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Canada, Prepare For More Labour Trouble In 2013

CP | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Labor Relations Canada, Electro-Motive, Canadian Mega Union, Caterpillar Electro-Motive, Cep, Electro-Motive Lockout, Ken Lewenza, Electro-Motive Caterpillar, Canadian Auto Workers, Canada Labour Relations, Labour Relations Canada, Union Merger Canada, CAW CEP Merger, Slidepollajax, Caw, Canada Business News

MONTREAL - After nearly a year of searching for a job close to home, welder Garnet Cooke is preparing to leave family behind and follow the trail blaz...

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Electro-Motive Saga Draws To Close With Workers Taking Severance Deal

CP | Posted 02.23.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Caterpillar London Lockout, Ken Lewenza, Canadian Auto Workers, Electro-Motive, Caterpilla Electro-Motive, Caterpillar Canada Lockout, Electro-Motive Lockout, Caw, Electro-Motive Shutdown, Video, Canada Business News

LONDON, Ont. -- Unionized workers at Electro-Motive Canada have overwhelmingly ratified a closeout deal that gives them richer-than-required severance...

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Rachel Mendleson

Electro-Motive Workers To Vote On Severance Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 02.21.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Caterpillar Shutdown Canada, Canadian Auto Workers, Video, Caterpillar Lockout Canada, Electro-Motive, Caterpillar Canada, Electro-Motive Lockout, Electro-Motive Severance, Caw, Caterpillar Severance, Electro-Motive Shutdown, Canada Business News

Workers at the centre of the controversial closure of the Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., will vote on a severance agreement Thursday morning. ...

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Did Caterpillar Break Investment Rules Over Plant It Shuttered?

CP | Posted 02.10.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Ken Lewenza, Canadian Auto Workers, Electro-Motive CAW, Electro-Motive, Caterpillar Lockout London, Caterpillar Caw, Electro-Motive Closure, Electro-Motive Lockout, Caw, Caterpillar Investment Rules Canada, Video, Canada Business News

TORONTO -- The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union is accusing Caterpillar Inc. of not following the rules in its 2010 takeover of a London, Ont. ...

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McGuinty Places Blame At Harper's Door For Electro-Motive Closure

CP | Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.07.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Electro-Motive, Electro-Motive Strike, Electro-Motive Closing, Caterpillar Caw, Caterpillar Inc., Electromotive, Caterpillar Lockout, Electro-Motive Lockout, Cp, Canada Politics News

OAKVILLE, Ont. - Ottawa could have prevented the loss of hundreds of jobs at an Ontario locomotive plant if it had acted to modernize Canada's "outdat...

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Plant Closure Won't Stop Picketing Workers

CBC | Posted 04.05.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Electro-Motive, Electro-Motive Strike, Electro-Motive Closing, Caterpillar Caw, Caterpillar Inc., Electromotive, Caterpillar Lockout, Electro-Motive Lockout, Cbc, Canada Business News

Workers in London, Ont., say they'll continue to picket even though the Electro-Motive Diesel plant is now officially closed, as the head...

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Rachel Mendleson

Caterpillar To Shut Down Electro-Motive Plant

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 04.04.2012 | Canada
Read More: Electro-Motive, Electro-Motive Strike, Electro-Motive Closing, Caterpillar Caw, Caterpillar Inc., Electromotive, Caterpillar Lockout, Electro-Motive Lockout, Canada News

[This story was updated from an earlier version.] TORONTO -- Caterpillar Inc. has announced that it will close the Electro-Motive plant in London, ...

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Caterpillar Sees Record Profits As It Works To Slash Salaries

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 03.27.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Canadian Auto Workers, Video, Caterpillar Lockout Canada, Caterpillar Record Profits, Caterpillar q4 Earnings, Electro-Motive, CAW CEP Merger, Caterpillar 2011 Earnings, Electro-Motive Lockout, Canada Business News

The union representing workers locked out of a Caterpillar locomotive plant in London, Ont., is taking the fight to Caterpillar’s customers on the d...

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Is the Canada-European Trade Agreement Helping or Hurting?

Glen Pearson | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Electro-Motive, Caterpillar Inc, Ceta, One Per Cent, 99 Per Cent, Canada-European Trade Agreement, Occupy Movement, Canada Politics News
Glen Pearson

There could be some good aspects of the CETA arrangement, but its negative effects could be so profound. In the rush to bring in foreign investment we could easily be paving the way for the Caterpillars of the world to take away whatever little self-direction is left for our communities.

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Harper Won't Comment On Lockout At Plant He Used To Tout Business Cuts

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.05.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Conservative government is washing its hands of a nasty labour lockout at a locomotive plant in London, Ont., that was once used by Prime...

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420 Auto Union Workers Locked Out In London, Ont.

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.02.2012 | Canada Business
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LONDON, Ont. - Electro-Motive began the new year by locking out CAW members at its plant in London, Ont.Contract talks collapsed last week after locom...

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Harper Gave Plant Tax Breaks

www.lfpress.com | Posted 02.28.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Electro-Motive, Stephen Harper, Canada Business News

If London's Electro-Motive plant is closed and its jobs moved to Indiana, it'll be after having milked the benefits of a billion-dollar tax break once...

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