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January 2011: CEP welcomes new members; New Union Magazine; Victory for IAMAW Lodge 99; NUPGE/CLC commit to examine raiding issue
Jan 14, 2011

CEP welcomes new members There were 226 reasons that the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada was celebrating on New Year’s Day. That’s the number of new members it […]

Tricky trade-offs ahead after good start on pension reform
Jan 14, 2011

The recent meeting of government finance ministers at Kananaskis took an important first step toward improving Canada’s pension and retirement landscape. But there is tougher slogging ahead. Facing at least […]

LRB Decision on OEM January 2011
Jan 13, 2011

Our affiliate, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 99, has won a battle at the Labour Relations Board. The Finning case was about the employer creating […]

NUPGE/CLC reach agreement January 2011
Jan 13, 2011

The imminent departure of HSAA from the AFL has been averted. NUPGE and the CLC have reached an agreement to continue to talk about the issues NUPGE was concerned with. […]

Horizon remains under stop work order
Jan 9, 2011

One man remains in hospital with burns following Thursday’s coker fire at the Horizon oilsands project which remains shut down. A stop work order issued by Alberta Occupational Health and […]

AFL demands wider probe into Horizon coker explosion: Public must not be kept in the dark for years waiting to find out what caused the blast
Jan 7, 2011

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is demanding a wide-ranging and public investigation into the explosion and fire that injured five workers at the Canadian Natural Horizon upgrader in Fort […]