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WATCH: Canada ‘Only Nation On Earth' Without Right-To-Work Law?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.21.2013 | Canada Business

Canada is the “only nation on earth” that allows forced union due payments, the president of the anti-union Canadian Labour Watch Association said...

Canadian Auto Workers Union Plans Some Aggressive Expansion

The Globe and Mail | Posted 03.12.2013 | Canada Business

The Canadian Auto Workers union, facing steadily declining membership at the Detroit Three auto makers, has launched a new drive to organize about 7,0...

Canada, Prepare For More Labour Trouble In 2013

CP | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Business

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...

CAW Workers Strike At Lear Whitby

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.27.2012 | Canada Business

WHITBY, Ont. - Workers at Lear Whitby have gone on strike.The 400 workers, members of the Canadian Auto Workers union, set up picket lines at midnight...

The Human Right That Canadian Unions Ignore

Michel Kelly-Gagnon | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada Business
Michel Kelly-Gagnon

Following the approval of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), the union is about to merge with Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) and will form the largest private sector union in Canada. Unfortunately, unions have set compulsory membership in various collective agreement and dues are mandatory in Canada even when unions use them for political or ideological purposes. Individual workers should also be able to choose to associate or not. It's a basic right.

A Canadian Super-Union Is Born

CP | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada Business

The union that will soon become the largest in Canada's private sector will seek to double its size by organizing new workplaces and opening up its ra...

CEP Votes In Favour Of Super-Union

CBC | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada Business

Members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada have voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining forces to create a super-union w...

CAW, Chrysler 'Incredibly Far Apart' In Strike Talks

Reuters | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Business

The Canadian Auto Workers union and Chrysler Group LLC are far apart in talks for a new contract, with Chrysler wanting to eliminate a cost-of-living ...

It's A Go

CP | Posted 09.23.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO -- Ford's unionized Canadian workers have accepted a new contract that was hammered out last week. The Canadian Auto Workers says 82 per ce...

CAW Ford Contract: Canadian Ford Workers Accept Contract

CP | Will Campbell, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.23.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Ford Canada's unionized workers accepted a new contract over the weekend that will see the company's plants bolstered by more than 600 plann...

CAW Deal: Ford Workers Vote On Deal Over Weekend; GM Workers To Vote On Wednesday

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Ford workers in Hamilton and Windsor, Ont., vote today on a four-year deal reached this week that has been endorsed by their union leadershi...

GM Reaches Tentative Agreement With CAW

CP | Posted 09.20.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO — The Canadian Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement with General Motors on Thursday, making Chrysler the final of the Detroit bi...

CAW: We Could Walk Off Job With 24 Hours' Notice

CP | Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.20.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers union hammered out a tentative agreement with General Motors on Thursday that will keep some 1,750 jobs in Ontario...

CAW Strikes Tentative Deal With Ford

CP | Allison Jones, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.16.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union says he is optimistic after a day of constructive talks with General Motors that a new collectiv...

CAW Big 3: One Step Closer?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.15.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers says it's making good progress with one of the three big North American automakers on a wage proposal it hopes cou...

Why The U.S. Is Worried About A Canadian Auto Workers Strike

AP | Posted 09.14.2012 | Canada Business

DETROIT (AP) — If Canadian Auto Workers go on strike against Detroit's three automakers next week, the impact will be felt quickly in the U.S. Ne...

Rachel Mendleson

Future Of Canada's Unions At Stake In Auto Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 09.14.2012 | Canada Business

One of the most intense rounds of auto-sector contracts talks in recent memory could become a defining moment in the struggle of Canada’s labour mov...

Canadian Auto Workers Make Big Concession

CP | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.13.2012 | Canada Business

The Canadian Auto Workers says it may target more than one of the three big U.S. automakers with strikes if negotiations in which the union has propos...

Auto Makers Making Huge Demands Ahead Of Strike Deadline: CAW

CP | Posted 09.10.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers union says it's facing "unprecedented" demands from General Motors, Chrysler and Ford that would create a two-tier...

Canadian Auto Workers May Strike At All 3 Detroit Automakers

Reuters | Posted 09.05.2012 | Canada Business

The union that represents workers at the Detroit automakers in Canada said on Wednesday it could go on strike at all three companies for the first tim...

CAW Strike Could Hit All 3 Detroit Automakers

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Workers need to be ready to shut down the Canadian operations of the Big 3 Detroit automakers if a deal can't be reached at the bargaining t...

Auto Workers OK Strike 'If Necessary'

CP | Posted 08.27.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO _ Hourly workers at Chrysler, General Motors and Ford plants in Canada have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike to back their contract demand...

One Step Closer To A Canadian Mega-Union

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.22.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers delegates have voted unanimously to merge with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, combining ...

Carney: Soaring Dollar Not To Blame For Disappearing Factory Jobs

CP | Alexandra Posadzki, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.22.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Don't look to the loonie as the biggest problem facing Canadian exports, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said Wednesday in his first-eve...

Carney Likely To Get A Chilly Reception At CAW

CBC | Posted 10.22.2012 | Canada Business

Mark Carney told the Canadian Auto Workers union Wednesday that exporters face more challenges than just the rising value of the Canadian dollar. ...