Halifax, N.S. – The presidents of the provincial and territorial Federations of Labour will meet in Halifax this week to coincide with the Canadian Provincial and Territorial Leaders’ Council of the Federation meeting. The Federation Presidents want to ensure that the premiers and others attending the First Ministers meeting in Halifax this week get a…

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Manitoba’s Labour Department announced yesterday that a Manitoba employer has been fined $60,050 for a workplace injury that left a 44 year old man with three severed fingers. On March 10, 2010, a worker at Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg lost three fingers from his left hand when a punch press machine top plate activated and…

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On Wednesday, July 18, MFL President Kevin Rebeck participated in a federal/provincial consultation on a proposed new national infrastructure program scheduled to begin in 2014. The consultation was jointly hosted by the Honourable Steven Fletcher, federal Minister of State for Transport, and the Honourable Ron Lemieux, provincial Minister of Local Government. The consultation was designed…

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Manitoba’s Labour Department announced yesterday that a Manitoba employer has been fined $60,050 for a workplace injury that left a 44 year old man with three severed fingers. On March 10, 2010, a worker at Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg lost three fingers from his left hand when a punch press machine top plate activated and…

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In a thoughtful opinion piece published yesterday at IPolitics.ca former NDP Leader Ed Broadbent responds to the growing attack on workers and their unions: Right-wing commentators like to claim that unions undermine good economic performance. But respected organizations such as the OECD, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have shown this isn’t so. They have recognized…

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