Canada’s Federations of Labour Presidents met in Winnipeg during the week of August 3 to hold talks focusing on public pensions, job creation and the general state of the economy. MFL President Kevin Rebeck said, “It is no accident that our meetings coincided with the meeting of Canada’s provincial and territorial Premiers. We need to…

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On August 6, Canada’s Federation of Labour Presidents wrapped up three days of meetings in Winnipeg by demanding action from provincial and federal governments to stop the job loss hemorrhage. Statistics Canada reported when the meetings were in progress that in July, 139,000 full-time jobs had been converted to either part-time jobs or they simply…

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Canada’s provincial and territorial Federations of Labour presidents released a statement on August 5 that emphasizes that the fractious economic recovery must result in the creation of jobs if ordinary people are to share fairly in it. A survey of Federations in the weeks prior to the August meeting in Winnipeg discovered that in June…

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Carol Loveridge has retired from her position as the MFL’s Occupational Health Centre Executive Director. A retirement reception was held for her on June 25 at which MFL Executive Director Sylvia Farley (left in photo) made a presentation to her. Carol came to the MFL Occupational Health Centre in 2001 and embraced her work with…

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July 16, 2010The Right Honourable Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada80 Wellington StreetOttawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 Sent by e-mail: harper.s@parl.gc.ca Dear Prime Minister Harper: When your government took steps to ameliorate the worst impacts of the economic crisis on unemployed workers and their families through budgetary action and the establishment of special Employment Insurance programs, the organized…

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