants, in which the Conservative Party Leader claims to correct some of the “misleading statements” being made by the federal public service unions. However, since this political party has a habit Continue readingFact-checking Harper on federal public service workers
This week, on October 8th and 9th, Simon Fraser University is hosting a conference on Temporary Migrant Workers entitled “Labour Rights and Organizing Strategies”. RankandFile caught up with one of the speakers, Adriana Paz Ramirez, for an interview. Ramirez is a co-founder of and organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers in British Columbia, a national Continue readingAn interview with Adriana Paz Ramirez, co-founder of Justicia for Migrant Workers
By Dan Janssen, Vice President IAMAW Local 2323 With the Federal election just around the corner, it is a very exciting time to be part of the labour movement in Canada. As a passionate and active union representative, a member of the Toronto Airport Workers Council, and a worker at Canada’s largest airport, I feel Continue readingPearson workers at the vanguard of labour struggles this election
Aerospace union says forget the Niqab debate | Harper’s record on federal public sector workers | Ottawa taxi drivers fight | Contract flipping in York region | Public sector unions in Quebec massive demo against austerity | U.S. Steel talks continue | TPP bad for auto and dairy | Ontario education support workers job action Continue readingR&F Labour News Update – October 5, 2015