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330 Workers To Lose Jobs In Caterpillar Plant Closing

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - Heavy equipment giant Caterpillar Inc. says it is closing a tunnel-boring machine factory in Toronto by mid-2014, throwing 330 workers out o...

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When Hudak Says "Flexible" Labour, He Really Means "Cheap"

Sid Ryan | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada Politics
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Sid Ryan

In Tim Hudak's dreams for Ontarians, workers will shuffle from one low-wage, precarious job to another, competing with each other in a race to the bottom. This is what he means by "flexibility" and it is the path to poverty, not prosperity.

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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
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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
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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
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[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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Is the Canada-European Trade Agreement Helping or Hurting?

Glen Pearson | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Politics
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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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