Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Bill C-377 More Action

Please call and email the senators to urge them to defeat this anti-union bill!

Please find attached contact information for all Liberal Senators and Conservative Senator Hugh Segal.

Since the Bill is returning to the Senate tonight, we are asking everyone to email or call the Senators on the list in support of their opposition of Bill C-377. Please urge each of them to do everything they can to defeat this Bill. We also ask that you cc. politics@clc-ctc.ca on the letters and emails sent to the Senate so that we aware of which of the Senators have received them.

We are expecting the Bill to be debated in the Senate each night this week and encourage people in Ottawa to sit in the gallery as another show of our support to defeat this bill. If you are attending tonight, Senator Ringuette's office suggests getting into the gallery just prior to 7pm. Keep in mind you will need to be get through security at Centre Block.


Thursday, June 13, 2013

CAW VIA Rail reach deal at deadline


http://www.caw.ca/en/12161.htm

Right to Work a Creeping Disease

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Conservatives in Canada would like to see "Right to Work" laws in our workplaces. "Right to Work" is a manipulative, misleading term. We are working to save free collective bargaining and preserve the Rand formula.






Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Monday, June 10, 2013

CAW Reaches Tentative National Agreement with Loomis Express (TransForce) (TFI)

A work stoppage by thousands of CAW members at Loomis Express has been narrowly averted after marathon bargaining talks led to a tentative agreement for a national contract.
"The CAW members at Loomis Express stood together across the country and fought hard to resist the massive concessions tabled by this employer," said Bob Orr, Assistant to CAW President Ken Lewenza.  "The CAW Master Bargaining Committee comprised of members from six different provinces is unanimously recommending acceptance of the new agreement," Orr added.
The agreement was reached in advance of the deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2013,    As a result of the reaching the tentative agreement, the deadline has been lifted and work will continue at Loomis Express in all locations across the country.
The CAW will be setting up ratification meetings in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia in the near future. 
Further details of the tentative agreement will be released after the ratification process has been completed.