Women in manufacturing face fourth largest pay gap
March 2012
IndustriALL to unite workers across global supply chain
HAUT Trade unions from around the world agree on plans to establish IndustriALL Global Union in June 2012, a new global union to represent workers in mining, energy and manufacturing sectors at the global level.
Les travailleurs d’Air Canada ont raison d’être en colère!
Toronto, ON – « En mes 40 ans d’expérience en négociation collective, je n’ai jamais observé autant de colère que j’observe parmi nos membres qui travaillent pour Air Canada, a déclaré Dave Ritchie, vice-président général canadien de l’AIMTA. De toute évidence, le récent accord de principe conclu avec Air Canada ne tenait pas compte des préoccupations de nos membres, car 66 % de ceux-ci l’ont rejeté. » Durant la restructuration
Why Are Air Canada Workers So Angry?
Toronto, ON – “In my forty years of collective bargaining I have never seen the level of anger that I have seen in the membership at Air Canada,” said IAMAW Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. “Clearly the recent tentative agreement with Air Canada did not address the concerns of our membership as it was rejected by a 66 per cent margin.” During the restructuring of Air Canada, our membership
International Women’s Day • March 8, 2012 • 101st IWD
International Women’s DayMarch 8, 2012101st IWD Whether we use the words celebrate or commemorate; IWD is to recognize the role that Women have played in society to move social justice issues, family issues, and labour issues forward to better everyone. Some would say that Women have achieved equality, that we no longer have to recognize women as a disadvantaged group in society. We know that statistics show that World wide
International Women’s Day 2012 Strong Women, Strong Canada – Women in Rural, Remote and Northern Communities: Key to Canada’s Economic Prosperity
International Women’s Day 2012Strong Women, Strong Canada –Women in Rural, Remote and Northern Communities: Key to Canada’s Economic Prosperity Women across Canada are as diverse as the communities they live in. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day and International Women’s Week celebrates women’s roles in the economic prosperity of rural, remote and Northern regions. Canada covers a total area 9,984,670 square kilometres. It is home to 17.4 million women