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Unions In Solidarity with the Quebec Student Strike
The Quebec student strike against an increase in tuition fees and for free education is a crucial battle against the austerity agenda and for accessible, quality post-secondary education. This is the longest student strike in Quebec history, with over 170,000 students on strike and over 200,000 demonstrating on March 22. It remains strong in the [...]
Letter from President of Local Lodge 764 (Aveos) to the Prime Minister
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Posted in Air Transport, Labour, Labour Rights, Local Lodge, Politics, Skilled Trades, Solidarity, Union Members, Union Officers, Union Rights
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Tagged Air Canada, anti-union legislation, bargaining rights, better choices, Dave Ritchie, Federal Government Dockyards Trade and Labour Council, harper, IAMAW, labour rights, LL764, Machinists, NDP, solidarity
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Machinists Union Files Lawsuit to Protect Union Rights
The IAM announced it has launched a court challenge to the legislation known as Bill C-33, used by the Conservative government in Canada to deny Machinists Union members the right to strike Air Canada and to send them into a biased arbitration process.
The government’s heavy-handed use of this back-to-work legislation prevented 8,300 Machinists members at [...]
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Tagged Air Canada, anti-union legislation, bargaining rights, Dave Ritchie, IAMAW, Machinists
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IAMAW LL764 and the BCFED ask BC Legislators to Co-operate for 350 family supporting jobs
This article was first published by the BC Federationist, the new online journal of the BC Federation of Labour
http://www.bcfederationist.com/iamaw-ll764-and-the-bcfed-ask-bc-legislators-to-cooperate-for-350-family-supporting-jobs/
March 27 brought a rare moment in Question Period, the usually combative 30-minute battles where the opposition throws pointed questions and the government replies with partisan non-answers. The basis of unity was the cause of more than [...]
Posted in Air Transport, Arbitration and Grievances, BC Fed, Economics, Labour, Labour Rights, Local Lodge, NDP, Politics, Skilled Trades, Solidarity, Union Members, Union Officers, Union Rights
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Tagged Air Canada, aveos, bargaining rights, BC Fed, better choices, grievances, IAMAW, labour rights, Machinists, organizing, solidarity
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NDP URGES CONSERVATIVES TO UPHOLD AIR CANADA PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACT
Machinists Rally at the Manitoba Legislature March 23, 2012 Against the Aveos Closure
TORONTO – The Aveos shutdown breaches key sections of the Air Canada Public Participation Act, New Democrats argued today. The Act mandates that Air Canada’s overhaul operations must remain in Winnipeg, Mississauga and Montreal. This ensured that Canadians would continue to benefit after [...]
Posted in Air Transport, Arbitration and Grievances, Bargaining Updates, Canadian Labour Congress, Economics, Labour, Labour Rights, Local Lodge, Politics, Skilled Trades, Solidarity, Union Members, Union Officers, Union Rights
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Tagged Air Canada, anti-union legislation, bargaining rights, Dave Ritchie, grievances, labour rights, Machinists, pensions, solidarity, strike
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