Description: Production has resumed at General Motors’ Oshawa, Ont. assembly plant after a two-day strike by Canadian Auto Workers members at a plant that makes car seats. Source Reuters Canada Date: 10/20/2012 Link: http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE89T14020121030 Related links: Earlier Globe and Mail story Lear Corp. GM Canada plants Canadian Auto Workers union announcement Questions for discussion: What… Read more »
Posts By: Tom Barrett
Protesters picket Raitt
Description: A group of about 20 federal government workers protested government job cuts at an appearance in Cape Breton by Labour Minister Lisa Raitt. Source: CBC Date: 10/29/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/10/29/ns-raitt-protest.html Related links: Cape Breton Post story Earlier story Canada Post to close N.S. undeliverable mail office Canada Employment and Immigration Union Glace Bay Service Canada… Read more »
Raitt steps into airport security dispute
Description: Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has intervened in a dispute involving Atlantic Canada airport security screeners, but the union says the move is “premature.” Source: The Canadian Press Date: 10/27/2012 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Ottawa+intervention+airport+screeners+labour+dispute+premature+union/7458963/story.html Related links: CTV story Earlier story from the Globe and Mail Securitas Transport Aviation Security Ltd. United Steelworkers, District 6 Canada Industrial… Read more »
Ontario nurses reach deal on pensions
Description: The Ontario Nurses’ Association has reached an agreement with the provincial government that will allow it to continue to exercise joint control over its members’ pension fund. The deal follows a similar deal struck between the government and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. Source: Canadian Labour Reporter Date: 10/24/2012 Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/16544-ontario-nurses-maintain-joint-control-of-pension-plans Related links:… Read more »
B.C. government wants 10-year contract with teachers
Description: B.C. Premier Christy Clark has announced she wants a 10-year collective agreement with the province’s teachers. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 10/17/2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/clark-eyes-unprecedented-10-year-deal-with-teachers/article4619197/ Related links: Globe and Mail column Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act B.C. Teachers’ Federation B.C. Ministry of Education Prof. Fiona McQuarrie discusses the announcement on CBC Radio (Oct…. Read more »
CEP votes to join CAW
Description: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union members have voted at their annual convention to merge with the Canadian Auto Workers union, forming Canada’s largest private-sector union. Source: Canadian Labour Reporter Date: 10/15/2012 Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/16458-cep-votes-in-favour-of-super-union-with-caw Related links: CTV story CBC story Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Canadian Auto Workers union Earlier update Questions for… Read more »
Rio Tinto wants to reopen Quebec contract
Description: Aluminum company Rio Tinto Alcan wants to reopen a nine-year contract with the Canadian Auto Workers at its Arvida smelter in Quebec. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 10/12/2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/rio-tinto-wants-to-reopen-union-deal-in-quebec/article4609199/ Related links: Rio Tinto CAW announcement of nine-year agreement (see halfway down page) Montreal Gazette story Questions for discussion: Why is the company… Read more »
Alberta LRB allows NHL lockout to continue
Description: The Alberta Labour Relations Board has rejected an NHL Players’ Association application to have the NHL lockout ruled unlawful. Source: Toronto Star Date: 10/10/2012 Link: http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl/article/1269179–nhl-lockout-alberta-labour-board-steers-clear-of-hockey-faceoff Related links: Calgary Herald story Alberta LRB ruling Earlier update NHLPA NHL Questions for discussion: Summarize the NHLPA’s argument. What did the Alberta LRB decide? What was their reasoning?… Read more »
Canada Post, CUPW reach tentative agreement
Description: Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached a tentative agreement without arbitration in a bitter year-long dispute. Source: CBC Date: 10/07/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/10/07/canada-post-deal.html Related links: Toronto Star story Earlier story: Federal Court orders new arbitrator for Canada Post dispute Earlier update: Federal government orders CUPW back to work Canada Post CUPW… Read more »
BC licensed practical nurses switch unions
Description: B.C.’s licensed practical nurses have voted to leave the Hospital Employees’ Union for the B.C. Nurses’ Union. Source: The Vancouver Sun Date: 10/05/2012 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/After+bitter+battle+LPNs+join+Nurses+Union/7352263/story.html Related links: LPNCafe – A blog run by a B.C. LPN Hospital Employees’ Union B.C. Nurses’ Union Questions for discussion: What do licensed practical nurses do? What reasons does this… Read more »
