Saturday 4 July 2009, 14:47:48
Top news stories from Canada
Mechanics defy own union in rejecting offer, target Vancouver Olympics for strike [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-03
Air Canada's biggest union could vote again on rejected labour contract [Canadian Press] 2009-07-02
Asbestos issue continues to divide labour movement [rabble.ca] 2009-07-02
Labour College - Application Deadline Extended [CUPE] 2009-07-01
Union rejects Air Canada tentative agreement [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-01
Other labour news from Canada
Ontario Disability support workers in Lanark set to strike [CBC] 2009-07-04
Ontario `Enough is enough,' Toronto mayor tells unions [The Star] 2009-07-04
Ontario City strike leads couple away from the altar [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-04
Ontario Won't ask for back-to-work legislation, Miller states [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-04
Newfoundland and Labrador FFAW and Government Call Friday's Meeting on Fishery Productive [VOCM] 2009-07-04
Yukon Firefighters want cancer comp [Yukon News] 2009-07-04
Job security key issue in Air Canada labor talks [Reuters] 2009-07-04
Slumping economy forces CP Rail layoffs [Leader-Post] 2009-07-04
Quebec Nouvelle convention collective à l’École de technologie supérieure [SCFP] 2009-07-03
British Columbia Retour à l’interne de la collecte des déchets et du recyclage à Port Moody [SCFP] 2009-07-03
British Columbia WorkSafe reports say hospital cleaning contractor violated safety standards [Canada East] 2009-07-03
Air Canada, union scramble to reach accord [The Star] 2009-07-03
Air Canada mechanics call for job assurances [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-03
Ontario Navistar workers reject contract offer [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-03
Tentative agreement averts strike at Globe [The Star] 2009-07-03
Air Canada union may vote again [The Chronicle-Herald] 2009-07-03
Newfoundland and Labrador Office occupation did the trick: fisheries union [CBC] 2009-07-03
Montreal mechanics drive 'no' vote at Air Canada [The Gazette] 2009-07-03
Ontario Right to strike, recycling and illegal dumping [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-03
Strike averted at Globe and Mail as workers and paper reach contract deal [CP] 2009-07-03
Union refuses to bail out Air Canada [The Star] 2009-07-03
Globe and Mail management, union agree on tentative deal [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-03
Globe and Mail: La grève évitée [SRC] 2009-07-03
Newfoundland and Labrador FFAW Meets With Government [VOCM] 2009-07-03
Blame Unions? Try Blaming Employers [PEF] 2009-07-03
British Columbia Cash crop: province's minister has a history on farmworker's rights [Public Eye Online] 2009-07-02
Teamsters Bouvier delivers much-appreciated speech [Teamsters] 2009-07-02
Le président Bouvier livre un discours très apprécié au 10e congrès de Teamsters [Teamsters] 2009-07-02
Newspaper chains could reverse readership losses by restoring local content, embracing community [TNG] 2009-07-02
British Columbia BCTF claims victory in standardized testing fight [The Tyee] 2009-07-02
Ontario Strike opens our eyes to the awful levels of waste we produce [NOW] 2009-07-02
Ontario Layoffs Planned At National Steel Car In Hamilton [Citynews] 2009-07-02
Ontario Navistar plans to cut workforce [The Star] 2009-07-02
Ontario Brockville, outside workers ratify three-year deal [The Whig-Standard] 2009-07-02
Labour deal rejection a blow for Air Canada [The Financial Post] 2009-07-02
Air Canada Workers Target Olympics for Strike, Globe Reports [Bloomberg] 2009-07-02
Air Canada deal rejected by machinists [CBC] 2009-07-02
Air Canada union scrambles after members reject pact [The Gazette] 2009-07-02
Ontario Navistar Workers Reject Latest Proposal, CAW Urges Navistar to Keep Jobs in Canada [CAW] 2009-07-02
Ontario Navistar workers reject contract offer [Reuters] 2009-07-02
Air Canada union gears up for new talks on Friday [Reuters] 2009-07-02
Ontario Transit Windsor union denies strike leak [The Star] 2009-07-02
Ontario Neighbours Of Christie Pits Dump Protest At City Hall [Citynews] 2009-07-02
Ontario In a crisis, bash the workers [The Star] 2009-07-02
Ontario Don't expect Ont. to end civic strike, Duncan says [The Star] 2009-07-02
Ontario Toronto Residents Raise Concerns About Festering Garbage [Citynews] 2009-07-02
Ontario Toronto strikers starting to feel bite on pocketbook [CTV] 2009-07-02
Ontario No progress in Toronto civic strike talks [CBC] 2009-07-02
