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Mexican Electrical Workers finally win recognition and settlement
Sep 19, 2011

For over two years Mexico’s Electrical Workers Union (SME) has been fighting their government’s persecution and attempt to annihilate the union. Finally after two years of incredible struggle, and with […]

Air Canada customer service workers can keep pension plan: arbitrator: Arbitrator sides with union over issue that led to three-day strike
Sep 19, 2011

The union representing Air Canada’s customer service workers can keep its defined benefit pension plan, an arbitrator has ruled. The controversial issue played a key role in the union’s three-day […]

Delayed justice spells danger for Alberta workers: Action needed now to make worksites safe as province braces for boom in foreign employees
Sep 16, 2011

The delay of the criminal case against companies involved in the deaths of two oilsands employees is bad news for Alberta workers, says the province’s largest labour group. “Justice delayed […]

Saskatchewan Federation of Labour files in union lawsuit against provincial government
Sep 16, 2011

Over the summer months, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour and 25 additional plaintiffs (SFL et al.) filed their legal argument in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench related to the […]

Residential building sites getting blitzed by inspectors
Sep 14, 2011

The current safety blitz under way by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is a good step in making construction sites safer, but the province’s largest labour organization says a one-off […]

Court backs Husky oil executive’s bid to get visas for his Nepalese servants
Sep 14, 2011

Since he left his native Nepal 13 years ago, Shyam Thapa Chhetri has spent his entire adult life working with his brother Shalik as domestic servants at the home of […]