Description: For many Canadians, Labour Day may not have the same significance it once did. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 09/01/2014 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/evolving-work-force-presents-new-challenges-to-unions/article20290383/ Related links: Dr. Nelson Wiseman The Canadian Labour Congress A profile of Hassan Yussuff Unifor The Canadian Freelance Union Questions for discussion: What does the article describe as the aims of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: mergers
Steelworkers, TWU to merge
Description: The United Steelworkers union, which represents 225,000 Canadian workers, and the Telecommunications Workers Union, which represents 13,000, have tentatively agreed to merge – the second large private-sector union merger of the year. Source: CBC Date: 08/30/2013 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/08/30/steelworkers-telecommunications-union-merger.html Related links: Union media release Canadian Press story Canadian Labour Reporter story The United Steelworkers The… Read more »
Unions merge in hopes of reversing decline
Description: With organized labour on the defensive across the country, the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada are merging to create a 300,000-member union called Unifor. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 08/08/2013 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/unions-political-calculus-with-numbers-come-power/article13678660/ Related links: Unifor CAW CEP Financial Post story CTV story Questions for discussion: Who… Read more »
TWU to hold merger vote with Steelworkers
Description: Leaders of the Telecommunications Workers Union have voted to begin a merger process with the Steelworkers union. Source: Canadian Labour Reporter Date: 11/28/2012 Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/16808-twu-members-to-vote-on-potential-merger-with-united-steelworkers Related links: Telecommunications Workers Union United Steelworkers Union TWU merger update A history of the USW An earlier merger between the USW and the IWA A list of mergers… 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 »
Autoworkers vote to merge with CEP
Description: Members of the Canadian Auto Workers have voted to merge with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. The resulting union, if approved by CEP members in October, will represent 325,000 workers. Source: CBC Date: 08/22/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2012/08/22/wdr-caw-merger.html Related links: CTV story Financial Post story Canadian Auto Workers union Communications, Energy and Paperworkers… Read more »
