Jan 20, 2018
Time to serve up a union for Tim Hortons workers
The franchise system in Ontario makes it incredibly difficult for workers to join organized labour.
Labour
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 Carillion failure makes the cost of P3s clearReports Here are some great tools from CUPE to challenge infrastructure privatization initiatives |
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Jan 19, 2018  Pay Equity: Canada Post Requests More Time!It’s now time for Canada Post management to put the necessary effort and resources into this matter to meet its obligations. CUPW is ready to proceed. |
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Jan 19, 2018  Seniors Advocate report underscores need to invest in new residential care facilitiesB.C. needs a plan to build more public and non-profit residential care facilities to meet the care needs of the province’s aging population, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. |
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Jan 18, 2018  Canadian labour movement abuzz in wake of Unifor decision to quit Canadian Labour CongressDavid J. Climenhaga In the background of Unifor's decision to pull out of the CLC is a long and bitter dispute about the practice of "raiding," and of the role of U.S.-based international unions. |
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Jan 12, 2018  Phoenix Pay System has now overpaid some workers. The troubles continue.PSAC shares the scepticism and frustration of our members as a result of the continuous blunders on the part of this government when it comes to payroll problems. |
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Jan 12, 2018  Workplace Injuries: A worker's account of what happened.What happens when you are hurt on the job? UFCW 175 member Kim was injured while working at a grocery store. Read her story. |
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Jan 11, 2018  Coffee break with George: Minimum wage, Tim Hortons and cost of living in Canada's Northrabble radio George Lessard and Victoria Fenner talk about how residents of northern Canada survive on minimum wage (spoiler: Tim Hortons pays more than minimum wage in Yellowknife). |
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Jan 10, 2018  'Blockbuster' job creation in Alberta leaves UCP in search of new talking points about 'job killing' carbon levyDavid J. Climenhaga You can probably count on the nattering nabobs of neoliberal negativity at the UCP to come up with a new reason that is clearly the NDP's fault to explain why the sky is falling. |
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Jan 9, 2018  Business lobby alarmist on Ontario minimum wageDennis Gruending The business lobby is using alarmist tactics to oppose a minimum wage hike in Ontario. |
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Jan 9, 2018  The traditional party of the workers needs to step up in OntarioDavid Bush Kathleen Wynne has been defending workers' rights during the recent backlash against minimum wage increases. By contrast, Andrea Horwath's NDP have only meekly supported the issue. |
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Jan 9, 2018  More to come in 2018 as the fight for $15 and Fairness continuesPeter Hogarth Most Ontarians want minimum wage increases, but threats continue to be made by some employers. |
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Jan 9, 2018  Tim Hortons brew-haha shows fast-food industry doesn't get PR, economics, or what Canadians thinkDavid J. Climenhaga Never mind the spin. The actual Bank of Canada note concluded that the benefits of increased minimum wages outweigh any depressant effect they may have on job creation. |
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Jan 6, 2018  Workers are under attack: Where is the ONDP?David Bush Kathleen Wynne has been defending workers' rights during the recent backlash against minimum wage increases. By contrast, Andrea Horwath's NDP have only meekly supported the issue. |
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Jan 5, 2018  Celebrating 401’s inaugural diversity committee meetingIn essence, we are laying down the red carpet for our Local Union to walk to the centre stage of the theatre of inclusion and equity in the labour movement here in Alberta, said Sam Nuako. |
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Jan 3, 2018  End of Ontario's sheltered workshops program drawing closerMeagan Gillmore A look at the system that employs thousands of adults with intellectual disabilities and what comes next for them. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Fight for workers' rights continued as laws changed: The year in rabble labourMeagan Gillmore rabble.ca's outgoing labour reporter recaps some of the stories that mattered most in 2017. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Toronto comes out on a cold dark night to say ‘no’ to islamophobiaChants rang out, “No hate, no fear, Muslims are welcome here”, “All of us or none of us”, “Immigrants in, racists out”, “Black lives matter here.” This continued in front of the building. |
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Dec 22, 2017  College arbitration award could have been reached at the bargaining table: OPSEUIf the colleges had displayed “even the slightest” concern for students and staff during negotiations, arbitration would not have been necessary says OPSEU. |
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Dec 21, 2017  Mining in Kyrgyzstan: Unearthing solidarityRichard Raber Central Asia remains categorized simultaneously as intransigently stuck between the Soviet experience and the 21st century. |
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Dec 18, 2017  Smelter workers in Quebec back on jobMeagan Gillmore Workers at the CEZinc smelter voted 82 per cent in favour of the company's latest offer. |
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Dec 14, 2017  Labour is about respect -- rabble.ca's 2017 labour beat intern shares some parting wordsrabble radio Meagan Gillmore's labour beat internship is ending. She shares her thoughts about Canadian labour in 2017, and what she's learned about people and their relationships to their work. |
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Dec 14, 2017  Greater Toronto-York region families need public holidaysThe politicians on York Regional Council voted to take away every public holiday (except Christmas Day) from retail workers in every city and town in the region. Take action to restore their holidays! |
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Dec 14, 2017  UFCW Canada launches campaign to end discrimination against First Nations childrenTell the federal government that Indigenous children deserve the same access to high quality social services as all other children in Canada. Take action now! |
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