Our Brothers and Sisters at ITF Seafarers need our help to put an end to piracy.  As of today there are still 350 seafarers being held by pirates.  By clicking on the link below, following the instructions and signing the petition you can help put an end to this by reaching, or exceeding, the goal [...]

OLRB Hearing - CULE vs CEP - update August 25th, 2010 CEP vs PSAC vs CULE - Ontario Labour Relations Board Hearing August 23-24, 2010 - Toronto, Ontario This hearing was set to determine the outcome of the CEP Raid of Ontario CULE members. The parties met at the appointed time of 9:30 am at the Board offices in Toronto. The Board appeared at 10am and upon seeing Counsel for the PSAC, one of the Board members asked for a recess. Upon returning it was revealed a Board member had a conflict of...

This summer Canada ratified its first International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention in over a decade.

I guess the CEP needs to have the council of Canadians on side before coming out with a position. Wonder if the numbers are correct. Funny that CEP's position would be local workers first when they are bring in contstruction workers from across the country. Potash takeover bad for workers, bad for Saskatchewan, bad for Canada 08/24/2010 OTTAWA –A foreign takeover of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan would threaten potash mineworkers and their communities across the country, says the...

AbitibiBowater closes 2 Que. plants Last Updated: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | 4:34 PM ET. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/08/24/que-abitibibowater-plants.html#ixzz0yD8ffIIf AbitibiBowater has permanently closed two idled Quebec paper mills that once employed 570 people. The newsprint giant, which has been operating under bankruptcy-court protection from creditors for more than a year, said Tuesday the facilities in Dolbeau and Gatineau won't be part of its operations...

ILWU Canada wishes you a safe and enjoyable Labour Day weekend!

Come celebrate 100 years of organized labour on the Prince Rupert waterfront by attending the dinner & dance, rally and BBQ all happening this Labour Day weekend!  Click on the events tab for more information on the festivities, or call the ILWU Canada office at 604-254-8141

Harper must intervene in Potash takeover, says Council of Canadians 08/20/2010 Published Council of Canadians Ottawa – This morning, the BHP Billiton takeover bid of Saskatchewan-based Potash Corp, moved into hostile territory, with BHP announcing it would buy $39 billion worth of shares directly from the shareholders. The Council of Canadians is not satisfied with the Harper government’s claim it will undertake a ‘rigorous review’ of the takeover, as this new development indicates time is...

Its been reported by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers that Canada Post has not been backfilling carriers when they take sick days.  The Union has been recieving a number of grivences from postal workers claiming that their routes were left unattended for as many as three days while they were sick, delaying postal service substantially.  [...]

(Toronto) - The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) has donated $25,000, through its Humanity Fund, to Oxfam emergency flood relief efforts in Pakistan and is raising additional funds from members and Local unions across the country. CEP is urging members and Locals to give generously to the growing need for assistance for the 20 million citizens impacted by the flood. “The need continues to be great in Pakistan and CEP members and their families have a proud...

Fertile land the prize that could reignite ethnic conflict in DR Congo Land remains the greatest prize in North Kivu as residents grow uneasy over the return of the Congolese Tutsis from Rwanda Xan Rice in Masisi guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/26/un-report-rwanda-congo-hutus Unprecedented investigation by human rights commissioner says Hutu deaths ‘cannot be put down to margins of war’ Chris McGreal in Washington, Xan Rice in Nairobi, and Lizzy Davies in Paris guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 August 2010 20.45 BST The UN’s Goma camp in [...]

http://www.sharenews.com/opinion/2010/08/25/labour-needs-step-employment-equity Posted by Editor on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 in Front Page Opinion By AJAMU NANGWAYA There are two issues that are not really grounded in the current public discussion on the Conservative government’s proposed review of employment equity in the national civil service. The two matters are the question of race and structural racism and [...]

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Basil-Davidson-s-soul-cannot-rest-in–peace_7832155 PATRICK WILMOT Thursday, August 26, 2010 // After 95 years, the last of which were spent in the fog of unknowing, this great but simple man died in July. He trekked through the jungles with Mondlane, Machel, Cabral and Neto, and now he has joined them in that immortality of the spirit created [...]

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has recently released its 10th edition of the National Report Card on Health Care. At the top of the list of concerns among Canadians is the fear that the quality of health care in the country will decline as a result of increased strain on the health care system as the baby boom generation gets older.

From August 23 to September 2, the UWSA and the University of Winnipeg are hosting the Spence Street Festival. Local student musicians will perform, student artists will showcase and sell their work, the community garden will be open and accessible to volunteers, and the Graffiti Art Gallery will be commissioned to create UWSA and U of W specific work on site and to facilitate participatory art demonstrations. Come to one or all of the fun events & activities throughout the week: August...

OTTAWA –A foreign takeover of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan would threaten potash mineworkers and their communities across the country, says the president of the union representing about 3,000 potash workers, including 800 miners, production and construction workers at PCS. “As a branch plant of multinational giant such as BPH, all rules for civilized negotiations to keep jobs and investment in Canada would be off the table,” says Communications, Energy and Paperworkers President Dave...

Following the winds of changeBy JOHN HARRINGTON, Independent Record | Posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:05 am Within weeks a 60-foot tower that could support an electricity-generating wind turbine will be built in the Helena Valley. But there are no plans to put blades on the tower, no plans to connect it to the electrical grid and start harnessing some of the valley’s renewable resource. Instead, the tower will be placed at the Stan I. Dupree Lineman Training Center off Canyon Ferry Road and...

Former premier Bill Vander Zalm's 700,000-signature petition against British Columbia's HST will be allowed to proceed, a provincial Supreme Court justice ruled Friday in Vancouver. Chief Justice Robert Bauman said in his decision that Premier Gordon Campbell himself called the petition against the harmonized sales tax a success for democracy and it would rob petitioners of the fruits of that victory to deny them the right to proceed. Following the decision, Vander Zalm was ecstatic when...

Recently the BCMEA has been contacting casuals at home, directly, and advising them of work opportunities while dishonestly showing “Local 502” on call display.  This issue was brought before an arbitrator and some of the rulings outlined in job arbitrator R. Keras’ decision in the summary disposition 2010-03 are as follows: “The despatching ‘in effect’ [...]