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Tuesday 9 February 2010, 19:21:49

Top news stories from Canada

Ontario Vale Inco: we have right to use replacement workers at Sudbury operations [Canadian Press] ActNOW! 2010-02-09

Newfoundland and Labrador Union Officials to Testify at Wells Inquiry [VOCM] 2010-02-09

Ontario Vale to boost Sudbury mine output despite strike [Reuters] ActNOW! 2010-02-04

British Columbia B.C. continues to turn its back on women at risk [NUPGE] 2010-02-03

Ontario OPSEU to College faculty: Vote no to employer offer [OPSEU] 2010-02-03

Other labour news from Canada

Buy American deal gives Canada short end of the stick [CCPA] 2010-02-09

China, Japan and the U.S.: Together in Crisis? [SP] 2010-02-09

Tory chill freezes out Tobin tax [Rabble.ca] 2010-02-09

Ontario TTC manager defends stern memo to workers [Globe & Mail] 2010-02-09

Ontario McGuinty has the powerTo get Vale to the Bargaining Table [Sudbury Star] ActNOW! 2010-02-09

RSI Awareness Day: February 28: Because Work Shouldn't Hurt [CAW] 2010-02-09

United Steelworkers and Telecommunications Workers Union Sign Strategic Alliance [USW] 2010-02-09

Traditional retirement dreams vanishing in Canada [NUPGE] 2010-02-09

NUPGE challenges PM: live up to lofty G8 rhetoric [NUPGE] 2010-02-09

British Columbia Tentative agreement reached for 48,000 hospital and long-term care workers [HEU] 2010-02-09

Saskatchewan CAUT condemns federal government decision to end funding for First Nations University of Canada [CAUT] 2010-02-09

British Columbia Trail nurses to hold candlelight vigil tonight [BCNU] 2010-02-09

Ontario ‘No’ vote means college strike — or not [The Sun] 2010-02-09

United Steelworkers and Telecommunications Workers Union Sign Strategic Alliance [USW] 2010-02-09

Ontario CAW calls for probe of Xstrata site closure plan [The Sun] 2010-02-09

Ontario Waterloo Region in negotiations to prevent strike by outside workers [The Record] 2010-02-09

Ontario Union calls for action against Xstrata [Reuters] 2010-02-09

Quebec La CSN lance une campagne contre le Journal de Montréal en Outaouais [Rue Frontenac] 2010-02-09

Ontario Former union boss finds it hard to trust Vale Inco - Dave Campbell [Northern Life] ActNOW! 2010-02-09

Quebec Les fonctionnaires préparent une manifestation monstre [Cyberpresse] 2010-02-08

Quebec Les cols bleus portent plainte au Conseil des services essentiels [SCFP] 2010-02-08

Ontario Union and Vale Inco set to meet with labour board twice this week [Northern Life] ActNOW! 2010-02-08

Ontario Loss of Xstrata Kidd Metallurgical Operations Will Cost More than 4,400 Jobs, New Study says [CAW] 2010-02-08

Ontario Federation of Labour calls on McGuinty Government: Reject Lopsided 'Buy American' Deal [OFL] 2010-02-08

Europe Risks Another Global Depression [Baseline Scenario] 2010-02-08

Harper runs roughshod over women's rights [Rabble.ca] 2010-02-08

Good news labour numbers hide bad news for many workers [Rabble.ca] 2010-02-08

'Solidarity News' - a half hour audiocast of international union news [RadioLabour] ActNOW! 2010-02-08

Ontario Job loss reflects wobbly recovery [Hamilton Spectator] 2010-02-08

Ontario Employees poised to work to rule after being told to shape up [Globe & Mail] 2010-02-08

Virage vers une économie verte donnant de bons emplois : investissement dans les transports en commun et les services ferroviaires voyageurs [CTC] 2010-02-08

Moving to a Green Economy with Good Jobs: Investment in Transit and Passenger Rail [CLC] 2010-02-08

Ontario CAW Calls for Government to Make Xstrata Divest Assets in Timmins, if Closure Ensues [CAW] 2010-02-08

Saskatchewan SFL boycotting XL Foods over Moose Jaw lockout [NUPGE] 2010-02-08

Manitoba Nurses' demands vex NDP [The Free Press] 2010-02-08

Quebec Les syndicats des professeur-e-s et des chargé-e-s de cours signent un protocole d'entente [CSN] 2010-02-07

Newfoundland and Labrador Wabush mineworkers get hefty raise [CBC] 2010-02-07

New Brunswick UNB contract talks fail [CBC] 2010-02-07

Unions tell Quebec Premier Mr. Charest: Asbestos? No Thanks !!! [BWI] 2010-02-07

British Columbia Liberals must introduce a jobs budget as BC continues to lose full-time jobs [BCFL] 2010-02-07

Ontario Leo Gerard: USW [USW] ActNOW! 2010-02-07

Ontario Xstrata Deal Mandates Vale to Return to Negotiations [USW] ActNOW! 2010-02-07

British Columbia Hearing dates scheduled to set final pay rates for three patient care benchmarks [HEU-CUPE] 2010-02-07

Ontario Mayor, union leaders call Vale Inco back to bargaining table [Northern Life] ActNOW! 2010-02-07

Ontario Vale Inco Plans to fully restart ops eventually despite on-going Sudbury strike [Reuters] ActNOW! 2010-02-06

