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MFL participates in UN Commission on the Status of Women
By Sylvia Farley, Executive Director, Manitoba Federation of Labour I have been given the wonderful opportunity of participating as a member of the Canadian Labour Congress Delegation attending the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCWS) which runs from March 4th to 15th in New York City. There are
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Local Workers Idle as Foreign Workers Imported to Build Winnipeg Hospital
The Winnipeg Free Press reports: A local union says an Edmonton-based contractor is importing foreign labour to do concrete work on the new $239-million Women’s Hospital while giving local trades the cold shoulder. The Construction & Specialized Workers’ Union Local 1258 charges that Pagnotta Industries Inc., a subcontractor on the government-funded project, has so far hired mainly
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Bank CEO calls for Canada Pension Plan Expansion
By Lana Payne, President, Newfoundland and Labrador federation of Labour The considerable voices urging the federal and provincial governments to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in some fashion just got an unlikely ally. A banker. And not just any banker. The president and CEO of CIBC, Gerry McCaughey. He told a pension conference in
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Tory Senator Hugh Segal slams Tory attempt to silence workers and their unions
Hugh Segal, Conservative Senator and former advisor to Premier Bill Davis and Prime Minister Mulroney, has spoken out in defence of trade union rights and against Bill C-377. Ottawa (20 Feb. 2013) – A highly regarded Conservative Senator, Hugh Segal, spoke out against Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for
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U of M Union Members Rally to Save the School from Itself
More than 500 members of six unions that represent workers at the University of Manitoba, and their supporters, rallied outside the U of M’s Administration building at noon on Wednesday February 13t, 2013. They were there to protest the University’s efforts to promote corporatization, privatization, contracting-out, diminished collegial governance and increased workload – efforts they