After a Tuesday accident, Manitoba paramedics are calling for mandatory rest periods after extra long shifts to protect the safety of paramedics, patients and the public. Around 6:45am Tuesday, an ambulance rolled into a ditch east of Neepawa on Highway 16. The paramedic who was driving had fallen asleep. There was no patient on board…

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Yesterday, the families and representatives of victims of five tragic workplace incidents joined B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair for a meeting with Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond and Minister of Labour Margaret MacDiarmid. During the meeting, the families and Sinclair outlined a 3 point plan for justice and accountability, as…

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CBC Manitoba filed this story about assaults on Winnipeg bus drivers. Unfortunately, drivers are still waiting for the City of Winnipeg to take action to address this problem: Many attacks on transit drivers not reported: ex-driver Aug 27, 2012, CBC Manitoba A former Winnipeg Transit bus driver says drivers are under attack more often than what the…

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The independent CD Howe Institute says Harper’s pooled pension scheme won’t help Canada’spension crisis, and could actually make things worse for low income Canadians. Read about in the Globe and Mail: Ottawa’s pooled-pension proposal gets thumbs-down By Janet McFarland, Globe and Mail Scheme little better than existing RRSP program ‘with a new coat of paint,’ says C.D.…

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A report on a speech to the 2012 CAW National Convention from the Globe and Mail, August 22, 2012, by Kevin Carmichael, Richard Blackwell and Greg Keenan: With hundreds of billions socked in their bank accounts, firms aren’t doing enough to drive growth, create jobs, central bank governor says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has…

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