How come there is no talk about what the union ( CEP ) did to make this happen? With stations having issues across the country you would think that Communications part of the CEP union would be all over this. CHEK TV marks year of rebirth Employee-owned station could be model for future, professor says By Ian Shelton, Times Colonist September 7, 2010 The employee-owners of CHEK TV celebrated their first year of independence yesterday, a year in which, some say, they started to find...

Premier Danny Williams pleased with AbitibiBowater deal Forestry talk blogn Aug 26, 2010 | In Financial News Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is pleased with the recently announced deal that will see Canada pay AbitibiBowater $130 million to settle the pending trade war over the province's action to seize the company's assets. Premier Williams said his provincial government will not be on the hook to pay any of the $130 million. "We're very, very pleased," Williams said, "If...

Tentative Agreement Reached Submitted by Webmaster on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 5:22pm Suncor and CEP Local 707 have reached a Tentative Agreement Special Membership Meetings have been called for and will take place at: the Quality Hotel and Conference Centre in Gregoire Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 9:30am and 9:30pm and Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 9:30am and 9:30pm Voting will take place after the meetings and will continue each day thereafter at the Union Hall...

Labour pains Unions prepare to battle for all they hold near and dear Hamilton Spectator 2010-09-04 The Hamilton and District Labour Council celebrates the organized labour movement and worker solidarity every year on Labour Day with a parade. THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR (Sep 4, 2010) On May 15, 1872 more than 1,500 workers took to the streets of Hamilton in a peaceful protest. Their march, led by an immigrant machinist named James Ryan, was a call for something truly radical in those days --...

Replacement workers keeping Genpak going Lauren Gilchrist | Sep 03, 2010 - 7:54 AM | Genpak workers have been locked out of their plant since Aug. 26 but on Aug. 30 the employer brought in replacement workers to keep the plant going (PETERBOROUGH) As Genpak workers continued to be locked out of their plant on Aylmer Street the company has brought in replacement workers to keep operations going. Employees with food packaging manufacturer's Genpak, represented by the Communications Energy...

Twenty years later - it's still a success story By Pat Tracy, Burnaby Now September 4, 2010 3:16 AM It was more than twenty years ago when the Burnaby NOW kicked off this special annual section - A Salute to Labour. It started off with this editor's tongue-in-cheek quip to the then publisher about putting together some special pages dedicated to unionism. The publisher, while certainly not a union supporter, accepted the challenge with the provision that if the advertising department...

Staff cuts at Postmedia newspapers 'appalling', says union Published on September 3rd, 2010 Jim Donnelly Ottawa Business Journal Postmedia Network Inc. has cut jobs at the newspaper chain it recently purchased from Canwest Global Communications, and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union isn't happy. Topics : Canwest , Ottawa Citizen , Canada , U.S. The country's largest media union called the job cuts "appalling" in a release. "The Paul Godfrey-led, U.S. hedge fund-backed...

You have to give these members credit standing up for a pension is hard thing to do. Local how many other locals have caved in when came to pensions. Globe and Mail Workers Accept Deal Genpak workers fight for pension 08/28/2010 Published The Peterborough Examiner By ELIZABETH BOWER Locked-out Genpak workers held up delivery trucks, for about 10 minutes, as they picketed the Aylmer St. plant about pension plans Friday. Thirty-eight members of the Communications Energy and Paperworkers...

At leasts some CEP Locals are organizing the unorganized. Ming Pao employees launch union drive TORONTO, Aug. 23 /CNW/ - Employees at one of Toronto's highest circulation Chinese-language newspapers, launched a union drive today to resolve long-term dissatisfaction with wages, benefits and working conditions. An open organizing committee of four employees, from a broad range of departments at the newspaper, presented management with a letter announcing the drive at the start of business...

Wonder what deal was cut to change the pension. Farmers Dairy workers reach deal Last Updated: Thursday, August 19, 2010. A tentative deal has been reached in the contract dispute at Farmers Dairy. The deal was reached at in the early hours of Thursday morning, said Kim Power, representative with fhe Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. The union was called to a meeting with company representatives Wednesday afternoon, but it wasn't expected that bargaining would...

West Wind Aviation signs union deal The StarPhoenix August 28, 2010 West Wind Aviation Ltd. reached its first collective agreement with its pilots' union, the company said in a news release Friday. Last year, the pilots joined the Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) after three pilots at the company were fired for organizing a union drive the year prior. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) issued the decision last April in Ottawa to allow the union to...

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...

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...

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...