Ontario Vale Inco slaps down Steelworkers says deal signed by Xstrata has nothing to do with Sudbury dispute situation [Mining Weekly] ActNOW! 2010-02-06

Ontario Vale sending nickel off to Welsh refinery [Sudbury Star] ActNOW! 2010-02-06

British Columbia Complaint filed over treatment of female dock workers [Globe and Mail] 2010-02-06

Quebec Guerre de poubelles à Québec [SCFP] 2010-02-06

New Brunswick UNB faculty could be in position to strike in 15 days [The Daily Gleaner] 2010-02-06

British Columbia Employers file gender-based hiring complaint against longshore union [The Gazette] 2010-02-06

Ontario Shaw Festival could face strike [The Globe and Mail] 2010-02-06

Quebec Premier pilloried over asbestos exports at Delhi summit [The Globe and Mail] 2010-02-06

British Columbia 'Ugly girl' system in operation at docks [The Globe and Mail] 2010-02-06

Ontario Panhandlers Claim Victory [IWW] For more info 2010-02-05

La relance de l’emploi repose sur les mesures gouvernementales - Le secteur privé est trop faible pour prendre les devants, dit Georgetti [CTC] 2010-02-05

Jobs recovery depends on more government stimulus - Georgetti says private sector is too weak to lead job growth [CLC] 2010-02-05

Part-time Jobs Don't Make for Real Recovery, says CAW President [CAW] 2010-02-05

Rule outlawing corporate and union political donations needs to be rethought [Montreal Gazette] 2010-02-05

Ontario Quebec USW director on the Vale case [The Star] ActNOW! 2010-02-05

Part-Time Recovery [PEF] 2010-02-05

Ontario Mayor, Union Brass Call Out Vale Inco [The Star] ActNOW! 2010-02-05

Ontario Shaw union concerned by employer conciliation no-show [The Standard] 2010-02-05

Ontario Day for unionization vote has dawned for taxi drivers [Hamilton Spectator] 2010-02-05

British Columbia Olympic Flame Parades Through Ravaged Northern British Columbia [The Bullet] 2010-02-05

New Brunswick UNB, union can't reach deal [Daily Gleaner] 2010-02-05

Ontario Vale Inco, Xstrata take different approaches to management [The Star] ActNOW! 2010-02-05

Nova Scotia Protesters Take over N.S. Government Office to Save Ferry [CAW] 2010-02-05

Harper coupe les vivres aux groupes de femmes? L’AFPC riposte en leur apportant son soutien financier [AFPC] 2010-02-05

PSAC provides funding for women’s groups [PSAC] 2010-02-05

Ontario Strike possible at Shaw Festival [The Star] 2010-02-05

National Union celebrates Black History Month [NUPGE] 2010-02-05

Ontario Ontario budget should focus on jobs [CUPE] 2010-02-05

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan government must ensure smooth transition for FNUniv students and staff [CAUT] 2010-02-05

Alberta Albertans are already hurting from deep cuts to public services [AFL] 2010-02-05

Quebec Protesters dog Charest Asbestos clouds indian trade mission: Diseases linked to mineral affect union members [The Gazette] 2010-02-04

Rating the fisheries Vanishing sockeye shouldn't be labelled [Straight Goods] 2010-02-04

Struggle for freedom never ends, says Angela Davis [NUPGE] 2010-02-04

Canada ignores human rights for women, says FAFIA [NUPGE] 2010-02-04

Governments continue to shortchange Canadian women [CUPE] 2010-02-04

British Columbia February 28 Declared RSI Awareness Day [BCNU] 2010-02-04

Nova Scotia Border services union worried about jobs, Yarmouth’s port of entry status without ferry service [Nove News Now] 2010-02-04

Ontario Pension plan for Vale workers in Sudbury $729-million in the red: company [The Free Press] ActNOW! 2010-02-04

Newfoundland and Labrador Workers comply; Mill unions accept wage deferral, expecting further requests from company [The Western Star] 2010-02-04

Bowater back at full capacity [The Chronicle-Herald] 2010-02-04

Alberta Deal hikes transit wages 9% over 2 years [Calgary Herald] 2010-02-04

Saskatchewan Sask. unions call for XL boycott over lockout [Alberta Farmer Express] 2010-02-04

Fearing a lockout, NFL players ramp up lobbying effort [Canadian Press] 2010-02-04

Ontario Vale, union impasse raises ghosts of strikes past [Canadian Mining Journal] ActNOW! 2010-02-04

A Call to Action Against the Cuts to Come: Submission on the Ontario Provincial Pre-Budget ‘consultations’ [SP] 2010-02-03

More on the Financial Transactions Tax [PEF] 2010-02-03

Ontario McMaster Establishes Canada's First Labour Studies School [CAW] 2010-02-03

British Columbia BC is Worse Province For Child Labour and Poverty As More Kids Get Injured in Workplaces [USW] 2010-02-03

No Recovery for the Unemployed [PEF] 2010-02-03

Tuning in to the neighbourhood [UFCW] 2010-02-03

Public service workers maintain our way of life [PSAC] 2010-02-03

Ontario Put focus on jobs and keep crown assets, OFL says [NUPGE] 2010-02-03

Ontario Long term care crisis puts patients, staff at risk, CUPE tour hears [CUPE] 2010-02-03

British Columbia B.C. fails to meet international women’s rights standards – B.C. CEDAW Group [HEU] 2010-02-03

Getting to the root of the forestry problem [CP] 2010-02-03