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Toronto News: Pension protest: Seniors, labour activists occupy 20 Ontario Tory MP offices – thestar.com

Graham — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:34:16 +0000

–Labour taking action.

Migrant workers killed in crash were ‘breadwinners’ | CBC

Faiz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:50 +0000

“Thousands of migrant workers come to Canada from the Caribbean and [Latin] America each year to perform seasonal labour, mainly in Ontario and British Columbia’s agriculture sector. Most have come under the federal government’s Season Agriculture Worker Program, and rarely have much contact with the communities where they spend as much as seven or eight months as labourers, often to earn money to send back home”

The families of the deceased labourers have no rights to pursue financial compensation for their loss.

“According to the Toronto Star, Health Minister Deb Matthews, while describing the crash was “a horrific tragedy”, said she was unsure whether the survivors’ health costs are covered. She promised to look into the issue.”

Community reaction to Caterpillar’s London plant shutdown | CBC

Faiz — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:19:04 +0000

“What I would like is for the general public to wake up and understand that as these good paying jobs disappear so to do our tax dollars. I paid close to $25,000 in income tax alone in 2011. At $18 an hour I wouldn’t pay even close to that. As a country we have the lowest corporate tax rate of all the G7 countries. As jobs like mine disappear where do the federal tax dollars come from to sustain our fantastic country? This is slowly becoming a country of haves and have-nots.”

Toronto Mayor Set to Lock Out City Workers

Jeff — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:06:17 +0000

Jane Slaughter | Labor Notes | On a scale never before seen in Canada, the mayor of Toronto seeks to privatize city services and is taking on the largest public sector locals in Canada to do so. Counting down to a lockout February 5, city workers’ unions are scrambling to make their case to city residents.

The world’s biggest ever strike, India, 28th February 2012

Jeff — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:53:35 +0000

On February 28th 2012 over 100,000,000 Indian workers will come out on strike. Workers from many unions and sectors are trying to gain improvements in areas such as, pay, pensions, and employment rights.

Canadian Labour At The Crossroads?

Jeff — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:28:24 +0000

Doug Nesbitt | Socialist Project

Student and Youth (Un)Employment — Citizens’ Press

Graham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:09:00 +0000

–My comment on Citizens’ Press.

Novotel Mic Check – 11 December 2011 – Ottawa

Graham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:38:07 +0000

Community solidarity with the workers trying to organise Novotel in Ottawa.

Strike Wave in China Puts Heat On Official Union

Jeff — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:33:49 +0000

Jane Slaughter | Labor Notes | China faced its second wave of strikes in two years, as thousands of workers in industrial southern provinces—manufacturers for the world—walked out this fall. Workers making New Balance shoes, Apple and IBM keyboards, underwear, furniture, and Citizen watches struck over pay and overtime.

No Means No and December 6 #cfsfcee launch new resource site

Graham — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:22:47 +0000

–New resource site launched to commemorate December 6 and to support the struggle against violence against women.

ASSOCIATION POUR UNE SOLIDARITE SYNDICALE ETUDIANTE | Mobilisation étudiante : plus de 60 000 étudiants et étudiantes se regroupent autour de la Coalition large de l’ASSÉ (CLASSE)

Graham — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:09:30 +0000

–French student militants are organised again.

Strikes over public sector pensions hit services across UK as 2 million walk out | The Guardian

Faiz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:26:37 +0000

“Up to 1,000 marches and rallies were due to take place across the UK.”

Target digs in heels as labour union applies to keep unionized status – The Globe and Mail

Graham — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:40 +0000

–Support the workers. Target needs to hear from the public.

The politics of occupation continued | Counterfire

Graham — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:37:13 +0000

–Occupy.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly and The ILWU Local 10 | MR Zine

Faiz — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:24:48 +0000

Clarence Thomas Speaks at Occupy Oakland General Strike from John Hamilton on Vimeo.

Battle rages over Ohio’s union-limiting law | The Globe and Mail

Faiz — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:42:14 +0000

“On Nov. 8, voters in [Ohio] will decide whether to keep a new law passed by the Republican-dominated legislature that all but eliminates collective bargaining in the public sector. … The new law is sweeping. It limits public-sector collective bargaining to wages only and eliminates binding arbitration, allowing state and local governments, as well as school districts, to dictate contract terms if no agreement is reached. The bill forces public workers to contribute more for their pension and health benefits, while allowing employers to roll back benefits unilaterally. It eliminates mandatory union dues and lowers the decertification threshold to 30 per cent of workers.”

CETA: Time is running out. Take action now. #StopCETA | CUPE

Graham — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:34:44 +0000

–New video from the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians.

#OccupyOttawa general assembly

Graham — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:51:13 +0000

Democracy takes time. But, like science, it works in the end.

Reinstate Professors Chatterji and Shapiro to their full faculty status

Faiz — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Two faculty members at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), a private university in San Francisco, are being edged out of their jobs largely because of their efforts to create a system for granting tenure at CIIS and their academic work on Kashmir.
The administration at CIIS are claiming their suspensions are the result of ‘poor teaching’, however, such claims contradict the recommendation of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) who, after examining the evidence presented by the administration, have urged their reinstatement.
Unfortunately for the faculty being targeted, CIIS remains a non-unionized workplace, where academic freedom can be usurped under the cover of any performance indicator the administration chooses to implement.
Students and alumni from CIIS have organized their own response to the suspension of their professors, this petition is just one. Please sign it.

Air Canada strike could lead to labour code change – Canada – CBC News

Graham — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:14:04 +0000

–The Tories have lost their mind if they think that working people are going to sit back and allow them to take away the basic right to strike. We need unions more than ever to help us fight for a better future against their ridiculous, ill-thought out program. This is a disagreement between a private company and its workers, the federal government has no business getting involved.

The Cons will continue to push their nonsensical ideological agenda until the people unite and fight back.