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Rachel Mendleson

Electro-Motive Workers To Vote On Severance Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 02.21.2012 | Canada Business
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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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Caterpillar Shut-Down: How Many More Manufacturing Jobs Must We Lose?

Irene Mathyssen, MP | Posted 04.04.2012 | Canada Business
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Irene Mathyssen, MP

Caterpillar's decision to close Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) in London, Ontario, will result in 450 jobs lost and an immeasurable ripple effect to the local economy. When Harper took office in the winter of 2006, there were 2,127,200 manufacturing jobs in Canada. Today there are 1,743,700 -- a total loss of nearly 400,000 manufacturing jobs under his watch. Over 40,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in the last 12 months alone.

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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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