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CAW, CUPE, IAMAW Joint Statement on Air Canada Pension Relief Announcement March 15, 2013 As the unions representing the majority of Air Canada’s workers, we are pleased the federal government has agreed to allow Air Canada further relief from its solvency pension funding obligations. Basically, the proposal from the Minister of Finance would extend and modify the special regulations expiring January 30, 2014, which allow Air Canada to contribute to

On January 31, 2013, Vashti Deokie heard an explosion in her Brampton home and within seconds she was running through the front door in her pajamas with flames licking at her heels. The flames completely destroyed her home and severely damaged two adjacent houses. Her family was left with only the clothes on their backs; everything they had owned, from two automobiles to their daughters artwork along with every bit

  Toronto, ON – They came on Saturday from Thunder Bay, Windsor, Ottawa, Cornwall, Peterborough, and Hamilton by car, train and bus – 131 busloads in fact from every corner of Ontario, to join more than 20,000 protestors against the policies of Ontario’s Liberal government. Labour unions were joined by more than 100 community groups representing students, parents, seniors, environmentalists and aboriginal peoples, demanding economic and democratic rights for everyone.

“As this week progresses, you will see how workers all across the globe are connected,” said Buffenbarger. “What happens to workers in China impacts workers in Nigeria. What goes on down in South Carolina affects what happens in South America. Working conditions in India have an impact on conditions for workers in Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh.”   Delegates at the Convention will have ample opportunity to consider the scenarios described

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Montréal, QC – membres de l’AIM employés par Air Transat ont ratifié une nouvelle entente de cinq ans collective avec leur employeur. “Après leurs résultats du deuxième trimestre est entré, Air Transat a demandé que tous les employés syndiqués des salaires gelés jusqu’en 2016», a expliqué sa retraite IAM district 140, président général Georges Bujold. “Nos membres ont convenu de le gel jusqu’en 2016 à condition que nous avions la

On April 26, Members of Parliament will begin debating Motion M-312, which calls for a Parliamentary Committee to examine whether the Criminal Code definition of "human being" should be expanded to include fetuses. This threatens to allow, through the back door, a recriminalization of abortion, as well as deny the constitutional rights of pregnant women. The motion is scheduled for one hour of debate on April 26, with a further