Caterpillar has announced that it will soon close its Electro-Motive plant in London Ontario, where locked out employees have been off the job since January 1 of this year.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is attempting to deflect increasing criticism over his recent comments about planned cuts to government-funded pensions by saying his government will delay their implementation.

A new study by David Macdonald of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) takes a look at the three waves of cuts to federal programs, staff, and operations since the Harper government came into office in 2006. And he finds that these cutbacks will slash services and increase unemployment.

Although the Occupy Wall Street movement has dissipated and no longer occupies Wall Street, the issue of class conflict has captured a growing share of the American national consciousness.

The gap between Canada’s best-paid CEOs and the average Canadian worker continues to grow. A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has shown that it takes the average member of Canada’s top-paid chief executives a half-day of work to make the same amount of money ($44,366) as the average Canadian’s annual pay.

It’s a busy time of year for everyone and the union is no exception. The 2011 annual report has been hitting mailboxes over the past week and the union has been busy negotiating a number of great discounts just for MGEU members. As you head out to find those last minute gifts, I encourage you to support all of these local merchants who choose to offer deals for MGEU members.

A new study released by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has found no evidence the average pay of public sector workers in Canada is consistently higher than comparable occupations in the private sector.