Nine hundred CUPW and community protesters march in Toronto's financial district.
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CUPW: A cautionary tale of union-busting, with a little help from the media
With 16 straight years of profitability, including record profits in 2009 and postage rates lower than almost all other industrialized countries, the Canada Post negotiations should have been relatively easy. But it's Tory times in Canada and what better way is there for a right-wing government to attack the labour movement than by going after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, a national and historically militant union?
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Keeping the CUPW faith alive on Canadian streets
Banding together across the country.
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As labour fights multiply, so too will the victories
The ground shifted for the Canadian labour movement this week. Monday night 4,000 thousand Air Canada workers walked off the job, joining 50,000 CUPW workers already on rotating strikes. CAW and CUPW-two unions that have made breakthrough gains in past struggles-are blocking further stripping of their pension and benefit plans, and are refusing to agree to lower living standards for new workers.
CUPW keeps its options open in strike negotiations
Postal workers in strike position next week over two-tier system for Canada Post employees.
