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This week: Bargaining will occur between CEP Local 911 and ISM Canada on Thursday, July 2, 2006 at The Seven Oaks in Regina.
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West Wind Turbulence can't stop pilots from joining CEP - Gary Schoenfeldt CEP 911
Three pilots, grounded by West Wind Aviation of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, were reinstated by the Canada Industrial Relations Board which later decided to certify CEP as the legal bargaining agent and representative of all 70 pilots. The Saskatoon Star Phoenix reported on April 29, 2009, that the pilopts were fired for union organizing in October 2008, reinstated by the Board and then witnessed their union being legally recognized in March 2009. Congratulations to the newest members of CEP!
Corporations blame unions for economic meltdown - Straightgoods.com
Elite deflect blame, settle old scores, by demanding concessions from auto workers.Dateline: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 by Linda McQuaig
By any logic, advocates of unfettered capitalism should be seeking cover from public wrath these days, as the deregulated capitalism they foisted on us continues to self-destruct, bringing calamity into the lives of millions.
Yet I've heard barely a whisper of mea culpa from members of this corporate crowd.
On the contrary, they seem to see the economic meltdown as an opportunity to finally do in their old foes in the labour movement.
After years of demonizing unions and undermining workers' rights, they're now taking advantage of the unpopularity of the auto bail-outs to try to take away gains that the Canadian Auto Workers spent decades achieving, and that set a standard for the labour movement.
In demanding wage concessions of up to $19 an hour, auto company executives and the Harper government are hoping to deflect public anger for the economic meltdown onto those who assemble cars. (If only GM workers hadn't frittered away their time on the assembly line bundling together those Credit Derivative Swaps.)
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Government using economic crisis as an excuse to attack pay equity. Women must confront Ottawa's anti-equality agenda
Dateline: Tuesday, March 03, 2009
By Barbara Byers
International Women's Day will be observed in more than 40 countries on March 8th. Lately, women in Canada have had little to celebrate. The economic crisis is in full swing and women workers are bracing for the worst economic turmoil in decades, without the support they need to weather the storm.
www.straightgoods.ca/2009/ViewFeature.cfm
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CEP Local 911 joins workers everywhere in celebrating International Women’s Day, March 8, 2009.
This day of recognition is steeped in the history of workers’ struggle.
“Those strikes and demonstrations led by the women gave us International Women’s Day, a special day to commemorate the women in our lives...,” says Wanda Bartlett, Recording Secretary of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL).
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“One man supports Women’s Equality, another doesn’t.”
http://larryhubich.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-man-supports-womens-equality.html
Shiftwork Committee to tackle scheduling issues
CEP Local 911 members working 12 hour shifts in the Mail, Print and Hot-Room at One Research Drive have decided to address long-standing issues related to shift work.
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Epic struggle at Petro Canada secures new contract as lockout and boycott ends.
Workers at the Montreal Petro Canada refinery have voted 94.6% to accept a new collective agreement to end a 13 month lockout fought over the future of national pattern bargaining in Canada’s oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Dave Coles CEP national president, has declared the boycott to be over. Read more here: http://www.cep.ca/campaigns/petro-canada/petrocan_end_e.html
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CommonDreams.org December 13, 2008
Detroit's Problem: It's Health Care, not the Union
by Christopher R. Martin
The Senate's failure to pass the bailout of the U.S. auto industry strikes a big blow at one of labor's last stands in manufacturing in the U.S.
What's at stake? According to the bill: 355,000 workers in the U.S. directly employed by the automobile industry; 4,500,000 employed in related industries (the auto industry has the highest job creation multiplier effect of any industry); 1,000,000 retirees (with pensions and health care benefits).
Vice President Dick Cheney, mindful of his administration's economic legacy, reportedly pleaded to fellow Republicans in the Senate, "If we don't do this, we will be known as the party of Herbert Hoover forever."
Welcome to forever, Dick.
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