Two major unions in Canada, now in merger talks, want to include workers who lack collective bargaining rights. Is it a step forward, a way to reverse decades of decline, or just a cynical move to make bureaucrats look good?…
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First it was postal workers. Then Air Canada workers. Now 4,800 workers are the victims of aggressive concession demands, backed up by federal back to work legislation. The question is: What are the Canadian Labour Congress and its major affiliates…
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The big business Conference Board of Canada predicts that 2012 will be a year of major labour-management strife across the Canadian state. The big business Conference Board of Canada predicts that 2012 will be a year of major labour-management strife…
Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair, a former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister who takes pride in his role in early 'free trade' negotiations, brings a decidedly pro-capitalist, anti-Quebec self-determination perspective to the New Democratic Party leadership race. When Mulcair announced his candidacy,…
