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ILO once again blasts Harper and provinces for ignoring labour rights
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23-05-2013 Edmonton: CALM conference23-05-2013 Ottawa: Urgent Action Call Out – Ottawa Info-Picket in Support of Striking Porter Airlines Workers
24-05-2013 Toronto: Education workers picket at Kathleen Wynne`s constituency office.
29-05-2013 Toronto: CUPE Ontario Division Convention (until Saturday).
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Court dismisses union challenge to 201 Chinese temporary foreign worker permits [The Tyee] 2013-05-22
Bill forcing unions to disclose finances comes up for Senate’s scrutiny [The Globe and Mail] 2013-05-22
Foreign service officers walk off the job [Canadian Labour Reporter] 2013-05-22
Ontario Tim Hudak looks to import anti-union politics from south of the border [rabble.ca] 2013-05-22
Pensions and our 'golden years' [PSAC] 2013-05-22
Why so little public response from labour to Bangladesh's giant tragedy? [Our Times] 2013-05-22
Ontario Union says Porter Airlines trying to silence its members with lawsuit [MacLean] ActNOW! 2013-05-22
We're About to Launch a New Union [CAW/CEP] 2013-05-22
ILO once again blasts Harper and provinces for ignoring labour rights [UFCW] 2013-05-22
Saskatchewan SGEU says government labour law changes erode rights of workers [NUPGE] 2013-05-18
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Alberta Postal workers strike in Fort McMurray 2013-05-22 [CBC]
Northwest Territories Northerners struggle with new temporary foreign worker rules 2013-05-22 [CBC]
New Union Name Coming 2013-05-21 [CEP]
Steelworkers Humanity Fund Contributes $20,000 for Assistance to Syrian Refugees 2013-05-22 [USW]
Nova Scotia 3,700 CUPE school board workers to hold strike votes across Nova Scotia 2013-05-22 [CUPE]
Nova Scotia Staff at Halifax Early Intervention centre vote 100% in favour of possible strike action 2013-05-22 [CUPE]
Prince Edward Island 35 laid off at UPEI, Union wonders where budget crisis came from 2013-05-22 [CBC]
Alberta Victory in Grande Prairie case will help nurses refuse unsafe work 2013-05-22 [UNA]
Leading union pledges support for “Together FAIRNESS WORKS” campaign 2013-05-22 [UFCW]
Quebec A new collective agreement at IGA in Varennes 2013-05-22 [UFCW]
The Wright thing 2013-05-22 [PSAC]
Member of Parliament Raises SSO Bargaining in House of Commons 2013-05-22 [PSAC]
Nova Scotia NSGEU members at Regional Residential Services Society vote to strike 2013-05-22 [NUPGE]
MADD Canada policy paper supports liquor board model 2013-05-22 [NUPGE]
Saskatchewan Saskatoon public library workers finally have a contract 2013-05-22 [CUPE]
New Brunswick Join the rally against health care cuts at the Fredericton Legislature 2013-05-22 [CUPE]
Saskatchewan Report finds privatizing wastewater in Regina will cost $61 million more than keeping it public 2013-05-22 [CUPE]
Ontario Nearly 200 Catholic teachers to be laid off in Windsor-Essex 2013-05-22 [CBC]
Court challenge against Chinese miners in B.C. dismissed 2013-05-22 [The Star]
Federal Court upholds 2007 dismissal of union local president 2013-05-22 [The Citizen]
Ontario Workers strike in the name of public safety 2013-05-22 [The Star]
Temporary foreign worker case dismissed, but union feels vindicated 2013-05-22 [The Globe and Mail]
Alberta Hiring of foreign workers for hospital project outrages union 2013-05-22 [The Journal of Commerce]
British Columbia Federal Court dismisses union challenge against B.C. foreign workers 2013-05-22 [CP]
British Columbia Court ruling puts use of Chinese miners as temp foreign workers squarely into Gvt hands 2013-05-22 [BC Federation of Labour]
British Columbia Federal Court dismisses union challenge against 201 Chinese foreign workers 2013-05-22 [Vancouver Sun]
British Columbia Federal Court of Canada dismisses challenge to admission of Chinese mine workers 2013-05-22 [Globe and Mail]
EI board appointees made banned donations to Conservatives 2013-05-21 [CBC]
British Columbia B.C. mine's temporary foreign workers case dismissed 2013-05-21 [CBC]
Newfoundland and Labrador On Point | Labrador byelection results and NAPE poll 2013-05-19 [CBC]
Ads tout job grants program that doesn't yet exist 2013-05-19 [CBC]
The end of the weekend 2013-05-20 [Toronto Star]
British Columbia Unions want to talk jobs with Clark 2013-05-21 [The Times-Colonist]
Loblaws Only Canadian Firm to Endorse Worker Safety Accord in Bangladesh ActNOW! 2013-05-21 [The Tyee]
Canadian on EI shut out amid foreign worker influx 2013-05-20 [CBC]
British Columbia B.C. teachers return to bargaining table with Liberal government 2013-05-17 [CBC]
Prince Edward Island P.E.I. marked low on foreign worker treatment 2013-05-18 [CBC]
What’s it really like to work in Canadian reality TV? 2013-05-17 [CMG]
Newfoundland and Labrador Defeated Conservative candidate blames CBC for loss 2013-05-17 [CMG]
Alberta Teachers urge province to reverse funding cuts 2013-05-18 [CBC]
New Brunswick CUPE workers 'worried' over future health cuts 2013-05-17 [CBC]
Alberta Fred Horne's 2013 Nursing Week message: Layoffs and no consultation with Alberta Nurses 2013-05-18 [UNA]
Ontario What a difference a week makes 2013-05-18 [ONA]
Manitoba Leading voice for migrant farm workers “commends” Manitoba government for extending healthcare coverage 2013-05-18 [UFCW]
Manitoba Province praises UFCW Canada for “solidarity” in migrant farm worker victory 2013-05-18 [UFCW]
Ontario Remember to Donate Your Empties to this year’s Bottle Drive May 25th & 26th 2013-05-18 [UFCW]
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General thumbs nose at rulings; contracts-out 650 jobs 2013-05-18 [NUPGE]
Ontario Liquor board employees welcome tentative contract deal with LCBO 2013-05-18 [NUPGE]
Newfoundland and Labrador NAPE Supports Home care agencies in effort to secure government funding 2013-05-18 [NUPGE]
This month in labour history
1-05-1983 Shirley Carr became the first woman President of the Canadian Labour Congress. A CUPE member, she was also the first President from a public sector union. [more]
1-05-1952 The 3-month long Dupuis Freres strike begins. It ends with a victory that transforms retail work in Quebec. [more]
3-05-1873 Canadian Labour Protective and Mutual Improvement Association, the first attempt at a national labour body, is founded. [more]
5-05-1931 The 2.5 month long strike by Toronto garment workers ends in failure. The strike splits the city's large Jewish community. [more]
9-05-1992 26 miners die in the Westray Disaster. A public inquiry finds that workers were intimidated into ignoring safety hazards. [more]
14-05-1940 Death of Emma Goldman, the Lithuanian anarchist labour organiser, in Toronto. [more]
15-05-1919 Winnipeg General Strike. [more]
15-05-1872 Hamilton Ontario workers march through the city to demand shorter hours of work. [more]
20-05-1938 1200 members of the Relief Project Workers' Union occupy government buildings in Vancouver. [more]
24-05-1919 The Drumheller Alberta miners strike begins as the miners leave UMWA and join the One Big Union. [more]
26-05-1919 In a show of solidarity with workers in Winnipeg thousands of workers in Calgary and Edmonton went on strike. [more]