Ottawa – July 12, 2013
$11.8 billion
Estimated federal government spending cuts by 2014-15, due to the last three austerity budgets. [Source - Numbers in that blog are drawn from the Federal Budget 2013, pg. 298]
Toronto – July 10, 2013 – UFCW, Unite the Union and other progressive allies made an important stand for international labour rights today by leading a mass demonstration and information picket against Ferrovial: the majority shareholder of Highway 407 ETR – Canada’s most lucrative toll road company – for blacklisting an employee who raised health and safety concerns.
Vancouver – July 10, 2013 – The Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) was recently recognized for its longstanding advocacy of migrant farm workers' labour rights at a fundraising dinner hosted by CoDevelopment Canada (CoDev), a British Columbia-based non-profit organization that works for social change and global education in the Americas.
Winnipeg – July 9, 2013 – Passenger service attendants (PSA) working at Bearskin Airlines in Winnipeg are the newest members of UFCW Canada after a majority said "Yes" to joining Canada's most progressive union. The new Bearskin members proudly join UFCW Canada Local 832, Manitoba’s leading voice for workers.
Toronto – July 9, 2013 – UFCW and Unite the Union, the two largest private-sector unions in Canada and the United Kingdom, joined forces yesterday for a bold display of solidarity action against Ferrovial – the majority shareholder of Canada’s most lucrative toll highway – for its shameful disregard of employee health and safety rights.
Regina, Sask. – July 8, 2013 – The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) was the big winner at the Laps for Life annual Go-kart racing charity event held recently in Regina, with all proceeds donated to support the life-saving research of the LLSC.
Toronto – July 5, 2013 – The European owners of Canada’s most lucrative toll highway are attacking the rights of health and safety, union activists! Support the international campaign led by the Unite the Union in the United Kingdom to stop this shameless attack on labour rights!
Toronto – July 5, 2013 – The race is on for five provincial ridings in Ontario, which all promise to be more than just a test of the newly-appointed Premier, Kathleen Wynne. The outcome of the by-elections should also reveal how Ontarians feel about the government’s past history. That past includes Dalton McGuinty’s costly cancellation of two power plants, the ongoing Ornge scandal, and the government’s lacklustre dealings with public sector unions.
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