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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