Newfoundland and Labrador Fishermen Protest for Fourth Day [VOCM] 2009-07-02
Ontario Grève à Toronto: Lendemain de veille déplaisant [SRC] 2009-07-02
Air Canada: Les machinistes rejettent l'entente [SRC] 2009-07-02
Quebec Nouveau contrat de travail à l’UQAR [SCFP] 2009-07-02
British Columbia VIHA cleaning contractor, Compass, cited for health & safety violations [HEU-CUPE] 2009-07-02
Ontario CAW to press Ford on staying in Canada [The Globe and Mail] 2009-07-02
Machinists Reject Air Canada Tentative Offer! [IAMAW] 2009-07-02
Ontario Let's Talk Solutions Forums on the Economic Crisis [OPSEU] 2009-07-02
Ontario Protecting Yourself from Heat Stress [ONA] 2009-07-02
Obama sees 'difficulties' with Colombian free trade [NUPGE] 2009-07-02
Air Canada Union Dangles Vancouver Olympics Industrial Peace To Bargain For Better Pay Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015674350?Air%20Canada%20Union%20Dangles%20Vancouver%20Olympics%20Industrial%20Peace%20To%20Bargain%20For%20Better% [AHN] 2009-07-02
Globe and Mail strike deadline moved to midnight Thursday [CBC] 2009-07-02
Allocution remarquée de James P. Hoffa pendant le congrès de Teamsters [Teamsters] 2009-07-02
Address given by James P. Hoffa [Teamsters] 2009-07-02
Most research studies conclude 12-hour shift better for patient care [CUPE] 2009-07-01
Saskatchewan Education workers vote to ratify new agreement [CUPE] 2009-07-01
Moist urges Harper to call for Honduran president's return [CUPE] 2009-07-01
Ontario CAW and Navistar Fail to Reach Agreement in Contract Talks By Midnight Deadline [CAW] 2009-07-01
Ontario Contract Negotiations with Toromont Going Down to the Wire, CAW says [CAW] 2009-07-01
Ontario P.E.I. company's Toronto trash work called 'strikebreaking' [CBC] 2009-07-01
Ontario CAW sets up blockade over workers' worries that plant will close [Canadian Press] 2009-07-01
Science without politics [Rabble.ca] 2009-06-30
Canada’s Declining Social Safety Net The Case for EI Reform [CCPA] 2009-06-30
Canadian EI payments below OECD average: study [Globe & Mail] 2009-06-30
Ontario Civic Worker Strike Drags On [City News] 2009-06-30
Acceptable Versus Unacceptable Repression: A Lesson in Canadian Imperial Hypocrisy [The Bullet] 2009-06-30
Ontario Workers End Protest at BBI Plant in Ajax [CAW] 2009-06-30
Major campaign launched to save prison farms [NUPGE] 2009-06-30
Landmark discrimination ruling by top U.S. court [NUPGE] 2009-06-30
Ontario Suggestions pour appuyer les grévistes de Toronto [SCFP] 2009-06-30
British Columbia Funding for review of clerical and “page 209” benchmarks heads to arbitration next month [HEU-CUPE] 2009-06-30
Manitoba CUPE 1684 - ACL workers approve strike [CUPE] 2009-06-30
Ontario CUPE Local 79 remains available for bargaining – City needs to back away from concession demands [CUPE] 2009-06-30
Ontario Special delivery for Liberal MPPs tomorrow: baked goods and a demand for long-term care minimum standards - “3.5” says the icing on top – 3.5 hours of care per resident per day [CUPE] 2009-06-30
Ontario Catholic school board workers vote unanimously to join CUPE [CUPE] 2009-06-30
British Columbia North Vancouver library workers ratify first agreement [CUPE] 2009-06-30
British Columbia Garbage and recycling back in-house in Port Moody [CUPE] 2009-06-30
Sick leave and city workers: Public sector unions under attack [rabble.ca] 2009-06-30
Ontario Workers End Protest at BBI Plant in Ajax [CAW] 2009-06-30
Ontario Home / Strikes and Lockouts Ways to support Toronto strikers [CUPE] 2009-06-30
Ontario After 2 month shutdown Chrysler workers return to Windsor, Ont. plant [Windsor Star] 2009-06-30
Ontario Locked-out Kellogg's workers in London get new offer [The Star] 2009-06-30
Globe and Mail, union extend talks [Reuters] 2009-06-30
Globe contract negotiations deadline extended to Thursday [The Financial Post] 2009-06-30
Ontario Strike talks moving slowly, Miller says [The Star] 2009-06-30
Ontario Toronto on strike: city cancels its Canada Day parties [The National Post] 2009-06-30
Ontario City lists 200 parks as possible dumps as Toronto strike continues [The National Post] 2009-06-30
Ontario Twitter imposter goes beyond parody, Toronto union officials say [The Globe and Mail] 2009-06-30
Ontario CUPE irked by Halberstadt blog [The Star] 2009-06-30
Ontario 400 pickets ramp up Windsor blockades [The Star] 2009-06-30
Ontario Toronto residents and tourists turned off by stench of streets as strike enters second week [CP] 2009-06-30
Ontario Windsor responds to bad faith charges [The Star] 2009-06-30