Picket Tory Minister to Defend Postal Services All Out September 20! by Barry Weisleder Momentum is growing towards a monster mass picket and rally to defend Canada's postal services. The protest, set for Saturday, September 20, is against Canada Post…
by Barry Weisleder Conservative leader Tim Hudak got exactly what he deserved. On June 12 Ontario voters rejected his plan to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs and to gut the unions. For the most part, labour’s campaign to stop Hudak…
If you are in the Montreal area on May 5, do you plan to attend this event? The Workers' Solidarity and Union Democracy Coalition invites you to a Public Forum at the site of the Canadian Labour Congress Convention in Montreal, Monday,…
Following the lead of the federal Conservative regime, the Ontario Liberal government announced that, starting in 2017, it will force its public service workers to pay more and work twice as long to qualify for retirement benefits such as life…
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by Barry Weisleder New Democratic Party MP and Finance Critic Peggy Nash called the February 11 Conservative federal budget a “do nothing budget". We should be so lucky! In reality, it is a broadside assault on workers. Federal public service…
*UPDATE: Below is the video showing the picket and rally held recently to defend Canada's postal service. Protest against the plan to terminate door to door mail delivery hit Toronto streets and the mass media on Saturday afternoon, March 15. Close…
by Julius Arscott The assault on labour in Canada intensified recently with new legislation rushed through the Alberta legislature. It targets the actions of public sector unions prior to collective bargaining. The ruling Progressive Conservatives, under Premier Alison Redford, passed…
by Barry Weisleder How can they get away with it? Ontario taxpayers have given millions to cereal-maker Kellogg Co., which amassed $2 billion in operating profits last year. In 2007, the Liberal government gave the breakfast food giant $2.4 million…
by Barry Weisleder The scheme to curtail home mail delivery is part of a plan to gut the federal public sector, to shrink postal workers' pensions, to break a progressive, democratic union, and to sell-off lucrative remnants of Canada Post…
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